How to publish a website made by Node.js to Github Pages?

Question

I made a website using Node.js as the server. As I know, the node.js file should start working by typing commands in terminal, so I\'m not sure if Github Pages supports node

Answer 1

We, the Javascript lovers, don't have to use Ruby (Jekyll or Octopress) to generate static pages in Github pages, we can use Node.js and Harp, for example:

These are the steps. Abstract:

1. Create a New Repository

2. Clone the Repository

   git clone https://github.com/your-github-user-name/your-github-user-name.github.io.git
   

3. Initialize a Harp app (locally):

   harp init _harp
   

make sure to name the folder with an underscore at the beginning; when you deploy to GitHub Pages, you don’t want your source files to be served.

4. Compile your Harp app

   harp compile _harp ./
   

5. Deploy to Gihub

   git add -A
   git commit -a -m "First Harp + Pages commit"
   git push origin master
   

And this is a cool tutorial with details about nice stuff like layouts, partials, Jade and Less.