Flexible static sites generator suitable even for big and complex sites with dynamically generated pages such as pages for each tag etc (not on the fly obviously as it just produces HTML).
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h1. About
Ace is a static page generator like "Nanoc":http://nanoc.stoneship.org, "Jekyll":https://github.com/mojombo/jekyll or "Webby":http://webby.rubyforge.org/tutorial. How is it different? Well, it's better :) ! I really like Nanoc and I used it for quite a while, but it's not flexible enough. If you need to generate a lot of pages on the fly, it's a hassle. It provides helpers, but helpers are – let's face it – programming style we used to use years back when we yet believed that PHP is actually a really nice language.
Ace chose an OOP approach
Another common proble of these generators is, that they are way too opinionated. Thanks Webby, but I don't give a damn about your Sitemap, thank you very much!
Also, last but not least, Ace has a real template inheritance. Layouts are for kids, real men use template inheritance! What's the advantage? It's incredibly flexible. You can have
h1. Why you should be interested in ace?
In Ace, every page is an instance
Typically I want to define methods, like @post.excerpt
There are also *generators* available for easier generating items on the fly.
Ace has *template inheritance*. I love template inheritance, it's more flexible pattern than layouts.
Tasks for deployment are included.
h1. The boot process
# Load @boot.rb@ where the
# load the rules (controllers / globs mapping)
# load & instantiate the items: only the renderables (concrete post)
# run the filters, layoutin' ... actually this can be defined in the controller
# match the routes, write the files
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