MetaBake

'All my friends KNOW the low-coder'

#### mbake CLI is open source and extensible low-code productivity bundler/builder that leverages Pug and JAMstack.

Overview

MetaBake(mbake) provides a bundler/builder for a developer to write cleaner code quicker, with pug and livereload out of the box.

You can gradually adopt it while it allows you to develop quicker - and with clean simplicity - Static Websites, Custom Elements, custom CMS/E-Commerce, CRUD and all sorts of dynamic Web Apps.

#### Please star our main project here:
- https://github.com/INTUITION-dev/INTU

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You should know HTML, CSS and JavaScript - that is all we use. If you need to catch up, we recommend this book: 'Design and Build Websites' by Jon Duckett.

Quick start

``sh
npm i -g mbake
mbake -w . / for a base website /
cd website
mbake -w . / to run the watcher livereload /
`

INTUITION in 4 Minutes

Building sites take a few moments, just add index.pug and dat.yaml files in the folder, and compile it with mbake . from the root folder of your site.




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Create a folder called 'one'.
In the folder 'one', create file index.pug

`pug

header
body
p Hello #{key1}

`

and create file dat.yaml
`yaml
key1: World
`
> Note: to create a new page|screen in mbake, create a new folder with an index.pug and day.yaml in each folder.




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`sh
mbake .
`

This will create index.html. Of course you can use regular Pug syntax to include other Pug files or Markdown. (INTUITION Markdown flavor includes CSS support):
`pug
body
div
include:metaMD comment.md
`

And example Markdown file with CSS nested classes. Title is nested in 2 levels, .column class CSS and second level .stick CSS class
`
:::: column col-2
::: stick
Title
:::
::::

`


So if you write a Markdown file comment.md, it will be included in index.html
---




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This will start a webserver and auto-refresh browser, and watch for file changes to auto build:
`sh
mbakeX -w .
`

Instead of . you can specify any path.
Also, the fact that we are generating this static content allows us to have the entire Web App served by a CDN




SASS


CSS can be hard to work with, so people use Sass/Scss. Create a style.scss file:
`css
$font-stack: Helvetica, sans-serif;
$primary-color: #333;

body {
font: 100% $font-stack;
color: $primary-color;
}
`
Create file style.yaml in assets folder, to compile your scss to css

`
css:
- style.scss
`

and run
`sh
mbake -s .
`

It will create a css file in assets/css with auto-prefixes.

So the structure of asset folder should look something like that:
`folder
assets/
css/style.css / this is going to be compiled from style.scss /
scss/style.scss / your working area /
style.yaml / with scss files that need to be compiled /
...
`

TypeScript

TypeScript is supper-set of JavaScript. Write a ts file, like foo.ts:
`ts
foo(i:number) {
console.log('oh hi')
}
`

and run
`sh
mbake -t .
`


Lots of time you use .ts to call DB services: such as Google FireStore.

Examples - Website

There are 12 very different examples included in the mbake CLI. One is just a website:
`sh
mbake -w
`

That will extract an example website in the current folder. ( Obviously you can create any layout with any combination of css and other libraries, but here is how we laid out an example/starter website).

`sh
mbake -f .
``

This emits a Pug file that you should include in your Pug's layout head section.
In turn, the included file calls a mbToolBelt.js from a CDN.

Apps

While you can build websites: you can also build full webapps, eg. CRUD.

Other examples include:

- Using markdown CSS effect: allows non-programmers to write interactive stories
- Slide show with markdown
- Dashboard example
- Ads example

Links

Advanced Front End w/ Pug

mbake CLI Docs

Git Repo

Pug example

INTUITION.DEV Home Page