Sorry for the stupid question, but can mint-lang be used to create github pages?

[kojix2]

Hi!
I am not at all familiar with creating web applications. So, this may be a silly question, but is it possible to create a github page using mint-lang? I could not find such an example, so it is probably not possible. But is there any way to do this?

[gdotdesign]

Hi @kojix2,

It is possible to create a GitHub page with Mint, roughly these are the steps that you need to take:

• Create your application in Mint. Routes should use hashtags, since GitHub pages don't support redirects that are needed for other routes.
• Build the app using mint build --skip-service-worker --relative which will create all files you need to host in the dist directory
• Push the generated files to gh-pages branch and active it in the repository settings (https://blog.ediri.io/how-to-create-a-github-gh-pages-branch-in-an-existing-repository)
• Done :)

Let me know if you have questions!

[kojix2]

Hi @gdotdesign

Thanks for your quick reply. I actually tried it.

1. created a project with mint init command.
2. compiled the project using github actions.
3. configured the gh-pages branch for Github Pages.

However, nothing appears in my browser. What am I missing?

https://kojix2.github.io/mint_practice/

[gdotdesign]

Sorry I miswrote the build command, you need to add the --relative flag, since now it tried to load the index.js from the root domain, so the full build command is:

mint build --skip-service-worker --relative

[kojix2]

Great! It worked!
I appreciate it.