Overview

Elf is a simple and magical Eleventy starter kit designed to help users create projects using standard technologies such as webpack, Babel, and Sass. It prioritizes ease of use, performance, and browser compatibility. Users can learn more about Elf’s purpose and utilization in the article “Creating a production-ready Eleventy project with webpack, Babel, and Sass.” The installation process involves cloning or forking the Elf repository, running npm install, and serving the application either in development or production mode.

Features

• Standard Technologies: Elf incorporates standard technologies like webpack, Babel, and Sass.
• Ease of Use: The starter kit is designed to be user-friendly and easy to work with.
• Performance Optimization: Elf considers performance optimization to ensure efficient functionality.
• Browser Compatibility: The starter kit ensures browser compatibility of the created projects.
• Eleventy: Utilizes Eleventy as the static site generator.
• EJS Templating: Uses EJS as the templating language.
• Sass: Supports writing CSS using Sass.
• Babel: Transpiles and polyfills JavaScript code using Babel.

Installation

To install Elf, follow these steps:

1. Clone or fork the repository by running the following command in your terminal:

   git clone https://github.com/stowball/elf
   

2. Change into the project directory:

   cd elf
   

3. Install the required dependencies by running:

   npm install
   

Summary

Elf is a magical Eleventy starter kit that simplifies the process of creating static websites by incorporating standard technologies like webpack, Babel, and Sass. It prioritizes user-friendliness, performance optimization, and browser compatibility. The installation process involves cloning or forking the Elf repository and running npm install.