Generating the blog with Jekyll

Jekyll - Static Site Generator

Jekyll is a static site generator that has been around for long and the documentation is solid.

Setting up a blog with a JavaScript framework such as Vue or React can seem a bit overkill, and most likely you will end up having to use it together with a static site generator anyways (Gatsby for React, for example). Jekyll allows you to re-use components without any hassle if all you need is re-usable components and an easy way to publish blog posts.

Steps to get going:

1. Install Ruby (Jekyll is written in Ruby). I’m on Windows so I used the installer package: Ruby

2. With Ruby installed, proceeded to install Jekyll:

   > gem install jekyll
   

3. Created a new Jekyll site:

   > jekyll new C:/my-path
   

4. Follow the official Jekyll guide on converting a site to Jekyll