Make it easy to prototype with a component based architecture

[adamsilver]

This PR let's users optionally organise their prototype with Nunjucks macros, Sass and JavaScript encapsulated by component (like GOV.UK Frontend).

[adamsilver]

Solves #586

[hannalaakso]

Hi @adamsilver

Thanks a lot for this contribution 🙌 We're going to discuss it at our dev catch up next Tuesday and come back to you after that.

[joelanman]

@adamsilver thanks for this! It's definitely a direction we want to go in.

There are some blocking issues at the moment:

1. We know we need to improve the documentation in the Prototype Kit/Design System around how to use macros. Our research tells us less technical users don't know what Nunjucks/macro means and how to use them.

2. This feature specifically would need some documentation too.

3. We want to improve error handling for macros. Currently any mistake crashes the whole kit with a message that is hard to understand.

[joelanman]

Hi @adamsilver

We've just discussed this as a team again, and we think it would be good to move forward with this, thanks.

Could we add a guidance page that:

• notes this is an advanced, experimental feature that might change
• covers the basics of how use this feature

Let me know if you'd prefer us to take that on for you

[adamsilver]

That's fab! Please take it on but if you want to run anything past me (because it helps you) feel free to do so.

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[joelanman]

No worries, we can do that but it might take a while to be prioritised