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I'm a big fan of Middleman too. Means I can use Haml, Sass, CoffeeScript etc. along with various Ruby view helpers to keep the templates tidy, then build the wh
by matthewmacleod 13y ago
I'm a big fan of Middleman too. Means I can use Haml, Sass, CoffeeScript etc. along with various Ruby view helpers to keep the templates tidy, then build the whole thing as part of the deployment process. Blog posts are in Markdown, which is even better, and the whole thing has live reloading. Very slick development process.
I wonder if it would be possible to build a CMS-alike on top of Middleman - something with a web interface to manage the content, edit templates and scripts etc., but using Middleman to generate a static site when changes are pushed. I guess it's another thing to add to the list…
- danso 13y agoThis is not inherently related to Middleman, but I'm hugely grateful to it because through Middleman, I stumbled on to Slim, which is a nicer-looking Haml alternative that even allows Markdown. I've started using it in my Rails app and that alone was a game-changing improvement. The way that Middleman can be so easily extended with plugins and gems the way that a Sinatra app can, while still maintaining the simplicity of a static app...It's really a breakthrough for me.