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> I just make my bunch of html files (and I copy/paste the same header/footer on each), my css file, eventually 2 lines of JS directly in a <script> tag to togg
by miguelrochefort 10y ago
> I just make my bunch of html files (and I copy/paste the same header/footer on each), my css file, eventually 2 lines of JS directly in a <script> tag to toggle a menu on mobile devices, I upload it on S3/CloudFront and that's it.
You copy/paste code? This is crazy.
- learc83 10y agoThere are often of situations where the long term benefits of automating something isn't worth the up front cost. Throwing together a small static website with a few pages, in my experience, is one of those situations.
- wazanator 10y agoBut the up front cost of using something like Jekyll is about fifteen minutes of work. Plus you can find a lot of free templates online that make your basic site not look awful.
- Touche 10y agoI know I've spent hours trying to get Ruby setup and figuring our why bundler install failed, so disagree with your "fifteen minutes" comment. Maybe in the best case scenario.