Develop and deliver your service, using this Express with TypeScript template 👋

This template is part of the “software frameworks” guardrail in LAA Digital

Who is this documentation for?

This is technical documentation for Digital teams across government, who want to use Express with TypeScript and GOV.UK styles, components & patterns.

Getting Started

• Getting Started

Template structure

• Template structure
• Testing
• Centralised Locale System

Features

• Features
• Scripts helpers
• Schema validation

Adding to the template

If there’s something missing, please either let us know and we’ll add a new article, or if you’re comfortable writing one yourself, PRs will be gratefully received. Details on how to get in touch are in the “GithHub” link at the top right of this page will take you to the repository for this guide.

This page was last reviewed on 2 October 2025. It needs to be reviewed again on 13 November 2025 .