New release: Eleventy Dev Server v2.0.0

🎁 Adds new `onRequest` option for request-time processing
🎁 Adds new `indexFileName` option
🐛 Bug fixes for byte-range requests, pathPrefix, and more!
🤝 4 new contributors!

Release notes: github.com/11ty/eleventy-…

Published an experimental Eleventy 🎈 plugin to auto-generate a robots.txt, with an option to soft-block known AI user agents. Only compatible with v3/virtual templates. Still not sure about the API, but this works for a v0.

github.com/AleksandrHovha…

Our next speaker for The 11ty International Symposium on Making Web Sites Real Good: conf.11ty.dev/#speakers

Chris Ferdinandi Chris Ferdinandi ⚓️

This is their web site (made real good): gomakethings.com

Coming soon to an alpha release near you:

`eleventyDataSchema` lets you validate data from the data cascade: github.com/11ty/eleventy/…

This example in a directory data file checks that the `draft` property is boolean:

New on the docs, a dedicated page for Transforms (including a new section on execution order):

11ty.dev/docs/transform…

This would make an excellent reusable plugin via the new Virtual Templates feature: github.com/11ty/eleventy/…

Our next speaker reveal for The 11ty International Symposium on Making Web Sites Real Good: conf.11ty.dev/#speakers

Mayank

This is their web site (made real good): mayank.co

Here's the English version for my second article in a series dedicated to Eleventy 🎈 ! In this part, I explain how I handle multilingual websites as well as how I manage JavaScript and SCSS assets. Enjoy! #JAMStack #ssg #11ty #eleventy

fabienlasserre.dev/en/blog/master…

New on the docs: Feature Testing and Version Checking in Plugins:

11ty.dev/docs/plugins/#…
11ty.dev/docs/plugins/#…

Published an experimental package to test Eleventy's upcoming virtual templates feature: github.com/AleksandrHovha…

Auto-generates Netlify redirects using front matter. Currently in pre-release/0.0.1, but you can try it out by upgrading to [email protected].

Our very first speaker reveal for The 11ty International Symposium on Making Web Sites Real Good: conf.11ty.dev/#speakers

Henry Desroches henry ✷

This is their web site (made real good): henry.codes

I had fun during a train ride creating a small starter merging piecesjs (github.com/piecesjs/piece…) and Eleventy 🎈

Can't wait to try it on a small static project 🔥

#100DaysOfCode The final day of my first round of the challenge! 🎉

- I wrote a blog post on my developer portfolio website about rebuilding the site with Eleventy 🎈: helenclx.github.io/blog/posts/202…

- Meanwhile, I listened to Episode 155 of the #Scrimba Podcast.

📣 Arbitrary Milestone Alert 📣

We now have 1000 folks attending the 11ty International Symposium on Making Web Sites Real Good!

If you haven’t yet, register today! conf.11ty.dev/#register

🚨🚨🚨 Today (April 5) is the last day to get an 11ty Merch Bundle.

In the seven years our project has existed, this is the only time we’ve offered merch—and we’re very unlikely to re-open the store any time soon 😅

If you’re interested—order now!

merch.11ty.dev/products/11ty-…

The best day to sign up for the 11ty Conference was yesterday—today is a close second: conf.11ty.dev/#register