feisty v0.1.0

Feisty

💣 WIP currently - handle with care 💥

Feisty is a simple, zero-configuration website build tool based on the filesystem structure and React components and intended to enable small to medium website creation.

How to Run

OUTDATED!

You can run it in dev mode and use to pre-build pages of your website.

• feisty init - creates a simple website folder structure
• feisty dev - runs a dev server with hot reloading
• feisty build - build your website into static pages
• feisty publish - publishes it using a plugin

Folder Structure and Conventions

Since feisty is a zero-configuration utility, it expects you to stick to having content/ and components/ folders in the root where you run the command. Also, there are some conventions used.

A page entry is its index.yml file. Inside, you may have any hierarchy with a few reserved keys:

• component names the used components. The path is based upon components/ folder. You may not use file extension.
• content is a key allowing to load an *.md or *.yml file from the filesystem.
• list contains a glob that allows you to load resources

All index.yml files comprise the structure of your website. Each file is read, the content is processed with either a Markdown or a YAML parser, and passed to the corresponding component so it can render the page. The page is then put on the filesystem according to its original placement.

ToDo

• Extracts paths to some config (we're zero config😜 or not?)
• Better DevExp:
  • Faster builds
  • In-memory FS
  • Cancel running build on another update
• Less data in templates (hydration)
• In-browser transitions between pages
• Fingerprint the copied from articles (Markdown, cover) files
• Generate sitemap.xml