Setup

1. yarn install

Development

Webpack and Eleventy must run simultaneously. Use the following:

yarn dev

Add/Remove Node packages

• yarn add --dev postcss
• yarn remove postcss

Package.json

Top-level commands

1. yarn run List all available scripts from package.json.
2. yarn build Production build (for Netlify).
3. yarn build:serve Production build plus web server.
4. yarn dev For quick-turnaround development (Webpack watch and Eleventy server).

npm-run-all

Provides sequential and parallel execution of scripts.

• run-s runs steps sequentially.
• run-p runs steps in parallel.
• run-s -l prints a label on each output line.

Key Directories

site

The website content, processed by Eleventy. Contains Nunjucks templates, layouts, and included templates.

asset_src

Processed by Webpack. Contains CSS, JS, and images.

• styles
  • basic.scss Styles in addition to Tailwind.
  • styles.scss Setup Tailwind and import other styles.
• controllers Stimulus controllers are bundled and included.
• images All site images. Copied to public/assets/images.

public

The Eleventy output directory. Delivered by the Netlify web server. Contains the site's public files.

Plugins

• @11ty/eleventy-navigation

Packages

• PurgeCSS
• Stimulus
• Tailwind Forms Not installed.
• Tailwind
• Turbo
• Webpack

Webpack

Webpack generates main.js and main.css.

These assets are then inserted into html_head.njk.

Notes

• Collections are defined by tags.
• For a blog collection, blog/blog.json can list collection attributes (like tags).
• Using Data. Eleventy Documentation

Acknowledgments

• Eleventy Origin: Thanks, Scott, for a good Eleventy starting point.
• Hotwire, Turbo, Stimulus: Thanks, Basecamp, for the Javascript libraries, documentation, and examples.
• Sample Tailwind Template: Thanks, Colm, for the landing page template.
• Tailwind Blog Template: Thanks, Ross, for the blog template.
• Tailwind UI: Thanks, Tailwind, for the preview examples of your full Tailwind UI toolkit.