The Bridgetown Blog (Page 4)
Doing the hard work of improving Bridgetown at the core level as we head towards our one-year anniversary.
Release 3/16/21 Read… It’s one thing to claim you can take an existing website and convert it so it only uses semantic and custom HTML elements. It’s another thing to actually do it.
Showcase 1/17/21 Read… Our final release of 2020 and a hint of what is to come in 2021. Plus some thoughts on NEW MAGIC. What a time to be a Rubyist!
Release 12/22/20 Read… Nobody ever got fired for adding a div tag to a React component or an ERB template or a WordPress theme. But there is a better way. Welcome to the modern web of custom elements everywhere.
Showcase 12/3/20 Read… Watch this real-time walkthrough where I configure Bridgetown’s template engine—either on a per-file basis or across the whole site. Now you have Liquid, ERB, and beyond, right at your fingertips!
Videos 11/9/20 Read… An action-packed release which sets the tone for the future of Bridgetown and the broader Ruby web developer community.
Release 10/30/20 Read… We’re pleased as Punch to announce the release of Bridgetown 0.17, codenamed “Mount Scott”. Some of the improvements are optimizations at the code level and preparing for bigger features down the road (i18n), but there are also a few goodies you can start using in your projects today.
Release 9/18/20 Read… Bridgetown is amazingly useful right out of the box, but add a few plugins and an automation or two, and it sizzles!
Showcase 8/25/20 Read… A journey into Sparkletown with a short stop for some shopping.
Showcase 8/11/20 Read… It’s the height of summer, and we’re here with a real treat for Rubyists everywhere! At last you can have your cake and eat it too with the release of Bridgetown 0.16 “Crystal Springs”—write site templates in your choice of ERB, Haml, or Slim all while enjoying the benefits of Bridgetown’s Jekyll-inspired ease of configuration and rapid content development process.
Release 7/28/20 Read…