expressjs.com

• goal
  • repository of the website expressjs.com -- hosted on -- github-pages

How to run this website locally?

-- via -- Ruby gem

1. install Ruby and Bundler
2. gem install jekyll-redirect-from
   • install jekyll-redirect-from -- from -- gem
3. bundle install
   • Bundler will look in the Gemfile for which gems to install.
   • The github-pages gem includes the same version of Jekyll and other dependencies as used by GitHub Pages, so that your local setup mirrors GitHub Pages as closely as possible.
4. bundle exec jekyll serve
5. | your browser, open "http://localhost:4000"

-- via -- Docker

1. install Docker & Make
2. make build
3. make serve
   • serve the project / include live reloading
4. make clean
   • remove the generated docker images & resources

Formatting

• Kramdown
  • == variant of Markdown
  • -- used by -- Jekyll
  • you can use GFM
    • Example:

      var express = require('express')
      var app = express()
      app.listen(3000)

      -- transformed to --

      const express = require('express')
      const app = express()
      app.listen(3000)
      

• Liquid template engine
  • -- used by -- Jekyll

Why to use Jekyll?

• ALTERNATIVE to Express-based solution
• 👀Jekyll -- comes built-in with -- GitHub Pages 👀