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As its GitHub home page explains, the purpose of Bookshop is to enable the building of components in the various templating languages used by SSGs. The result meshes seamlessly with CloudCannon. At launch, Bookshop supported the Ruby-based Jekyll and JavaScript-based Eleventy SSGs. It now also supports the Go-based Hugo, with support for more platforms in the works.
Hugo works with CloudCannon and Bookshop through Hugo Modules (which, in turn, are based on Go Modules). One outstandingly clear and concise explanation of the “what and why” of Hugo Modules came from Kaushal Modi in his recent article, “Hugo Modules: Getting Started”:
By Bryce Wray
As its GitHub home page explains, the purpose of Bookshop is to enable the building of components in the various templating languages used by SSGs. The result meshes seamlessly with CloudCannon. At launch, Bookshop supported the Ruby-based Jekyll and JavaScript-based Eleventy SSGs. It now also supports the Go-based Hugo, with support for more platforms in the works.
For developers who build sites with the Hugo static site generator (SSG), this particular aspect of commercial website development can be especially perplexing. You know how to give prospective clients the snazzy features that have caught their eyes elsewhere, but making it possible for them to make non-destructive changes later — e.g., editing a product description, contact information, or a call-to-action (CTA) banner — can get hairy in a hurry.