Show latest article of the DBlog on the frontpage

Author: wilzbach

dlang.org.ddoc

@@ -136,6 +136,10 @@ DDOCKEYVAL2=$(DIVC keyval $1, $(SPANC key key$1, $2:) $(DIVC val val$1, $(TAIL $
 DDSUBLINK=$(LINK2 $(ROOT_DIR)$1.html#$2, $3)
 _=
 
+DBLOG_LATEST_AUTHOR=
+DBLOG_LATEST_DATE=
+DBLOG_LATEST_LINK=
+DBLOG_LATEST_TITLE=
 DMDSRC=$(HTTPS github.com/dlang/dmd/blob/master/src/dmd/$0, $0)
 DOT_PREFIXED=.$1$(DOT_PREFIXED $+)
 DOT_PREFIXED_SKIP=$(DOT_PREFIXED $+)
@@ -469,6 +473,9 @@ TR2=$(TR $1 $2)
 TR3=$(TR $1 $2 $3)
 TROW=$(TR $(TDX $1, $+))
 TROW_EXPLANATORY=<td colspan="10">$0</td>
+TWID_LATEST_DATE=
+TWID_LATEST_LINK=
+TWID_LATEST_TITLE=
 _=
 
 UNDERSCORE=_

index.dd

@@ -84,20 +84,17 @@ $(DIVID news,
 $(DIVC boxes,
     $(DIVC row,
         $(TOUR newspaper-o, News,
-            $(P $(LINK2 http://dconf.org/2017/index.html, DConf 2017)
-                has successfully concluded!
+            $(P Stay updated with the
+                $(LINK2 http://blog.dlang.org,
+                    <cite>Official D Blog</cite>) from $(DBLOG_LATEST_DATE):
+                $(LINK2 $(DBLOG_LATEST_LINK), $(DBLOG_LATEST_TITLE)) by
+                $(DBLOG_LATEST_AUTHOR).
             )
-            $(P
-                Whether you were with us in Berlin or watching from
-                home, we thank everyone for participating. You can
-                review the conference through $(LINK2
-                http://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3jwVPmk_PRxo23yyoc0Ip_cP3-rCm7eB,
-                this YouTube playlist).
-            )
-            $(P Stay updated with
-                $(LINK2 http://arsdnet.net/this-week-in-d,
-                    <cite>This Week in D</cite>) -
-                $(SPANC twid)
+           $(P Browse weekly summaries in
+               $(LINK2 http://arsdnet.net/this-week-in-d,
+                   <cite>This Week in D</cite>) -
+                $(LINK2 $(TWID_LATEST_LINK), $(TWID_LATEST_DATE)):
+                $(TWID_LATEST_TITLE)
             )
         )
         $(TOUR graduation-cap, Learn,
@@ -424,7 +421,6 @@ Macros:
     LAYOUT_SUFFIX=
     $(SCRIPTLOAD $(ROOT_DIR)js/platform-downloads.js,  data-latest="$(LATEST)")
     $(SCRIPTLOAD $(ROOT_DIR)js/run-main-website.js)
-    $(SCRIPTLOAD //arsdnet.net/this-week-in-d/twid-latest.js)
     LAYOUT_TITLE=
     TOUR=$(DIVC item, $(SECTION4 $(LINK2 $1, $(TC i, fa fa-$2 big-icon)$3), $4))
     TOUR=$(DIVC item, $(SECTION4 $(TC i, fa fa-$1 big-icon)$2, $3))

js/dlang.js

@@ -84,15 +84,3 @@
         });
     });
 })(jQuery);
-
-// "This Week in D" integration
-// setTwid is called from http://arsdnet.net/this-week-in-d/twid-latest.js
-// which is included in index.html
-function setTwid(url, title, description) {
-    var twid = $('body#Home .boxes .twid');
-    twid
-        .empty()
-        .append($('<a>').attr('href', url).text(title))
-        .append(': ')
-        .append(description);
-}

posix.mak

@@ -97,6 +97,9 @@ CHANGE_SUFFIX = \
  for f in `find "$3" -iname '*.$1'`; do\
   mv $$f `dirname $$f`/`basename $$f .$1`.$2; done
 
+# Caches the latest D blog post for the front page
+DBLOG_LATEST=
+
 # Disable all dynamic content that could potentially have an unrelated impact
 # on a diff
 ifeq (1,$(DIFFABLE))
@@ -105,6 +108,7 @@ ifeq (1,$(DIFFABLE))
 else
 	CHANGELOG_VERSION_MASTER := "v${LATEST}..upstream/master"
 	CHANGELOG_VERSION_STABLE := "v${LATEST}..upstream/stable"
+	DBLOG_LATEST=$G/dblog_latest.ddoc $G/twid_latest.ddoc
 endif
 
 ################################################################################
@@ -166,7 +170,7 @@ STYLES=$(addsuffix .css, $(addprefix css/, \
 # HTML Files
 ################################################################################
 
-DDOC=$(addsuffix .ddoc, macros html dlang.org doc ${GENERATED}/${LATEST}) $(NODATETIME)
+DDOC=$(addsuffix .ddoc, macros html dlang.org doc ${GENERATED}/${LATEST}) $(NODATETIME) $(DBLOG_LATEST)
 STD_DDOC=$(addsuffix .ddoc, macros html dlang.org ${GENERATED}/${LATEST} std std_navbar-release ${GENERATED}/modlist-${LATEST}) $(NODATETIME)
 STD_DDOC_PRE=$(addsuffix .ddoc, macros html dlang.org ${GENERATED}/${LATEST} std std_navbar-prerelease ${GENERATED}/modlist-prerelease) $(NODATETIME)
 SPEC_DDOC=${DDOC} spec/spec.ddoc
@@ -377,6 +381,22 @@ dlangspec.txt : $(DMD) macros.ddoc plaintext.ddoc dlangspec-consolidated.d
 dlangspec.verbatim.txt : $(DMD) verbatim.ddoc dlangspec-consolidated.d
 	$(DMD) -conf= -Df$@ verbatim.ddoc dlangspec-consolidated.d
 
+################################################################################
+# Fetch the latest article from the official D blog
+################################################################################
+
+$G/dblog_latest.ddoc:
+	@echo "Receiving the latest DBlog article. Disable with DIIFABLE=1"
+	curl -s --retry 3 --retry-delay 5 http://blog.dlang.org | grep -m1 'entry-title' | \
+		sed -E 's/^.*<a href="(.+)" rel="bookmark">([^<]+)<\/a>.*<time class="updated" datetime="[^"]+">([^<]*)<\/time>.*Author *<\/span><a [^>]+>([^<]+)<\/a>.*/DBLOG_LATEST_TITLE=\2|DBLOG_LATEST_LINK=\1|DBLOG_LATEST_DATE=\3|DBLOG_LATEST_AUTHOR=\4/' | \
+		tr '|' '\n' > $@
+
+$G/twid_latest.ddoc:
+	@echo "Receiving the latest TWID article. Disable with DIIFABLE=1"
+	curl -s --retry 3 --retry-delay 5 http://arsdnet.net/this-week-in-d/twid-latest.js | grep setTwid | \
+		sed -E 's/.*setTwid\("([^"]+)", "([^"]+)", "([^"]+)"\).*/TWID_LATEST_LINK=\1|TWID_LATEST_DATE=\2|TWID_LATEST_TITLE=\3/' | \
+		tr '|' '\n' > $@
+
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