Web Fundamentals

Web Fundamentals is a technical documentation center for multi-device web development. Our goal is to build a resource for modern web developers that’s as curated and thorough as developer.android.com or iOS Dev Center.

Content plan

Content plan for Web Fundamentals is tracked through GitHub Issues and our Site Structure + Content Inventory doc

Release status

The project was soft launched in late April with a formal v1 launch in June 2014. We've now moved to a six-week rolling release cycle.

Technology

This is a Jekyll build.

/src
  /appengine - the server to host the static content
  /site - the documentation
    /getting-started - the getting started articles
    /multi-device-layouts - responsive design guide
    /introduction-to-media - the guide to using media
    /optimizing-performance - the perf articles
    /using-touch - managing touch
    /showcase - the case-studies

/build is never checked in but generated by Jekyll.

Installing Dependencies

Mac

1. Install XCode Command Line Tools
2. Install RVM
   • curl -sSL https://get.rvm.io | bash
3. Set RVM Default to 2.0.0
   • rvm install ruby-2.0.0-p451
   • rvm --default use 2.0.0
4. Install Pygments
   • easy_install pygments
5. Install RubyGems dependencies (Jekyll, Kramdown and Sass)
   • cd src/ && bundle install
6. Install Node.js
7. Install the Grunt CLI
   • npm install -g grunt-cli

Using project-level meta data

The table of contents is generated from src/site/_project.yaml

To parse the _project.yaml file, include {% injectdata content _project.yaml %} in the page. You then have access to the variables in the page object.

Generating Table of Contents

The table of contents is generated from src/site/_book.yaml

To parse the _book.yaml file, include {% injectdata content _book.yaml %} in the page and then iterate as follows:

 {% for section in page.content.toc %}
    SOME MARKUP
 {% endfor %}

Jekyll Special elements

• Code import: {% highlight javascript %} {% include sample1.js %} {% endhighlight %}
• {{ articles _category_}} a list of articles in divs, ordered by the "order" preamble.
• {{ showcases _category_}} a list of showcases.