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# Goldsmith #
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Goldsmith is a static website generator developed in Go with flexibility, extensibility, and performance as primary
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design considerations. With Goldsmith you can easily build and deploy any type of site, whether it is a personal blog,
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image gallery, or a corporate homepage; the tool no assumptions are made about your layout or file structure. Goldsmith
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is trivially extensible via a plugin architecture which makes it simple to perform complex data transformations
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concurrently. A growing set of core plugins, [Goldsmith-Plugins](https://foosoft.net/projects/goldsmith-plugins/), is provided to make it
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easier to get started with this tool to generate static websites.
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concurrently.
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* The extension system is complicated; it's difficult to write and debug plugins.
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* Quality of existing plugins varies greatly; I found many subtle issues.
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* No support for parallel processing (this is a big one if you process images).
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* A full [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/) is stack (including dependencies) is required to build sites.
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* A full Node.js is stack (including dependencies) is required to build sites.
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Rather than making do with what I had indefinitely, I decided to use the knowledge I've obtained from using various
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static site generators to build my own. The *Goldsmith* name is a reference to both the *Go* programming language I've
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enjoy the freedom of building a static site from ground up, especially users of Metalsmith. Why craft metal when you can
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be crafting gold?
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## Plugins ##
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A growing set of core plugins is provided to make it easier to get started with this tool to generate static websites.
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* [Goldsmith-Abs](https://foosoft.net/projects/goldsmith/abs/): Convert HTML relative file references to absolute paths.
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* [Goldsmith-Breadcrumbs](https://foosoft.net/projects/goldsmith/breadcrumbs/): Manage metadata required to build navigation breadcrumbs.
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* [Goldsmith-Collection](https://foosoft.net/projects/goldsmith/collection/): Group related pages into named collections.
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* [Goldsmith-Condition](https://foosoft.net/projects/goldsmith/condition/): Conditionally chain plugins based on various criteria.
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* [Goldsmith-FrontMatter](https://foosoft.net/projects/goldsmith/frontmatter/): Extract frontmatter from files and store it in file metadata.
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* [Goldsmith-Include](https://foosoft.net/projects/goldsmith/include/): Include additional paths for processing.
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* [Goldsmith-Index](https://foosoft.net/projects/goldsmith/index/): Create index pages for displaying directory listings.
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* [Goldsmith-Layout](https://foosoft.net/projects/goldsmith/layout/): Process partial HTML into complete pages with Go templates.
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* [Goldsmith-LiveJs](https://foosoft.net/projects/goldsmith/livejs/): Automatically refresh your web browser page on content change.
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* [Goldsmith-Markdown](https://foosoft.net/projects/goldsmith/markdown/): Process Markdown files to generate partial HTML documents.
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* [Goldsmith-Minify](https://foosoft.net/projects/goldsmith/minify/): Reduce the data size of various web file formats.
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* [Goldsmith-Tags](https://foosoft.net/projects/goldsmith/tags/): Generate metadata and index pages for tags.
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* [Goldsmith-Thumbnail](https://foosoft.net/projects/goldsmith/thumbnail/): Generate thumbnails for a variety of image formats.
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## Usage ##
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Goldsmith is at it's core, a pipeline-based file processor. Files are loaded from the source directory, processed by any
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number of plugins, and are finally output to the destination directory. Rather than explaining the process in detail
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conceptually, I will show some code samples which show how this tool can be used in practice.
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Goldsmith is a pipeline-based file processor. Files are loaded in from the source directory, processed by a number of
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plugins, and are finally output to the destination directory. Rather than explaining the process in detail conceptually,
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I will show some code samples which show how this tool can be used in practice.
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* Start by copying files from a source directory to a destination directory (simplest possible use case):
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```
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goldsmith.Begin(srcDir).
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End(dstDir)
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```
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* Now let's also convert our [Markdown](https://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/) files to HTML using the
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[markdown plugin](https://foosoft.net/projects/goldsmith-plugins/markdown):
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* Now let's also convert our Markdown files to HTML using the [Goldsmith-Markdown](https://foosoft.net/projects/goldsmith-plugins/markdown)
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plugin:
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```
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goldsmith.Begin(srcDir).
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Chain(markdown.NewCommon()).
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End(dstDir)
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```
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* If we are using *front matter* in our Markdown files, we can easily extract it by using the
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[frontmatter plugin](https://foosoft.net/projects/goldsmith-plugins/frontmatter):
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* If we are using *frontmatter* in our Markdown files, we can easily extract it by using the
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[Goldsmith-Frontmatter](https://foosoft.net/projects/goldsmith-plugins/frontmatter) plugin:
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```
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goldsmith.Begin(srcDir).
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Chain(frontmatter.New()).
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End(dstDir)
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```
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* Next we want to run our generated HTML through a template to add a header, footer, and a menu; for this we
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can use the [layout plugin](https://foosoft.net/projects/goldsmith-plugins/layout):
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* Next we want to run our generated HTML through a template to add a header, footer, and a menu; for this we can use
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the [Goldsmith-Layout](https://foosoft.net/projects/goldsmith-plugins/layout) plugin:
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```
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goldsmith.Begin(srcDir).
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Chain(frontmatter.New()).
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Chain(markdown.NewCommon()).
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Chain(layout.New(
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layoutFiles, // array of paths for files containing template definitions
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templateNameVar, // metadata variable that contains the name of the template to use
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contentStoreVar, // metadata variable configured in template to insert content
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defTemplateName, // name of a default template to use if one is not specified
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userFuncs, // mapping of functions which can be executed from templates
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)).
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Chain(layout.New("layoutDir/*.html")).
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End(dstDir)
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```
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* Finally, let's [minify](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minification_(programming)) our files to reduce data transfer
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and load times for our site's visitors using the [minify plugin](https://foosoft.net/projects/goldsmith-plugins/minify).
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* Finally, let's minify our files to reduce data transfer and load times for our site's visitors using the
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[Goldsmith-Minify](https://foosoft.net/projects/goldsmith-plugins/minify) plugin:
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```
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goldsmith.Begin(srcDir).
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Chain(frontmatter.New()).
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Chain(markdown.NewCommon()).
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Chain(layout.New(layoutFiles, templateNameVar, contentStoreVar, defTemplateName, userFuncs)).
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Chain(layout.New("layoutDir/*.html")).
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Chain(minify.New()).
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End(dstDir)
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```
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I hope this simple example effectively illustrates the conceptual simplicity of the Goldsmith pipeline-based processing
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method. Files are injected into the stream at Goldsmith initialization, processed in parallel through a series of
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plugins, and are finally written out to disk upon completion.
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* Now that we have all of our plugins chained up, let's look at a complete example which uses the
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[Goldsmith-DevServer](https://foosoft.net/projects/goldsmith-devserver) library to bootstrap a development sever with live reload:
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```
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package main
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import (
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"log"
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"github.com/FooSoft/goldsmith"
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"github.com/FooSoft/goldsmith-devserver"
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"github.com/FooSoft/goldsmith-plugins/frontmatter"
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"github.com/FooSoft/goldsmith-plugins/layout"
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"github.com/FooSoft/goldsmith-plugins/livejs"
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"github.com/FooSoft/goldsmith-plugins/markdown"
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"github.com/FooSoft/goldsmith-plugins/minify"
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)
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type builder struct{}
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func (b *builder) Build(srcDir, dstDir string) {
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errs := goldsmith.Begin(srcDir).
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Chain(frontmatter.New()).
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Chain(markdown.NewCommon()).
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Chain(layout.New("layoutDir/*.html")).
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Chain(livejs.New()).
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Chain(minify.New()).
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End(dstDir)
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for _, err := range errs {
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log.Print(err)
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}
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}
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func main() {
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devserver.DevServe(new(builder), 8080, "srcDir", "dstDir")
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}
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```
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I hope that this short series of examples illustrated the inherent simplicity and flexibility of the Goldsmith
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pipeline-oriented approach to data processing. Files are injected into the stream at Goldsmith initialization, processed
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in parallel through a set of plugins, and are finally written out to disk upon completion.
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Files are guaranteed to flow through Goldsmith plugins in the same order, but not necessarily in the same sequence
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relative to each other. Timing differences can cause certain files to finish ahead of others; fortunately this, along
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with other threading characteristics of the tool is abstracted from the user. The execution, while appearing to be a
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mere series chained methods, will process files using all of your system's cores.
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with other threading characteristics of the tool, is abstracted from the user. The execution, while appearing to be a
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mere series chained methods, will process files taking full advantage of your processor's cores.
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## License ##
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