jonyablonski/bolt

A performance-centered project boilerplate.

bolt

Bolt is a simple project boilerplate that prioritizes performance, accessibility, and progressive enhancement.

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Features

• Robust task-automation powered by Gulp
• Powerful HTML templating via Nunjucks
• Fast CSS pre-processing via LibSass
• Feature-rich SVG workflow via Gulp-SVG-Sprite
• Critical CSS feature via Critical

Quick start

Clone the git repo — git clone https://github.com/jmy1138/bolt.git

Getting Started

1. In bash/terminal/command line, cd into your project directory.
2. Run npm install to install required files.
3. When it's done installing, run one of the task runners to get going:

• gulp manually compiles files.
• gulp watch automatically compiles files and applies changes using BrowserSync.
• gulp build compiles files into 'dist' directory.
• gulp critical processes html files in 'dist' directory and replaces them with files that include inline CSS to render above-the-fold content quickly, the asynchronously loads the full CSS file.

Dependencies

Make sure these are installed first.

• Node.js
• Gulp sudo npm install -g gulp

License

The code is available under the MIT license.