Using Middleman with Dokku - Updated

In a previous blog post I explained how to set up a Middleman blog alongside Dokku. Since then I’ve found a better approach which uses middleman-deploy.

Using Brunch with Middleman

Update: I've just released a Middleman template that does the hardwork for you. Check it out on my Github: https://github.com/acoustep/middleman-brunch. Read on for an explanation of how it works.

Using Middleman with Dokku

I Recently started using Dokku for my websites, which has been great for using various versions of languages and frameworks and keeping different versions of dependencies separate.

Middleman Template: bootstrap3, SASS and Slim

As quoted from their website, Middleman is "A static site generator using all the shortcuts and tools in modern web development". I really love using Middleman for simple static websites. Everything I use in my front end stack (SASS and coffeescript) just works out of the box. Using two commands middleman while developing a website locally and then middleman build when I'm ready to push the static content to my server. It really saves a lot of time.