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Graphics/News Dev Team Wiki

This is the Boston Globe Graphics/News team's wiki. It includes documentation on processes, tips and tricks, and general team information. This is a living document — updatable by anyone who has edit access to this github. If you would like to update or suggest additions/edits to this and do not have permissions to do so, please get in contact with someone on the team.

Team Process

• Team members
• Office hours
• Graphics process
• How we choose a project (Coming soon)
• Team meetings (Coming soon)
• Design review process (Coming soon)
• Code review process (Coming soon)
• Project workflow (Coming soon)

Best Practices

• UX/UI Guidelines
• Performance Guidelines
• Accessibility Guidelines
• Storytelling Process Guidelines
• GIF Guidelines
• Code Standards
• Git workflow

Resources

• Accessibility primer
• Newssary: A newspaper term glossary

Tech setup and tips

• Apps permissions
• Bash basics
• Computer setup

How-to

• Using Apps
• Using Google Docs with Apps
• Using the Big Article Template
• Spreadsheet cron job
• Using responsive images

Utilities and Libraries

• Workflow and dev tools we use
• Javascript libraries we use
• Fonts
• ai2html
• Image resizer
• Shape file data

Tools

• Mapmaker
• Responsive table
• Responsive bar chart
• Responsive tile map

Important Repos

• Apps Generator
• Globe Graphic Template
• Chartbuilder
• Snow totals
• Elections