A Work in Progress
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- Update dependency install instructions and links in README
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While I understand the appeal of fancy tooling and frameworks, my development philosophy is to only use them when needed. Most websites don't require anything on the backend and static websites are cheaper to host. Static sites are also a great entry point for starting to use serverless development, which as an MBA I prefer on principle.
Additional development philosophies baked into this boilerplate are to use simple to learn tooling and to not reinvent the wheel. This is what drove the decision to use Bootstrap/Gulp/SASS, as they have excellent development features out of the box, are relatively easy to understand, and have great documentation with a development community to help you get started.
To start using this boilerplate template, you will need the following:
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This is a simple and slightly opinionated static HTML site boilerplate template built to use Gulp, Bootstrap, and SASS. Template gulpfiles are available for standard use cases by yours truly.
- Fork repo and copy into new development folder.
- (Optional) Update gulpfile with appropriate template.
- Update package.json with project information.
- (Optional) Update favicon in _src/img folder with your own branding.
- Start developing your static site in the _src folder. :)
- Run Gulp to package your site.
- Publish your static site from the _dist folder.
Das it. Just run your site locally or on a staging server to verify that package updates didn't break anything.
Here are some resources to help you get started if you're a newb to anything used on this boilerplate.
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