Assemble workflow

01-build-site.js

var Assemble = require('assemble');
var Permalinks = require('assemble-permalinks');

var siteConfig = {
  options: {
    assets: '_gh_pages/public/',
    layout: 'default',
    ext: '.html',
  },
  src: 'src/templates/pages/*.hbs',
  dest: '_gh_pages/'
};

var permalinksOptions = {
  structure: ':basename/index:html'
}

// create a new instance of assemble
var assemble = new Assemble();

// using the site configuration, load files from disk and turn into objects:
/*
```
[{
  src: 'src/templates/pages/about.hbs',
  dest: '_gh_pages/about.html',
  data: { title: 'Awesomeness' },
  content: 'About Page {{title}}',
  orig: ''
}]
```
*/
var pages = Assemble.files.load(siteConfig);

// add the objects to the pages collection, turning them into `Page` objects
assemble.pages.add(pages);

// run permalinks middleware to adjust the `dest` proprety on the `pages`
var permalinks = new Permalinks(permalinksOptions);
assemble.pages.run(permalinks);

// render the pages collection
assemble.pages.render();

// write the pages collection to disk
assemble.pages.write();

02-build-blog.js

var Assemble = require('assemble');
var Permalinks = require('assemble-permalinks');

var blogConfig = {
  options: {
    assets: '_gh_pages/public/',
    layout: 'blog',
    ext: '.html',
  },
  src: 'src/templates/posts/*.md',
  dest: '_gh_pages/blog/'
};

var permalinksOptions = {
  structure: ':YYYY/:MM/:DD/:basename/index:html'
}

// create a new instance of assemble
var assemble = new Assemble();

// using the blog configuration, load files from disk and turn into objects:
/*
```
[{
  src: 'src/templates/post/2014-05-21-whats-new-in-assemble.hbs',
  dest: '_gh_pages/2014-05-21-whats-new-in-assemble.html',
  data: { title: "What's New in Assemble!" },
  content: '{{title}}',
  orig: ''
}]
```
*/
var files = Assemble.files.load(blogConfig);

// create a new Post object inherited from Page
var Post = Assemble.Page.extend({
  constructor: function (config) {
    Assemble.Page.call(this, config);
    // using the src, parse out the date attributes
    this.data.set('date', this.parseDate(this.src));
  },
  toString: function () {
    return 'Post';
  }
});

// create a new Posts collection object inherited from Pages
var Posts = Assemble.Pages.extend({
  constructor: function (config) {
    Assemble.Posts.call(this, config, Post, 'Post');
  }
});

// create a new instance of the Posts collection and add it to the assemble object
var posts = new Posts();

// add the objects to the posts collection, turning them into `Post` objects
posts.add(files);

// run permalinks middleware to adjust the `dest` proprety on the `posts`
var permalinks = new Permalinks(permalinksOptions);
assemble.run(posts, permalinks);

// render the posts collection
assemble.run(posts, assemble.render);

// write the posts collection to disk
assemble.run(posts, assemble.write);