Eleventy vs. Next.js for static site generation

• gray-matter

  17 3,775 1.2 JavaScript

  Smarter YAML front matter parser, used by metalsmith, Gatsby, Netlify, Assemble, mapbox-gl, phenomic, vuejs vitepress, TinaCMS, Shopify Polaris, Ant Design, Astro, hashicorp, garden, slidev, saber, sourcegraph, and many others. Simple to use, and battle tested. Parses YAML by default but can also parse JSON Front Matter, Coffee Front Matter, TOML Front Matter, and has support for custom parsers. Please follow gray-matter's author: https://github.com/jonschlinkert

Next, install gray-matter to extract metadata from the front matter of markdown files, and marked to convert the markdown files to HTML:

• eleventy 🕚⚡️

  244 16,213 9.3 JavaScript

  A simpler site generator. Transforms a directory of templates (of varying types) into HTML.

  

Eleventy is a fast and powerful SSG that really shines when it comes to pure static site generation because it does not require the loading of a client-side JavaScript bundle in order to serve content.

• SurveyJS

  surveyjs.io sponsored

  Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App. With SurveyJS form UI libraries, you can build and style forms in a fully-integrated drag & drop form builder, render them in your JS app, and store form submission data in any backend, inc. PHP, ASP.NET Core, and Node.js.

  

• Liquid

  40 10,807 7.5 Ruby

  Liquid markup language. Safe, customer facing template language for flexible web apps.

  

Inside the blog directory, create an index.liquid file. This will be our blog’s homepage. Eleventy provides a number of options when selecting a template engine. For this project, we’ll use Liquid.

• marked

  60 31,885 9.5 JavaScript

  A markdown parser and compiler. Built for speed.

  

Next, install gray-matter to extract metadata from the front matter of markdown files, and marked to convert the markdown files to HTML:

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