Markdown NodeJS Blog Generator

see the code on GitHub view the blog on repl.it

My objectives:

• Create my own blog using NodeJS ✅
• Learn fs commands in NodeJS ✅
• Convert Markdown files to HTML using the marked module ✅
• Create an Express server and host it on repl.it ✅
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How the code works:

• Posts are made as individual MD files (see ‘content’ folder)
• Front-matter within the posts gets parsed
• The marked module converts MD to HTML
• and the magic of JavaScript puts it all together 🧙‍♂️

snippet

const createPost = postPath => {
  const data = fs.readFileSync(`${config.dev.postsdir}/${postPath}.md`, "utf8");
  const content = fm(data);
  content.body = marked(content.body);
  content.path = postPath;
  return content;
};