Update API

src/components/About.js

@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ export default class About extends Component {
 
     return (
       <div className="content-wrapper">
-        { this.props.about.hello }
+        <div className="content" dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{__html: this.props.about.body}}>
+        </div>
       </div>
     )
   }

src/server.js

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ require('css-modules-require-hook')({
 
 var fs = require('fs');
 var filename = './src/utils/data.json';
-var dataStub = {"posts": []};
+var dataStub = {"posts": [], "other": []};
 fs.writeFileSync(filename, JSON.stringify(dataStub));
 
 

src/utils/api.js

@@ -2,13 +2,25 @@ const data = require('./data.json');
 const api = require('express').Router();
 const fs = require('fs');
 const path = require('path');
+const config = require('./config.json');
 
 api.get('/blog', (req, res) => {
   res.json(data.posts);
 });
 
 api.get('/about', (req, res) => {
-  res.json({"hello": "hello"});
+  const renderPath = path.join(process.cwd(), '/renders', 'about.html');
+  fs.readFile(renderPath, 'utf8', (err, data) => {
+    if (err) {
+      res.json({
+        error: 404
+      });
+    } else {
+      res.json({
+        body: data,
+      });
+    }
+  });
 });
 
 api.get('/post/:postname', (req, res) => {

src/utils/compiler.js

@@ -7,11 +7,17 @@ const async = require('async');
 const fm = require('front-matter');
 const config = require('../utils/config.json');
 
+/**
+ * Renders file using MarkdownIt
+ */
 function render(file) {
   const md = new MarkdownIt({html: true});
   return md.render(file);
 }
 
+/**
+ * Extracts file metadata such as parent directory
+ */
 function fileMetadata(filepath) {
   const paths = filepath.split('/');
   const basename = path.basename(filepath);
@@ -26,7 +32,10 @@ function fileMetadata(filepath) {
   return metadata;
 }
 
-function compile(filepath, data, fileData, callback) {
+/**
+ * Compiles file that is a blog post
+ */
+function compilePost(filepath, data, fileData, callback) {
   const frontMatter = fm(fileData);
   const rendered = render(frontMatter.body);
   const metadata = fileMetadata(filepath);
@@ -54,26 +63,64 @@ function compile(filepath, data, fileData, callback) {
   });
 }
 
+/**
+ * Compiles other types of files such as resumes, about me and so on.
+ */
+function compileOther(filepath, data, fileData, callback) {
+  
+  const frontMatter = fm(fileData);
+  const rendered = render(frontMatter.body);
+  const metadata = fileMetadata(filepath);
+
+  const post = {
+    filename: metadata.filename
+  }
+
+  const renderedpath = path.join(process.cwd(), config.renderPath, `${metadata.filename}.html`);
+
+  fs.writeFile(renderedpath, rendered, (err) => {
+    if (err) callback(err);
+    else callback(null, post);
+  });
+}
+
 function Compiler(data) {
   this.data = data;
 }
 
-Compiler.prototype.addFile = function(filepath, addToData, callback) {
+/**
+ *
+ */
+Compiler.prototype.addFile = function(filepath, isPost, callback) {
+
+  if (isPost) {
     async.waterfall([
       fs.readFile.bind(fs, filepath, 'utf8'),
-    compile.bind(compile, filepath, this.data),
+      compilePost.bind(compilePost, filepath, this.data),
     ], (err, result) => {
       if (err) throw err;
 
-    if (addToData) {
       this.data.posts.push(result);
-    }
       console.log("[Compiler] File %s compiled", filepath);
       callback();
     });
+  } else {
+    async.waterfall([
+      fs.readFile.bind(fs, filepath, 'utf8'),
+      compileOther.bind(compileOther, filepath, this.data),
+    ], (err, result) => {
+      if (err) throw err;
 
+      this.data.other.push(result);
+      console.log("[Compiler] File %s compiled", filepath);
+      callback();
+    });
+  }
 };
 
+/**
+ * Writes updated data to the data file
+ */
 Compiler.prototype.writeData = function(callback) {
   const dataPath = path.join(process.cwd(), 'src/utils/data.json');
   jsonfile.writeFile(dataPath, this.data, callback);

src/utils/scanner.js

@@ -9,20 +9,16 @@ module.exports = function() {
 
   var compiler = new Compiler(data);
 
+  /**
+   * Reads the directory and returns it's content
+   */
   function readdir(callback) {
     fs.readdir(config.contentPath, callback);
   }
 
-  function compileFile(file, callback) {
+  /**
-    const filePath = path.join(process.cwd(), config.contentPath, file);
+   * Calls compile on each file in the directory
-
+   */
-    if (config.files.indexOf(file) !== -1) {
-      compiler.addFile(filePath, false, callback);
-    } else {
-      compiler.addFile(filePath, true, callback);
-    }
-  }
-
   function compile(files, callback) {
     console.log("[Scanner] Discovered files: " + files);
     async.each(files, compileFile, (err) => {
@@ -31,10 +27,31 @@ module.exports = function() {
     });
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Helper function which calls compile in the Compiler module
+   */
+  function compileFile(file, callback) {
+    const filePath = path.join(process.cwd(), config.contentPath, file);
+
+    // config.files contains list of file names which are not considered blog posts
+    if (config.files.indexOf(file) == -1) {
+      compiler.addFile(filePath, true, callback);
+    } else {
+      compiler.addFile(filePath, false, callback);
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Writes updated data into the data file
+   */
   function writeData(callback) {
     compiler.writeData(callback);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Main function. Scans the directory for files and compiles them into html
+   * using the Compiler module
+   */
   async.waterfall([
     readdir,
     compile,