Local Development Setup

Prerequisites: Node.js and Ruby

1. Apache Configuration

    <VirtualHost *>
    ServerName zachleat.localhost
    DocumentRoot "/PATH_TO_SITE/"
    Alias /web/ /PATH_TO_SITE/web/_site/
    </virtualHost>
   

2. Add to /etc/hosts

    127.0.0.1	zachleat.localhost
   

3. gem install sass

4. npm install

5. grunt

Local Development Workflow

1. grunt watch
2. Open http://zachleat.localhost/

To install new local npm packages, use npm install PACKAGE_NAME --save-dev

Deploy

1. grunt deploy

The deploy task requires zopfli, which can be installed using:

1. brew install zopfli

Notes

• “zachleat.com is Dead, Long Live zachleat.com,” a blog post describing the initial launch