generator-jekyllrb-gulp

Yeoman generator

Generator-jekyllrb-gulp

Note: Much of this code comes from generator-jekyllrb

Supercharge Jekyll development with Yeoman. Yo, Jekyllrb-gulp!

Generator-jekyllrb-gulp wraps the Jekyll static site generator in a Yeoman development workflow. Scaffold your site with Yo, manage front end packages with Bower, and automate development and build tasks with Grunt.

Generator-jekyllrb-gulp is ideal for developing performant static sites and prototyping dynamic sites and apps (especially if the final version uses Yeoman too). It's also a great introduction to Yeoman if you're not familiar with JavaScript MV* frameworks.

Features

During setup you can choose:

Generator-jekyllrb-gulp always includes:

  • Built in preview server with BrowserSync
  • Automatic Jekyll and preprocessor compiling
  • An automatic build process that includes concatenation, CSS minification, JS uglification

Getting Started

  • generator-jekyllrb-gulp requires Node.js >= 0.10, Ruby >= 1.9, and the Bundler gem
  • Install the generator: npm install -g generator-jekyllrb-gulp
  • Run: yo jekyllrb-gulp

Gulp Workflow

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