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All coins have three sides: Heads, tails, and edge.
~-Robert Kiyosaki

Find a need and fulfill it. Successful businesses are founded on the needs of people.
~A. G. Gaston

It always looks impossible until it's done.
~Nelson Mandela

If you’re creating a company, it’s important to limit the number of miracles in series. Start with something that’s the most doable and then expand from there.
~Elon Musk

Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus.
~Alexander Graham Bell

God, make me so uncomfortable that I will do the very thing I fear.
~Ruby Dee

The most difficult thing is the decision to act. The rest is merely tenacity.
~Amelia Earhart

Software being "Done" is like lawn being "Mowed".
~Jim Benson

A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.
~Mark Twain

Everybody told me no at first, including my wife. I turned the nos into yeses and the disadvantages into advantages.
~John H. Johnson

The best way to make dreams come true is to wake up.
~Mae C. Jemison

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Jekyll: ChicagoRuby Hack Night

11 Nov 2015

Why Jekyll?

As software developers, we have a ton of stuff to learn. Our learning is reinforced when we share our learning with others. Blogging and presenting are two ways to share knowledge with our colleagues.

Jekyll is a static HTML page generator. Jekyll includes tools that accelerate the blogging process, especially for people who know Ruby, because Jekyll is written Ruby.

Why Not CMS?

So why not use a content management system (CMS) like Wordpress? There’s nothing wrong with Wordpress. But CMS-generated pages will always be served slower because of the calls to the database. But static HTML pages are just sitting on the storage device, ready to be propelled across the internet as requested.

Sometimes you want a CMS. Other times, you need the speed of statically generated pages. It all depends on the objective of the project.

15 Minutes of Slides

Every hack night starts with 10 to 15 minutes of introduction, followed by two hours of hands-on-the-keyboard hacking. This set of slides is designed for quick review.

More Jekyll?

Any time you attend a ChicagoRuby event, like a hack night, feel free to share feedback with the organizer team. Your insights will help to make ChicagoRuby better for all members.

Thank you!

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