hicksca.dev site & setup

This repository contains a simple static site generator for hicksca.dev, built using Lua.

Current Structure

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├── assets/
│   ├── css/
│   │   └── style.css
│   └── img/
│       └── (various image files)
├── content/
│   └── about.md
├── license
├── README.md
├── shell.nix
├── staticGen.lua
└── template.html

(not all this needs to be push will clean this up mostly for ref at the moment)

Getting Started

nix related commands are optional you can manuall install lua and dependances

• lua (LuaRocks)
  • luafilesystem
• html-tidy

1. Clone this repository.
2. Run nix-shell to set up the development environment and manage dependencies.
3. Generator script is staticGen.lua.

Usage

1. Edit the content in content/about.md.
2. Modify the HTML template in templates/template.html if needed.
3. Run the generator:

   lua staticGen.lua

4. The generator will create an index.html file based on the content and template.

To-Do

• Set up Git hook to deploy to local test environment
• Implement basic automated testing/linting

(more stuff to come as I think about it ...)

license ISC