The builders of the Vue JavaScript framework have launched VitePress 1.0, a static web site generator (SSG) for constructing quick, content-centric web sites.
Constructed on high of Vue and the Vite construct software (pronounced “veet”), VitePress takes supply content material written in Markdown, applies a theme, and generates static HTML pages for deployment. VitePress 1.0, introduced March 21, is the “religious” successor and substitute of the VuePress static web site generator, Vue creator Evan You wrote in a weblog put up.
VitePress is meant to supply an enhanced developer expertise when working with Markdown content material. Being Vite-powered, it supplies on the spot server begin, with edits immediately mirrored with out web page reloading. Constructed-in Markdown extensions supply capabilities corresponding to tables and syntax highlighting. With Vue-enhanced Markdown, every web page is a Vue single-file element, as a result of Vue template’s syntax compatibility with HTML. Builders can embed interactivity in static content material utilizing Vue templating options or imported Vue parts.
Not like conventional SSGs, the place every navigation ends in a full-page reload, a web site generated by VitePress serves static HTML on the preliminary go to however turns into a single-page software for subsequent web site navigation. This mannequin, Evan You wrote, supplies an optimum steadiness for efficiency, providing quick preliminary load, quick post-load navigation, and interactivity with out penalty.
VitePress ships with a default theme meant for technical documentation. It powers the documentation for Vite, the Rollup JavaScript bundler, the Pinia retailer, VueUse composite utilities, the Vitest testing framework, the D3 JavaScript library, the UnoCSS CSS engine, Iconify icons, and extra.
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