Slipcast: A static website generator
This project simplifies the creation of static websites by using convention over configuration. It relies on Metalsmith, RollupJS, PostCSS, and Handlebars to build a directory of static css, html, and javascript files.
Usage
Add this to your project with npm install slipcast --save. Then
you can add the following to your package.json file to build, compress, or
run a webserver that watches for changes.
...
"scripts": {
"build": "slipcast",
"compress": "slipcast --compress",
"eject": "slipcast --eject",
"start": "slipcast --watch"
}
...You can view an example application structure by looking in the tests/fixtures
directory of this project. You can ignore the test.json file as it's only used
for comparing automated test results.
Config File
The application looks for a file called slipcast.js in the root of the
application folder for the configuration.
The configuration file looks like:
module.exports = {
files: [
'application.css',
'application.js'
],
folders: {
css: 'app/css',
javascript: 'app/js',
pages: 'app/pages',
static: 'app/static',
views: 'app/views'
},
output: 'dist'
};