blockup

blockup

Scaffold and serve html, specifically focused on bl.ocks. Go from idea to block from the comfort of your own text editor.

why?

bl.ocks is a great tool! But using the Gist site as a text editor is no fun. This little tool helps you make blocks just a tiny bit faster:

• one command, blockup, scaffolds and serves a new block
• write ES6 and it gets compiled down to ES5
• write Stylus and it gets compiled to CSS (because you have a finite number of keystrokes)
• browser reloads on file change
• errors during compilation pop up in notification bar
• check for missing expected files with blockup check
• publish directly to gist with blockup publish

That's it for now. It probably won't grow beyond this. But if you have an idea, I'd like to hear it!

usage

Usage: blockup <command>

Commands:
  new      scaffold and serve a new block (default if directory is empty)
  serve    serve current block (default if directory is not empty)
  check    check if any expected files are missing
  publish  publish this block as a gist via gistup

Options:
  -h, --help  Show help                                                [boolean]
  --version   Show version number                                      [boolean]

great! but is there a way to upload to gist from the command line?

Yes! You can use the built-in command blockup publish for most use cases. If you need something more configurable, you can also try using gistup directly.

install

npm install -g blockup

related

• https://github.com/1wheel/gist-snap: snapshot thumbnails for bl.ocks.org
• https://github.com/mbostock/gistup: create a gist from the command line