🐺 Static site generator.
GoPablo a static site generator.
npx gopablo
Build and open your browser to http://localhost:3000.
npm run dev
npm run prod
Ready to deploy 🚀
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| GoPablo is a static site generator with a modern development workflow, integrated web server, auto-reload, CSS preprocessors, and ES6 ready.| |
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GoPablo requires Node.js v12+. This is the only global dependency. You can download Node.js here.
Node.js is a JavaScript runtime built on Chrome’s V8 JavaScript engine. Node.js uses an event-driven, non-blocking I/O model that makes it lightweight and efficient. Node.js’ package ecosystem, npm, is the largest ecosystem of open source libraries in the world.
├── build/ # Build files ├── dist/ # Distribution files ├── src/ # Source files │ ├── assets/ # Assets directory │ ├── css/ # CSS files │ ├── fonts/ # Fonts directory │ ├── img/ # Image directory │ ├── js/ # JavaScript files │ ├── etc/ # Extra files │ ├── includes/ # HTML template partials │ ├── index.html # Index page └── .babelrc # Babel configuration └── .gitignore # Git ignored files └── .editorconfig # Editor code styles └── .stylelintrc # Stylelint configuration └── gulpfile.js # Gulp configuration └── LICENSE # License agreements └── package-lock.json # Packages lock file └── package.json # Node.js packages └── README.md # You are reading this └── server.js # Express server
To install GoPablo create a directory for the new website and from there run the command to generate the file structure: ``` npx gopablo
That's it 🍾 easy as that. Now start the development workflow: [Start Workflow](#start-workflow)Install GoPablo from Repository
To install GoPablo you need to clone the repository from GitHub:
git clone https://github.com/luangjokaj/gopablo ```
This will clone the repository on your local machine. Navigate to the newly created directory.
Replace the file:
./package.jsonwith
./installer/package.jsonand continue with the dependency installation.
INSTALL DEPENDENCIES
npm install
npm run dev
To generate your distribution files run the command:
npm run prodThe files will be generated in the
dist/directory.
To avoid repetitive HTML code, GoPablo uses gulp-file-include. It has a simple templating synthax and allows to re-use chunks of code written in separate files. These partials are located in the directory:
src/includes/For more information check out their documentation and examples: https://github.com/haoxins/gulp-file-include
To create new pages, simply create new .html files in the
src/directory.
By default GoPablo supports PostCSS, a similar preprocessor to Sass, Less and others but with more functionality. On top of that PostCSS is 3x faster than Sass and 4x faster than Less. Features come in the shape of PostCSS plugins. Think of these like using Lego, where each piece is a different feature that can transform your CSS in some way. PostCSS lets you stick these pieces together so that you can build up your own feature set, adding and removing plugins as and when you need them. postcss-preset-env is installed by default. Read more about PostCSS here.
POSTCSS PLUGINS
GoPablo has two different sets of PostCSS plugins - one for the development environment (pluginsListDev) and one for the production task (pluginsListProd).
javascript //-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PostCSS Plugins ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */ const pluginsDev = [ postcssImport, postCSSMixins, postcssPresetEnv({ stage: 0, features: { 'nesting-rules': true, 'color-mod-function': true, 'custom-media': true, }, }), ]; const pluginsProd = [ postcssImport, postCSSMixins, postcssPresetEnv({ stage: 0, features: { 'nesting-rules': true, 'color-mod-function': true, 'custom-media': true, }, }), require('cssnano')({ preset: [ 'default', { discardComments: true, }, ], }), ]; //--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
WRITING CSS
The starting point for CSS is the file:
src/assets/css/styles.css
CHERRY DESIGN SYSTEM
Cherry is a minimal CSS framework that helps you organize your work from design to implementation.
GoPablo is super flexible. You can install Sass and use it as the main CSS preprocessor:
npm install gulp-sass --save-dev`
Include Sass in gulpfile.js:
javascript const sass = require('gulp-sass');`
Change the gulp tasks stylesDev to:
javascript function stylesDev() { return src('./src/assets/css/styles.scss') .pipe(sourcemaps.init()) .pipe(sass({includePaths: 'node_modules'}).on('error', sass.logError)) .pipe(sourcemaps.write('.')) .pipe(dest('./build/assets/css')) .pipe(browserSync.stream({ match: '**/*.css' })); }
Also the watch task has to be changed in order to watch for .scss filetypes:
javascript watch('./src/assets/css/**/*.scss', stylesDev);
Change the gulp tasks styleProd to:
javascript function stylesProd() { return src('./src/assets/css/styles.scss') .pipe(sass({includePaths: 'node_modules'}).on('error', sass.logError)) .pipe(dest('./dist/assets/css')) }
It is recommended to store image assets in the directory:
src/assets/img/
In the production build SVGs and other image assets will go through a minification process.
Fonts are always special. Your fonts should be stored in:
src/assets/fonts/
Then you can include them in your CSS:
css @font-face { font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Thin'; src: url('./fonts/Helvetica-Neue-Thin.eot'); src: url('./fonts/Helvetica-Neue-Thin.eot') format('eot'), url('./fonts/Helvetica-Neue-Thin.woff2') format('woff2'), url('./fonts/Helvetica-Neue-Thin.woff') format('woff'), url('./fonts/Helvetica-Neue-Thin.ttf') format('truetype'), url('./fonts/Helvetica-Neue-Thin.svg') format('svg'); }
GoPablo supports ES6 JavaScript with Babel. Babel has support for the latest version of JavaScript through syntax transformers. These plugins allow you to use new syntax, right now without waiting for browser support.
Your JavaScript code should be located in:
src/assets/js/
GoPablo will watch for changes under the js directory and bundle the code in a single file, which will be included in the footer of the page as:
footer-bundle.js
Check the gulp configuration to learn more about how JavaScript is generated.
Including external JavaScript libraries is as simple as installing the npm script and including it in the gulpfile.js
javascript /* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Header & Footer JavaScript Boundles -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */ const headerJS = [ './node_modules/jquery/dist/jquery.js', './node_modules/nprogress/nprogress.js', './node_modules/aos/dist/aos.js', './node_modules/isotope-layout/dist/isotope.pkgd.js' ]; const footerJS = [ './src/assets/js/**' ]; //--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
You can include the scripts in the head of the page before the DOM is loaded by placing them in the headerJS array or in the footer of the page after the DOM is loaded in the footerJS array. Only footer scripts are processed with Babel thus supporting ES6, however you can change this in the configuration if you want to run both header and footer scripts with Babel.
A build restart is required for changes to take effect.
GoPablo comes with its own set of code style rules:
.stylelintrc
Before pushing changes make sure you have clean and consistent CSS. Run stylelint with the command:
npm run lint
There are a lot of possiblities and different ways to deploy your static website. The most traditional one being: generating your distribution files and uploading them manually, usually FTP.
With the help of a simple Express server, with GoPablo we can deploy to heroku out of the box.
heroku create.
git push heroku master
Netlify is a great service that can be used to deploy generated websites. All you have to do is:
master.
npm run prod.
dist/.
We are live 🌍
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