Middleman Boilerplate
Middleman boilerplate to build static websites starting with Bootstrap, Font Awesome, and Webpack.
Overview
Middleman Boilerplate offers a straightforward and efficient approach to building static pages while maintaining the elegance and feel of a Rails application. It’s ideal for developers looking to create fast, responsive sites without the complexity often associated with traditional frameworks. With a few simple commands and a modern tech stack, users can set up and deploy their projects quickly, enhancing productivity and reducing setup time.
This boilerplate makes use of Yarn, Webpack, and Babel alongside Sass for styling, ensuring a modern development experience. Whether you're a seasoned developer or a newcomer, Middleman Boilerplate simplifies the static site generation process, allowing for easy customization and deployment.
Features
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Simple Initialization: Kickstart your project by just clicking the "Use this Template" button on GitHub, streamlining the setup process from the get-go.
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Modern Tech Stack: Utilizes Yarn for package management, Webpack for module bundling, and Babel for JavaScript transpiling, ensuring you have a cutting-edge development environment.
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Sass Integration: Built with Sass support, allowing for sophisticated styling options that enhance the visual appeal of your static pages.
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Easy Deployment: Deploy your site effortlessly on platforms like Netlify, with straightforward settings and options for adding a custom domain.
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Preinstalled Libraries: Comes with Bootstrap 4.6 and Font Awesome CDN out of the box, giving you ready access to popular styling frameworks and icon sets.
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Meta Tag Support: Integration with the middlman-metaman gem allows for easy management of meta tags to improve SEO and social media sharing.
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Collaborative Friendly: Promotes collaboration through an easy forking and branching strategy, making it simple for teams to contribute and enhance the project collaboratively.
- Middleman
The Middleman Static Site Generator (SSG) is an open-source tool designed to simplify and streamline the process of building static websites. It utilizes Ruby programming language and offers a flexible and extensible framework.
- Bootstrap
Bootstrap is the most popular CSS Framework for developing responsive and mobile-first websites.
- Eslint
ESLint is a linter for JavaScript that analyzes code to detect and report on potential problems and errors, as well as enforce consistent code style and best practices, helping developers to write cleaner, more maintainable code.
- Stylelint
Stylelint is a modern linter for CSS that helps you avoid errors and enforce consistent styling conventions. It provides rules for detecting errors and warnings, and can be configured to match your specific project's requirements.
- Webpack
Webpack is a popular open-source module bundler for JavaScript applications that bundles and optimizes the code and its dependencies for production-ready deployment. It can also be used to transform other types of assets such as CSS, images, and fonts.