Create Static Sites with Jekyll And GitHub Pages
What you'll learn
- Install the Jekyll software
- Create a basic Jekyll blog or website on your local machine
- Use GitHub Pages to host your Jekyll-generated site for free
- Migrate from your existing Wordpress blog or site using jekyll-import
Requirements
- Computer with shell/terminal access
- Basic experience with a Command Line Interface (create & change directories)
- Text editor
- Basic front-end web development experience (HTML, CSS, JavaScript)
- Basic Git experience (commit, clone, pull, push)
Description
Jekyll is the world's most popular static-site generator. This enables web developers to use many of the features of server-side Content Management Systems (like templates, themes, and blog-awareness) while taking advantage of the speed, security, and simplicity of static sites. Plus, this mighty little Ruby script lives on both your computer and on GitHub's servers, which means you get super-fast hosting that's only a `git push` away, and free for you and all your collaborators!
Who this course is for:
- Web developers who want to learn how to use the most popular static site generator
- Wordpress developers and site admins who want to improve speed and reduce complexity for basic sites
- Software developers (particularly Rubyists) who want to blog they way they code (with Git)
- Open-source software maintainers who want to create landing pages for their GitHub-hosted projects
Instructor
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Founded in 2009, Awesome Inc exists to create and grow high-tech startups. We do this by hosting community events, leading technology education courses, and offering a shared workspace. Our Awesome Fellowship Program provides mentorship for early-stage startups, while our Awesome Inc U program helps anyone learn to code. Our small but nimble team is made up of engineers, designers, marketers, and experienced entrepreneurs. Collectively, we hold masters degrees in economics, business, psychology, and public administration, and have started more than half a dozen companies.