Bramble MVC is a Node.js static site generator which takes a code first approach in generating scalable static sites. Bramble MVC is designed to be as familiar and similar as possible to server based frameworks and maintains much of the same flexibility.
Static sites have many advantages over server generated pages. They are secure, robust and fast. Bramble MVC additionally offers many features that are commonly associated with server generated pages:
- Urls are clean and do not contain file names or extensions eg /shop/outdoor/green-tent.
- Sites are completely flexible - you are not forced to make blog sites from pre-defined templates.
- View files are easily reused. The default template rendering engine is the fantastic Nunjucks which has a lot of rich features one of which is view inheritance.
- Urls are generated within anchor tags - 404 errors become build time errors.
- Minimal configuration is required.
Look at the example project to see how to tell Bramble MVC to build your site.
The project is licensed under MIT so please feel free to take the source and use it as you wish. If you notice any bugs or have a feature request, please submit and issue or even better, submit a pull request. Unit tests can be run using node test.
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Copyright (c) 2014 Ian Sullivan
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