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Build a Static Site Generator in Python

Build a static site generator from scratch, similar to Jekyll, Hugo, or Gatsby in Python.

What will you learn?

Ever wondered how SEO and performance-optimized static site generators like Hugo work? In this guided project you'll build your own from scratch using Python. You'll put a lot of your learnings from Object-Oriented Programming and Functional Programming to use in a tangible web project. This project isn't for the faint of heart, but it's well worth the effort. You'll come away with a deeper understanding of static content management.

Chapter List

1
Static Sites
Learn about what a static site is, and start building the functionality necessary to process and move static HTML and Markdown files.
2
Nodes
Build the core HTML generation logic that will power your static site generator. Use recursion and OOP to build an easily understandable and maintainable system.
3
Inline
Build the inline markdown parsing logic, and the logic to generate inline HTML elements.
4
Blocks
Handle entire blocks of markdown, and generate the HTML nodes that represent them.
5
Website
Put the entire static site generator together, and publish your first website.

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