0.2.0

Snowman 0.2.0 ⛄

This release is the second non-experimental release of Snowman, a static site generator for SPARQL backends.

Features and changes 🎈

There are no breaking changes in this release.

This release brings a series of productivity features, template improvements, bug fixes, and documentation improvements. Here are some of the most notable changes:

Productivity features 🏇

• snowman build prints a warning when it writes to a file twice. #19
• snowman cache can now invalidate unused cache items. #5
• snowman build --static now lets you build only static files. #23

Template features 🛠

• All string functions as well as query, and safe_html now tries to cast any given arguments to a string.
• New to_json template function. #20
• New type template function.

Documentation ✍️

• The readme has been copyedited. Thank you @hughlilly!
• There is a new example showcasing Snowman's multilingual capabilities.
• There is a new example showcasing Snowman's configuration options.
• The snowman server command has been documented.

Bug fixes 🐛

• snowman server did not display an error if the port or address were already in use. #22
• cache invalidation did not print its actions.

Installing Snowman 🌨

Download the binary for your OS/architecture, rename it to "snowman", and place it in a directory on your path. Alternatively, place it in your project folder and execute it with the ./ prefix.

We provide binaries for six architectures/operation systems, if none of these are suitable for you, you can build it from source. If you think we should provide pre-built binaries for additional platforms, consider raising an issue.

Roadmap and Snowman 0.3.0 🗺

While Snowman 0.3.0 has yet to reach feature freeze, it's already in the works. Some planned features include:

• Cached includes. #32 (in progress)
• Add a command to scaffold a working project. #33
• Several new template functions. (#35 #36 #37 #38)

Snowman 0.3.0 milestone.

Discuss 💬

You can discuss this release or other aspects of Snowman in the forum.