When I moved to Houston, I never expected it would get this cold! Temperatures have been jumping between 30°F and 80°F just about every other day, but that's alright because it gives me an excuse to do more work for Orchid!
This is a monthly newsletter around Orchid, the newest and best static site generator for the JVM. There is a growing need to keep the community up-to-date on all the happenings around Orchid, and here I will share Orchid's progress during the previous month! Follow along with this series to stay on top of Orchid's newest features, track adoption on Github, and see who's using Orchid!
Build and deploy beautiful documentation sites that grow with you
Quick-Start • Documentation • Tutorials • Showcase • Support
Quick-Start
Documentation
Orchid's User Manual will walk you through the main features of Orchid and give you a deeper understanding of each topic and feature.
Tutorials
There are several tutorials designed to walk you through building an Orchid site from scratch. The source for all tutorials can also be found in the OrchidTutorials repository.
Showcase
View the Showcase to see Orchid in action.
Support
Contributors
This project exists thanks to all the people who contribute. To get involved, please see CONTRIBUTING.md
Backers
Thank you to all our backers!
Sponsors
Support this project by becoming a sponsor. Your logo will show up here with a link to your website.
License
Orchid is open-source software licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL-3.0). Please see License.md
Contact
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On Github
As of the time of writing, Orchid is at 134 stars on Github. Thanks for all the support!
What's New?
Version 0.15.4 was release later in the month, which was mostly a bugfix release, and will be the last release before the next major version, 0.16.0. There's some really exciting stuff coming soon to Orchid, check out what's in progress below!
Coming Soon
New theme: Copper
The theme I built for my own site, now you can use for yours! Based on Bulma, this theme is great for showcasing the best projects for your portfolio, but is equally good for documentation.
Visit caseyjbrooks.com for a live demo.
Current Status: Waiting for release
New bundle: Orchid Docs
After setting up many of my other library projects with Orchid documentation, I've noticed myself adding the same plugins over and over to each project. To make it easier for others to get started with Orchid as a documentation tool, I've created a new Bundle, OrchidDocs, which contains the following plugins:
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OrchidCore: The core Orchid framework -
OrchidEditorial: A default theme (subject to change in a later version) -
OrchidPages: Static pages to hold changelogs, contact forms, project license, etc. -
OrchidWiki: The full wiki documentation for the site -
OrchidForms: Easily add contact or bug report forms -
OrchidChangelog: Manage project verions, and update Github releases automatically on deploy -
OrchidSearch: Enable full-text search of your docs -
OrchidDiagrams: Describe your project with diagrams and flow charts -
OrchidSyntaxHighlighter: Your choice of either server-side or Javascript-based highlighting
Current Status: Waiting for release
New plugin: Groovydoc
Delivered by request, Groovy will be an officially-supported language for Orchid code documentation. The Groovy plugin allows you to easily document your Groovy and Java source code and embed it in any Orchid theme you like.
Current Status: In development (nearly complete)
Are you interested in getting started with Orchid? There simply is no better way to manage all the documentation for your project, and I'd love to help you get set up!
If you have an open-source project that needs docs, are building a new portfolio, or are building any other kind of static site, I want to work with you to get you set up with Orchid! Comment on this post, send me a PM here on Dev.to, or contact me here and I will be with you every step of the way.
And as always, let me know if you start using Orchid so I can feature you in next month's update!
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