Hugo VS gutenberg

Check out https://gohugo.io. It covert markdown into static web pages that may be used as documentation.

Nope. But good catch, I'll add it to my todo list.

The website is built with Hugo [0], so it should be easy enough.

[0] https://gohugo.io/

Hugo has built-in support for adding a TOC.

A few popular examples of static site generators include Hugo, Jekyll, and VuePress.

Link for the curious: https://gohugo.io/

Drupal is an overkill for a personal site/blog. I'd use any static site generator if the professor is willing to edit/upload text files to a server. I like https://gohugo.io/.

Generators are a dime a dozen really, Hugo is pretty popular but there really are hundreds of good options. After that it's just a case of following their docs, most these days are built on-top of something like React or Vue which are good tools to learn if you're looking to improve your frontend skill set.

Yep, I would suggest to go indie instead of using a posting platform. Platforms die, limit your control and growth options.

Grab a domain ($1 sale at Namecheap atm), generate the site from simple markdown files using Zola (it's basically a better Hugo — if you've heard of it), and host at Netlify for free.

People who prefer a specific language would prefer a framework / generator in that language. Zola is a somewhat neutral option — since you didn't mention your preferences for the language.

Same with the services. I personally prefer Cloudflare as both registrar and hosting, but Netlify would be a bit more intuitive to start with.

Like you, I love clean blog layouts. Shouldn't be a problem if you have a CSS background, but there are themes at the Zola site if you are busy. Not all are great, but there are a couple of neat and clean ones.

P.S. At first I was a bit surprised to see such question here, but then realized that it's actually smart to ask HK — as most of the googleable content is affiliate crap.

https://www.namecheap.com/promos/new-2-year-com-promo

https://www.getzola.org

https://www.netlify.com

https://learnbyexample.github.io/

I'm using Zola SSG (https://github.com/getzola/zola) and hosted on GitHub Pages. I write about Regular Expressions, CLI one-liners, Scripting Languages, Vim, self-publishing, etc.

https://tuckersiemens.com

I try to keep it simple, HTML, Sass (but really just vanilla CSS), and no JS. I generate the site with Zola (https://www.getzola.org/), which has been fantastic. Nothing fancy here, probably write a post once a year, but I have fun doing so.

Vincent gets straight to the point in his announcement of ‘Gutenberg’ (later renamed to Zola).

Zola

Supposedly, Zola[0] was built in response to the deficiencies of Go templating. Having dipped my toe into the Go pool, I am tempted to agree.

[0] https://www.getzola.org/