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pico | Metalsmith | |
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64 | 8 | |
11,969 | 7,819 | |
6.8% | 0.0% | |
9.3 | 7.1 | |
16 days ago | 9 days ago | |
CSS | JavaScript | |
MIT License | MIT License |
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Concrete.css
Modern CSS stylesheets include configurability via CSS variables on the root element so maybe that's where the "framework" comes from.
Also note: This project looks like an even more minimized version of PicoCSS [1]
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Show HN: A template for Markdown-based sites (no static site generator required)
The templates grabs Markdown file data with XMLHttpRequest and converts it to HTML with https://showdownjs.com/ . Classless styles are done with https://picocss.com/ and code block syntax highlighting is done with https://highlightjs.org/ .
GitHub repo: https://github.com/dandalpiaz/markdown-pages
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HTML Web Components: An Example
This is exactly why I love HTMX [1] in combination with PicoCSS[2]. HTMX is just the regular html elements with ajax extensions built into the tags (it is a js library currently but they plan on lobbying to have these as default functionalities with HTML in the future) and picoCSS also works without classes so you are "trained" to use the semantic tags for the page to be rendered beautifully
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Crafting A Minimalist Portfolio Website with SvelteKit and Pico CSS
/*! * Minimal theme switcher * * Pico.css - https://picocss.com * Copyright 2019-2023 - Licensed under MIT */ /** * Minimal theme switcher * * @namespace * @typedef {Object} ThemeSwitcher * @property {string} _scheme - The current color scheme ("auto", "light", or "dark"). * @property {string} menuTarget - The selector for the menu element that contains theme switchers. * @property {string} buttonsTarget - The selector for theme switcher buttons. * @property {string} buttonAttribute - The attribute name used for theme switcher buttons. * @property {string} rootAttribute - The attribute name used for the root HTML element to store the selected theme. * @property {string} localStorageKey - The key used to store the preferred color scheme in local storage. */ export const ThemeSwitcher = { // Config _scheme: 'auto', menuTarget: "details[role='list']", buttonsTarget: 'a[data-theme-switcher]', buttonAttribute: 'data-theme-switcher', rootAttribute: 'data-theme', localStorageKey: 'picoPreferredColorScheme', /** * Initialize the theme switcher. * * @function * @memberof ThemeSwitcher */ init() { this.scheme = this.schemeFromLocalStorage || this.preferredColorScheme; this.initSwitchers(); }, /** * Get the color scheme from local storage or use the preferred color scheme. * * @function * @memberof ThemeSwitcher * @returns {string|null} The color scheme ("light", "dark", or null). */ get schemeFromLocalStorage() { if (typeof window.localStorage !== 'undefined') { if (window.localStorage.getItem(this.localStorageKey) !== null) { return window.localStorage.getItem(this.localStorageKey); } } return this._scheme; }, /** * Get the preferred color scheme based on user preferences. * * @function * @memberof ThemeSwitcher * @returns {string} The preferred color scheme ("light" or "dark"). */ get preferredColorScheme() { return window.matchMedia('(prefers-color-scheme: dark)').matches ? 'dark' : 'light'; }, /** * Initialize the theme switcher buttons and their click events. * * @function * @memberof ThemeSwitcher */ initSwitchers() { const buttons = document.querySelectorAll(this.buttonsTarget); buttons.forEach((button) => { button.addEventListener( 'click', (event) => { event.preventDefault(); // Set scheme this.scheme = button.getAttribute(this.buttonAttribute) || 'auto'; // Close dropdown document.querySelector(this.menuTarget)?.removeAttribute('open'); }, false ); }); }, /** * Set the selected color scheme and update the UI. * * @function * @memberof ThemeSwitcher * @param {string} scheme - The color scheme to set ("auto", "light", or "dark"). */ set scheme(scheme) { if (scheme == 'auto') { this.preferredColorScheme == 'dark' ? (this._scheme = 'dark') : (this._scheme = 'light'); } else if (scheme == 'dark' || scheme == 'light') { this._scheme = scheme; } this.applyScheme(); this.schemeToLocalStorage(); }, /** * Get the current color scheme. * * @function * @memberof ThemeSwitcher * @returns {string} The current color scheme ("auto", "light", or "dark"). */ get scheme() { return this._scheme; }, /** * Apply the selected color scheme to the HTML root element. * * @function * @memberof ThemeSwitcher */ applyScheme() { document.querySelector('html')?.setAttribute(this.rootAttribute, this.scheme); }, /** * Store the selected color scheme in local storage. * * @function * @memberof ThemeSwitcher */ schemeToLocalStorage() { if (typeof window.localStorage !== 'undefined') { window.localStorage.setItem(this.localStorageKey, this.scheme); } } };
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Why everybody speaks only about Tailwind, what happened to Boo0strap?
I personally prefer Bootstrap to Tailwind, but my favorite is https://picocss.com/
Usually, I just want decent-looking default CSS styles. The benefits of a CSS framework have diminishing returns when using frameworks with styles scoped to components (like SvelteKit/Vue/React).
The fact Tailwind removes all styles so you can't even tell a button is a button unless you add classes is annoying. If you know the class names, sometimes it's a little more convenient to add Tailwind classes, but for the most part it just clutters the HTML. And it makes it difficult to update entire "classes" of elements: you have to update each element one at a time.
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Modern CSS Framework or Library for Static Websites?
Do you want to customize it or get something that looks decent out of the box? Consider something like Pico.css which is just a stylesheet that can even be used classless. It just styles the native HTML elements in a nice way and nothing more.
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Getting started with Pico CSS
According to its homepage, Pico is a minimal CSS framework for semantic HTML. Pico styles the built-in HTML elements so that when you’re building a small app, you don’t need to write a lot of custom CSS.
Here, Pico CSS comes into the picture. In some ways, it is the anti-Tailwind library. Pico CSS discourages using a large number of .classes in your application. Instead, it styles the semantic HTML elements in such a way that you don’t need to write a lot of code yourself.
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how to choose a tech stack for a personal project
For styling you could try daisyUI on top of tailwind or you could use something like https://picocss.com
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Ask HN: How do I make a website in 2023?
I still write basic HTML, styled using any of a number of simple classless CSS templates, like Pico.
Metalsmith
- Why You Should Write Your Own Static Site Generator
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Top ten popular static site generators (SSG) in 2023
Metalsmith — the best customizable SSG
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who is self-hosting a static website and what are you using to build it?
I use Metalsmith. Been happy with it. I build my site into a self-contained nginx docker image.
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Ask HN: Share Your Personal Site
I also started to move to hugo, but they didn't merge the pr [2] which would have helped in the transition. :(
The look is still similar to what it was in the beginning, in terms of colors at least.
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SSGs through the ages: The ‘Reinvention’ era
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Why I built my own static site generator
A static site generator I've been enjoying lately (and using for my blog) is Metalsmith: https://metalsmith.io/
It feel like it's the best of both worlds, because it's simple to learn and customize, but there are plugins for the things you don't want to spend time writing yourself.
For example, I'm using plugins to: check for broken links, generate an RSS feed, and run a test server with automatic reloading.
But then I was able to easily add in my own code to handle relative links, generate Graphviz diagrams, and format dates.
One other recommendation: I hated almost every template language I ran across (Hugo's, Liquid, Nunjucks, EJS), but I'm thrilled with the simplicity of Handlebars (https://handlebarsjs.com/), although it is a bit limiting and the "block helper with parameters" syntax is strange (perhaps an indicator that I'm trying to do too much in the templating language!).
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Zola, A fast static site generator in a single binary
I believe Metalsmith [1] is trying that approach
What are some alternatives?
Tailwind CSS - A utility-first CSS framework for rapid UI development.
Alpine.js - A rugged, minimal framework for composing JavaScript behavior in your markup.
Grav - Modern, Crazy Fast, Ridiculously Easy and Amazingly Powerful Flat-File CMS powered by PHP, Markdown, Twig, and Symfony
unocss - The instant on-demand atomic CSS engine.
htmx - </> htmx - high power tools for HTML
astro - The web framework for content-driven websites. ⭐️ Star to support our work!
sakura - :cherry_blossom: a minimal css framework/theme.
Hugo - The world’s fastest framework for building websites.
docsify - 🃏 A magical documentation site generator.
Wintersmith - A flexible static site generator
eleventy 🕚⚡️ - A simpler site generator. Transforms a directory of templates (of varying types) into HTML.