Hey everyone, thanks for reading my Blog post in our first Assignment Release 0.1, we were asked to make the Static Site Generator. I named it (ag-ssg).
Link to repository : ag-ssg.
Overview
In this project we were supposed to create the tool which can convert the .txt file type to .html file type. In this version of our project, User can use the command line tool to specify the particular text file or particular folder which contains multiple text files to convert all of them to .html files.
Outline
In this release version user can do the following
- User can use the command line tool to specify the particular .txt file to convert it into .html file type.
- User can specify the folder which contains multiple .txt files to convert all of them into a separate .html file type.
Requirements
- This tool is built using the Node.js
Steps to Run this project
- Clone the repository into your local drive
git clone <repository url> <project_name>
- Install all the dependencies
cd <project_name>
npm install
- Run the npm link module
npm link
- Build and run the project
node app.js - <command line arguments>
Example
- if the file is in particular folder we have to provide the path like this node app.js -i "./textfile/Silver Blaze.txt".
- if you want to convert the whole folder text file to .html use this commnad node app.js -i textfile
- Output
Command line options
Command line option available for User in this tool
Option | Detailed Inforamtion |
---|---|
-v, --version | Print the tool's name and current version |
-i, --input file | Allow users to specify the file |
-h, --help | Prints information about usage of tool |
.txt file for testing
Folder in directory named textFile contains all the text file which i have used to test my code.
One extra file is available in the main directory named "test.txt".
Running the Tool with different commands
Command type | Description |
---|---|
node app.js -i <.txt file> |
Create single .html file |
node app.js -i <folder> |
Create all the .txt file to .html which are available in the folder |
Optional Feature
In addition to the above feature i have implemented these feature in my site.
Improve the look and feel of your generated HTML pages using a default stylesheet that you design.
if the user specifies a folder for the input, automatically generate an index.html file, which has relative links to each of the generated HTML files.
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