Static website generators in PHP by Andrei Rusu Sibiu Web Meetup #8 23.11.2019 

A few things about me… • Zend Certified Engineer • PHP Backend Dev • First time speaker, long time listener Sibiu Web Meetup #8 23.11.2019 

Talking Points • What are Static Site Generators? • Static Site Generators in PHP • Workflow • What are Collections? • Use cases for Static Site Generators. Sibiu Web Meetup #8 23.11.2019 

What are they? • Takes formatted text and converts it into web resources. • For Example: • Markdown to HTML • about-us.md => /about-us/index.html – with the URL: example.com/about-us/ • 2019-01-07-my-first-post.md => /2019/01/07/my-first-post/index.html – with the URL: example.com/2019/01/07/my-first-post/ • RSS Feed • Sitemap Sibiu Web Meetup #8 23.11.2019 

Static Site Generators in PHP • Jigsaw • Sculpin • Couscous • Handle • Katana • … and others Sibiu Web Meetup #8 23.11.2019 

Workflow Sibiu Web Meetup #8 23.11.2019 

Generate project Jigsaw Sculpin Sibiu Web Meetup #8 23.11.2019 

The Source folder Jigsaw Sculpin Sibiu Web Meetup #8 23.11.2019 

Generate the site Jigsaw Sculpin Sibiu Web Meetup #8 23.11.2019 

Collections • Can be defined in configuration • Have corresponding “_collectionname” folder in the source folder • Configured individually with YAML Frontmatter • Access to them anywhere in the template Sibiu Web Meetup #8 23.11.2019 

Use Cases • Documentation sites • Presentation sites • CV sites • Read-only APIs Sibiu Web Meetup #8 23.11.2019 

Key Takeaways • Takes collections • Formatted in Markdown or Textile • With YAML Frontmatter • To generate web resources • HTML • Asset management (built in for Jigsaw) • XML • JSON Sibiu Web Meetup #8 23.11.2019 

Thank you Sibiu Web Meetup #8 23.11.2019