Usage of file handling, templating, and working with text.
Project folder:
/static-site-generator
/templates
/content
/output
main.go
templates/will contain the HTML templates.content/will store the Markdown or content files (like blog posts).output/will be where the generated HTML files are saved.
Use the blackfriday library to parse Markdown files into HTML. Install it using:
go get github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2main.go will need to read Markdown files, convert them to HTML, and then combine them with an HTML template.
Create an HTML template in the templates/ folder with placeholders to insert the content. For example:
<!-- templates/default.html -->
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>{{.Title}}</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>{{.Title}}</h1>
<div>{{.Content}}</div>
</body>
</html>Once I have the content files (Markdown), I’ll convert them into HTML and insert the HTML content into the template.
For each content file, the generator will:
- Convert the Markdown to HTML.
- Use the
html/templatepackage to apply the content to the template. - Write the result into the output directory.
- A command-line interface (CLI): Use flags or arguments to allow users to choose a template or specify content.
- Customization options: Add metadata like date, categories, and tags to the Markdown files.
- CSS Templates: Select a CSS Style from a selection
- Responsive Design: Make it all responsive..