# Middleman is a static site renderer that provides all the conveniences of # a modern web stack, like Ruby on Rails, while remaining focused on building # the fastest, most-professional sites possible # # Install Middleman: # # gem install middleman # # To accomplish its goals, Middleman supports provides access to: # #### Command-line tools: # * **mm-init**: A tool for creating to new static sites. # * **mm-server**: A tool for rapidly developing your static site. # * **mm-build**: A tool for exporting your site into optimized HTML, CSS & JS. # #### Tons of templating languages including: # * ERB (.erb) # * Interpolated String (.str) # * Sass (.sass) # * Scss (.scss) # * Haml (.haml) # * Sass (.sass) # * Less CSS (.less) # * Builder (.builder) # * Liquid (.liquid) # * RDiscount (.markdown) # * RedCloth (.textile) # * RDoc (.rdoc) # * Radius (.radius) # * Markaby (.mab) # * Nokogiri (.nokogiri) # * Mustache (.mustache) # * CoffeeScript (.coffee) # #### Compile-time Optimiztions # * Javascript Minifiers: YUI, Google Closure & UglifyJS # * Smush.it Image Compression # * CSS Minification # #### Robust Extensions: # Add your own runtime and build-time features! # #### Next Steps: # * [Visit the website] # * [Read the wiki] # * [Email the users group] # * [Submit bug reports] # # [Visit the website]: http://middlemanapp.com # [Read the wiki]: https://github.com/tdreyno/middleman/wiki # [Email the users group]: http://groups.google.com/group/middleman-users # [Submit bug reports]: https://github.com/tdreyno/middleman/issues # Setup out load paths libdir = File.dirname(__FILE__) $LOAD_PATH.unshift(libdir) unless $LOAD_PATH.include?(libdir) # Require Rubygems (probably not necessary) require 'rubygems' # Top-level Middleman object module Middleman # Auto-load modules on-demand autoload :Server, "middleman/server" # Custom Renderers module Renderers autoload :Haml, "middleman/renderers/haml" autoload :Sass, "middleman/renderers/sass" autoload :Slim, "middleman/renderers/slim" end # Features API autoload :Features, "middleman/features" end