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Dynamic pages and datafiles
I wonder if it might be possible to generate pages dynamically using datafiles with Still?
Hello! I had some ideas to implement datafiles like 11ty. But can you elaborate on what you're thinking?
For the starters (and maybe it would be good enough) it could be something like the dynamic pages and datafiles in Middleman. I find them pretty useful when making more complex websites. Of course, there are probably other ways to do it. Basically any solution which would take a data structure and generate pages dynamically based on the records, queries or modified data coming from data files would do.
I like this. I can easily implement datafiles because it's just an abstraction. Dynamic pages are a bit harder because the framework is still coupled to 1 page = 1 file. I definitely want to change that because to support responsive images I had to "hack" it. Let me see what I can do. Btw, are you available for code reviews? Fernando doesn't have a lot of time right now and I could use an extra pair of eyes.
I can't promise fast feedback, but I will definitely need a new static site generator so I will keep an eye. However dynamic pages are a must for me. It could be possible perhaps to generate source pages from a datafile before but then the point of implementing datafiles is missed. Unless one wants to present data from datafile in a single page, of course.
I've been away for a while so pardon any mistake while I jog my memory but don't we have a synchronous step before the traversal ends? I'm wondering if we can do a version of passthrough copy to shortcircuit something like the middleman proxy.
