Development
Jekyll/Liquid Variable Filters
A comprehensive list of filters available to modify/format Jekyll variables.
Jekyll/Liquid Tags
This is a list of tags that can be used in Jekyll.
Jekyll and Liquid reference information
Some reference sites and links for Jekyll and Liquid.
How to generate a list of pages in a given folder
The following code automatically generates a list of pages that exist in a given folder.
How to generate a list of collection documents
The following code automatically generates a list of collection documents.
It assumes that the collection uses output: true and optionally includes a collection title and description defined in the _config.yml configuration file.
List of problems and issues with Jekyll and GitHub Pages
While sites generated using GitHub pages can use Jekyll to enhance them, there are some limitations and, it seems, a number of problems.
Jekyll default variables
These are the default attributes (variables) that you get with each part of the Jekyll domain.
Alternate static site generators to Jekyll
Jekyll is built on Ruby which is a pain to work with on Windows. It also doesn’t match my chosen development language of JavaScript. Here are some possible alternatives to Jekyll along with some strengths and weaknesses.
VSCode Hints and Tips
Visual Studio Code is an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) or code editor that is open source and actively developed by Microsoft. These articles contain ideas, hints, tips and knowledge about it and how to use it.
Node-RED Q & A
Node-RED Questions and Answers. Node-RED is a flow-based (visual) programming tool. These pages have some information that may be currently missing from the documentation or may expand on it.
Easily search for contributed nodes on the Node-RED Flows site
Excellent work has been done to make sure that new nodes are discoverable. Here is a quick way to easily search from your browser.
How to create a clone of a message object
Node-RED tried to pass messages by reference not copy. Sometimes though, a copy is needed.
How node.send() works
Some detail not included in the documentation.
GitHub Pages, Jekyll and Liquid
Hints and tips on using Jekyll for publishing to GitHub Pages.
Note that these articles have been migrated from a Jekyll site and may not render correctly.
How to extract a table from HTML
While Node-RED has some nodes for extracting data from HTML, the nodes are rather simplistic. Here is a quick way to extract the data from an HTML table element.
