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| title | author |
|---|---|
| Installation | Jasper Van der Jeugt |
Why static websites?
Modern web frameworks make it easy to create huge dynamic websites. Why would anyone still care about a static website?
- Static websites are fast, because it's simply files served directly from the hard disk.
- Static websites are secure. Nobody has ever found an SQL injection in static pages.
- Static websites are easy to deploy. Just copy them to your webhost using (S)FTP/rsync/scp and you are done. They work on all webhosts: no CGI or extra modules needed for the web server.
Why Hakyll?
Hakyll is a Haskell library meant for creating small-to-medium sized static websites. It is a powerful publishing tool, precisely because of the power of Haskell. By using the awesome pandoc library, it is able to create your website from a large variety of input formats.
Features include:
- easy templating system;
- a simple HTTP server for previewing and compiling your website on the go;
- powerful syntax highlighting;
- modules for common items such as tags and feeds;
- easily extensible.
Installation
Installation is provided using cabal, and some packages are available for different distributions.
cabal install hakyll
Linux distro packages: