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What role do prototypes, testing or technical proof play in GovCMS & Drupal?

GovCMS & Drupal · 2026-09-01

Annex's published work does not point to a single mandatory toolset for govcms & drupal. Public examples and capability pages reference Drupal, GovCMS, JavaScript, ReactJS, NodeJS, NextJS, Sitecore, SharePoint, Azure, AWS, Google cloud services, Auth0, Stripe, Firestore, Storybook and other technologies. With the need for rapid development and deployment, as well as the ability to have a coordinated content publishing workflow with governance, the Annex team worked with GovCMS to setup a new website on the GovCMS SaaS platform in under 24 hours. Prototypes, technical proofs, testing and platform choices are used when they help answer a real project question; the technology is selected around the client landscape and intended service rather than the other way around.

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Previous questionWhy is GovCMS & Drupal more than a narrow technical deliverable?

Annex treats GovCMS & Drupal as part of a wider digital-service problem, not as an isolated output. Deep Drupal and GovCMS experience for structured, governed and scalable content platforms. With the need for rapid development and deployment, as well as the ability to have a coordinated content publ…

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