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How I Created QuanticDev.com Using GitHub Pages

3 points by soygul 7y ago

soygul 7y ago
I have recently published quanticdev.com using only GitHub Pages and markdown and decided to create a guide to preserve this knowledge in the form of a video/article so I can reuse it in my future projects. GitHub Pages is a free and a pretty good hosting service. It is an add-on for regular GitHub repositories, and you can host your website as well as code and other things in one repo, which is pretty good. I must warn that GitHub Pages is intended for techies. If you want something much simpler, go with Google Sites, or Blogger.com, or WordPress. In the first part of this video/article, I will discuss the strengths and weaknesses of GitHub Pages. In the second part, I will deploy a brand-new website using GitHub Pages and simple markdown. Everything will be done through GitHub's UI and online code editor. I will also demonstrate a sample React website hosted on GitHub Pages. * Video Tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPhmR3TiGq8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPhmR3TiGq8 * Article: https://quanticdev.com/articles/website-with-github-pages https://quanticdev.com/articles/website-with-github-pages (same as above) Outline of this video/article: * QuanticDev.com Intro * Why GitHub Pages * Advantages * Disadvantages * Alternatives * GitHub Pages Setup & How I Created quanticdev.com * My Recommendations * Conclusion Free website hosting resources: * GitHub Pages (for techies): https://pages.github.com https://pages.github.com * Supports Jekyll: https://jekyllrb.com * Supports Static HTML + CSS + JavaScript * Supports React and others: https://create-react-app.dev/docs/deployment/#github-pages * Google Sites (non-techies): https://sites.google.com https://sites.google.com * Alternatives for Bloggers * Blogger (basic): https://blogger.com * WordPress (more advanced): https://wordpress.com * Alternatives for Programmers * Heroku: https://www.heroku.com * Firebase: https://firebase.google.com

3 points by soygul 7y ago

I have recently published quanticdev.com using only GitHub Pages and markdown and decided to create a guide to preserve this knowledge in the form of a video/article so I can reuse it in my future projects. GitHub Pages is a free and a pretty good hosting service. It is an add-on for regular GitHub repositories, and you can host your website as well as code and other things in one repo, which is pretty good. I must warn that GitHub Pages is intended for techies. If you want something much simpler, go with Google Sites, or Blogger.com, or WordPress. In the first part of this video/article, I will discuss the strengths and weaknesses of GitHub Pages. In the second part, I will deploy a brand-new website using GitHub Pages and simple markdown. Everything will be done through GitHub's UI and online code editor. I will also demonstrate a sample React website hosted on GitHub Pages. * Video Tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPhmR3TiGq8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPhmR3TiGq8 * Article: https://quanticdev.com/articles/website-with-github-pages https://quanticdev.com/articles/website-with-github-pages (same as above) Outline of this video/article: * QuanticDev.com Intro * Why GitHub Pages * Advantages * Disadvantages * Alternatives * GitHub Pages Setup & How I Created quanticdev.com * My Recommendations * Conclusion Free website hosting resources: * GitHub Pages (for techies): https://pages.github.com https://pages.github.com * Supports Jekyll: https://jekyllrb.com * Supports Static HTML + CSS + JavaScript * Supports React and others: https://create-react-app.dev/docs/deployment/#github-pages * Google Sites (non-techies): https://sites.google.com https://sites.google.com * Alternatives for Bloggers * Blogger (basic): https://blogger.com * WordPress (more advanced): https://wordpress.com * Alternatives for Programmers * Heroku: https://www.heroku.com * Firebase: https://firebase.google.com