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query
Query is an all-in-one web development solution eliminating the need for external servers, runtimes, frameworks, caching, storage, and admin tools. (by gc-victor)
Hey, Query [1] creator here. The article raised some exciting challenges. With Query, we solve booth downsides mentioned in it. To keep things simple, we use EventSource for live reloading [2] and JSX Server-Side Rendering [3] for those who want component reuse in the server. It's just JSX with some helpful extras. I'm happy to elaborate on the technical decisions if anyone's curious.
A couple of days ago, I wrote an article about it: https://dev.to/gc-victor/building-static-html-pages-with-jsx...
[1] https://qery.io
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I decided to do write from scratch for my own site, and found that a real burden was maintaining lists of pages: there was no framework helping me out, and every time I added a new page I had to remember to go update my list of blog posts in the 2 or 3 pages I could access it from.
To solve that and other issues, like adding an rss feed and letting pages specify their own publish date, I did what anyone would do: write a custom web server. It's up at https://github.com/playtechnique/andrew/, if anyone wants to give it a whirl.
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I do mostly the same, .md and pandoc, but also mo for templating:
https://github.com/tests-always-included/mo.
Took just a few minutes to setup. E.g. https://afarah.info/public/blog/awsv3/index.html.
Writing in Markdown with {{mustache}} templates for DRY is very satisfying, a simple bash script renders it.
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I have found someone who uses the anchor suffix to solve the problem:
https://john-doe.neocities.org/
I am not html expert, so I have no idea how complicate or what implications would that have.
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This is my workflow for my site, too, just replacing MS Word with Obsidian since it syncs over all my devices allowing me to write/edit my future content wherever I am at, then upload later.
I tried things like bashblog for awhile, but it has some quirks like sometimes placing posts out of order when building the index page. That and I have zero use for the built in analytics options or things like Discus comments, so it seemed like I was really only using about 30% of what it was meant to do.
Here's a link to that for anyone interested. It's quite tweakable.
https://github.com/cfenollosa/bashblog
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> My project tree got a lot simpler and the only Javascript on the site now is to highlight code.
You can do away with the JS with something like Pandoc Highlight Filter: https://gitlab.com/danbarry16/pandoc-highlight-filter
Just take the Python file, make it executable and add it to the filter arguments. It's very basic, but all done during build time. It was originally started to build out HTML documentation for a system that was very particular about what types of files could be used.
It can also do other stuff like build your site with Python blocks that are run: https://gitlab.com/danbarry16/pandoc-highlight-filter/-/blob...
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Yeah I really like Astro too, I often just start with the minimal template [1] that is just a couple of files. I used to do many experiments with custom SSG some time ago but since Astro came out I can't change back anymore.
If you don't want js on the frontend you can just use it as a nice html templating engine. It also renders markdown automatically for you as it recognizes different formats by the file extension.
[1]: https://github.com/withastro/astro/tree/main/examples/minima...
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> you must copy and paste content
I've started the Slab templating language[0] to be able to define reusable HTML fragments. It means using a dedicated tool but hopefully not needing to resort to a real programming language.
0: https://slab-lang.org/
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2) Also, please add a clickable image preview (you can use this lib for example https://github.com/francoischalifour/medium-zoom)
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Most of them bend to your will very easily if you are the one writing the HTML and not trying to use an existing template/theme. Even Jekyll the "themes" are optional and you can entirely ignore them.
Also most of the complexity disappears if you aren't trying to make a blog. They generally all have "simple pages" support that is much simpler than trying to figure out their blog mechanics.
Of course the hard part is picking an SSG you like, and it is easier to just build your own which is a big part of why SSG proliferation happens. Too many options? Make a new one.
My main sites are still in Jekyll for now, for historic reasons of GitHub Pages support.
My latest discovery and new love in this space is Lume [0]. It's definitely on the simpler side of the scale. I haven't tried it for a full blog yet, but the simple website I have built with it has indeed continued to feel simple throughout the process and even using some of the features Lume's documentation labels "Advanced".
[0] https://lume.land/
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Yeah I guess React + SSG isn't the best choice. Nano JSX might be better
https://nanojsx.io/
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