Bagatto notes

On Pranab’s site

DRAFT (needs work or removal)

An interesting new SSG using scripting.

Bagatto is implemented using the Janet programming language, which is a descendant of the Lisp family. I’ve provided some Python syntax as well.

TODO: BAGATTO LINK TODO: JANET LINK

It provides a bunch of helper functions in a library, such as listing files, and reading metadata and markdown. You hook it all up with a configuration using a dictionary/map, and then your site is generated from that configuration.

First, you specify the data you want to go into your site, and ways to convert it into meaningful data.

TODO: data definition snippet TODO: if this was python

Then, you specify the layout of your final site, and what data goes where in that layout.

TODO: site definition snippet TODO: if this was python