April 2, 2014
Hugo uses the excellent Go html/template library for
its template engine. It is an extremely lightweight engine that provides a very
small amount of logic. In our experience that it is just the right amount of
logic to be able to create a good static website. If you have used other
template systems from different languages or frameworks you will find a lot of
similarities in Go templates.
This document is a brief primer on using Go templates. The Go docs
provide more details.
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April 2, 2014
Step 1. Install Hugo
Go to Hugo releases and download the
appropriate version for your OS and architecture.
Save it somewhere specific as we will be using it in the next step.
More complete instructions are available at Install Hugo
Step 2. Build the Docs
Hugo has its own example site which happens to also be the documentation site
you are reading right now.
Follow the following steps:
- Clone the Hugo repository
- Go into the repo
- Run hugo in server mode and build the docs
- Open your browser to http://localhost:1313
Corresponding pseudo commands:
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