Scala Static Site Generators

Sekyll - A static site generator

Requirements

• articles in markdown

Technology Selection/Overview

Aspects that should be investigated

• scala
• template engine
  • twril?
  • scala functions?
• how you generate
  • compilation? might need sbt or maven

Best is lagom.

Why not

• twril
  • needs compile of templates (needed if you want type safety)
• scalatex
  • identation matter

Resources

Other implementations

Top: https://www.staticgen.com/

• https://github.com/denisftw/s2gen
• scalatext
  • https://github.com/lihaoyi/Scalatex/blob/master/readme/advanced/CustomTags1.scalatex
  • http://www.lihaoyi.com/Scalatex/#GettingStarted
• twirl (now relased in playframework)
  • https://github.com/playframework/twirl
  • https://github.com/JakeWharton/twirl-maven-plugin
• punch - site publishing
  • http://laktek.github.io/punch/ - nodejs
• Soapbox - via sbt plugin started from SPublisher
  • https://github.com/arnolddevos/Soapbox
  • https://github.com/arnolddevos/SPublisher (old continued by Soapbox)
• Monkeyman - similar to Middleman
  • https://github.com/wspringer/monkeyman
• Lagom sample
  • https://github.com/lagom/lagom.github.io
  • https://www.lagomframework.com/

Integration with tools

• https://github.com/JakeWharton/twirl-maven-plugin

Template engines

• http://scalate.github.io/scalate/documentation/mustache.html#features
• http://laktek.github.io/punch/

Others

• scala code generation http://yefremov.net/blog/scala-code-generation/