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| title | date |
|---|---|
| Hakyll | 2013-10-19 |
I decided to check out Hakyll. It is a static
site generator written in Haskell. It seems to be very
flexible. It allows me to write the content in a boat load of different formats
(.html, .rst, .markdown, …).
Static sites
I don't feel I have a need for dynamic content at the moment. And if I do need dynamic content, I can make a web app for it and configure nginx appropriately. For example, if you click on the picture of Mario you should hear a sound. This uses websockets - all visitors should hear the same sound at (approximately) the same time.
I find static site generators appealing. They can help with the tedious parts of creating a web site - Creating indices, templating, balancing start- and end tags, and so on.
Haskell
Haskell is a pure, lazily evaluated, functional programming language. I have some prior experience with Haskell, but I have never been a big fan of the language. I think it's partly because I never really started using Haskell for anything but toy programs.
I like Hakyll so far.