Update GitHub Pages through Dropbox

Presented at the Waterford Tech Meetup on January 25th 2017.

Automate updating a GitHub Pages site by uploading images to Dropbox. Using webhooks and some custom scripting this can be a quick and painless process.

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1. How people build software ! " Update GitHub Pages through Dropbox @mgriffin
2. How people build software ! 2 !
3. How people build software ! ZenPhoto 3 !
4. How people build software ! Requirements 4 !
5. How people build software ! Requirements 5 ! •Cheap
6. How people build software ! Requirements 6 ! •Cheap •Fast
7. How people build software ! Requirements 7 ! •Cheap •Fast •Easy to change how it looks
8. How people build software ! Requirements 8 ! •Cheap •Fast •Easy to change how it looks •Simple to upload to
9. How people build software ! Master plan 9 !
10. How people build software ! Master plan 10 ! •AWS S3
11. How people build software ! Master plan 11 ! •AWS S3 •GitHub Pages
12. How people build software ! Master plan 12 ! •AWS S3 •GitHub Pages •Dropbox
13. How people build software ! Master plan 13 ! •AWS S3 •GitHub Pages •Dropbox •DigitalOcean
14. How people build software ! Three ways to check if something's done 14 # $ % ! 1 2 3
15. How people build software ! 1 Wait and watch 15 #
16. How people build software ! 16 !
17. How people build software ! 2 Polling 17 $
18. How people build software ! Are you done yet? Are you done yet? Are you done yet? Are you done yet? Are you done yet? 18 ⚡
19. How people build software ! 3 Webhooks 19 %
20. How people build software ! Webhooks 20 !
21. How people build software ! 21 !
22. How people build software ! Sinatra 22 !
23. How people build software ! Sinatra 23 !
24. How people build software ! Sinatra 24 !
25. How people build software ! Sinatra 25 !
26. How people build software ! Sinatra 26 !
27. How people build software ! Sinatra 27 !
28. How people build software ! Respond quickly 28 !
29. How people build software ! Cron job 29 !
30. How people build software ! Cron job 30 !
31. How people build software ! Background worker 31 !
32. How people build software ! Background worker 32 !
33. How people build software ! Sinatra 33 !
34. How people build software ! out.rb 34 !
35. How people build software ! out.rb 35 !
36. How people build software ! out.rb 36 !
37. How people build software ! out.rb 37 !
38. How people build software ! out.rb 38 !
39. How people build software ! out.rb 39 !
40. How people build software ! out.rb 40 !
41. How people build software ! out.rb 41 !
42. How people build software ! out.rb 42 !
43. How people build software ! out.rb 43 !
44. How people build software ! YAML Front Matter 44 !
45. How people build software ! Rendered page 45 !
46. How people build software ! Improvements 46 !
47. How people build software ! Improvements 47 ! •GitHub Webhook
48. How people build software ! Improvements 48 ! •GitHub Webhook •Add photos to current gallery
49. How people build software ! Some stats 49 !
50. How people build software ! Some stats 50 ! •8 years
51. How people build software ! Some stats 51 ! •8 years •125,702 photographs
52. How people build software ! Some stats 52 ! •8 years •125,702 photographs •2,129 directories
53. How people build software ! Some stats 53 ! •8 years •125,702 photographs •2,129 directories •63 GB
54. How people build software ! Costs 54 !
55. How people build software ! Costs 55 ! • Old site • $120 a year
56. How people build software ! Costs 56 ! • Old site • $120 a year • New site
57. How people build software ! Costs 57 ! • Old site • $120 a year • New site • DigitalOcean - $5 pm
58. How people build software ! Costs 58 ! • Old site • $120 a year • New site • DigitalOcean - $5 pm • GitHub Pages - $0
59. How people build software ! Costs 59 ! • Old site • $120 a year • New site • DigitalOcean - $5 pm • GitHub Pages - $0 • Dropbox - $0
60. How people build software ! Costs 60 ! • Old site • $120 a year • New site • DigitalOcean - $5 pm • GitHub Pages - $0 • Dropbox - $0 • AWS S3 - ~$2 pm
61. How people build software ! Costs 61 ! • Old site • $120 a year • New site • DigitalOcean - $5 pm • GitHub Pages - $0 • Dropbox - $0 • AWS S3 - ~$2 pm • Total - $7 pm or $84 per year
62. How people build software ! https://github.com/PhotosOfBlacklion 62 !
63. How people build software ! Inspire 63 !
64. How people build software ! Inspire 64 ! •Webhook
65. How people build software ! Inspire 65 ! •Webhook •Automate
66. How people build software ! Inspire 66 ! •Webhook •Automate •Play
67. How people build software ! Questions? 67 !