Category: TechEd

During Part 1 of this series I introduced you to open source blogging using some awesome tools and platforms available today. I also shared my own setup so you can see what’s involved end-to-end.

Shortly I’ll provide a detailed walkthrough of everything you need to get started with your own blog site.

• Part 1 – Why I’m using open source and an overview of my blog setup
• Part 2 – Getting started with a step-by-step guide – you are here
• Part 3 – Securing your Content and Going Live with GitHub Pages
• Part 4 – Tips & Tricks with Jekyll and Markdown editing

Local Blog Development

First we need to setup our local development environment for the blog site by installing a few dependencies.… [Keep reading] “OpenSource Blogging with Jekyll GitHub VSCode Part2”

Kicking off the new year brought forward a renewed motivation to join the community of tech bloggers.

In this blog series I’ll share everything you need to know to get you setup with your own blog site, for free, using open source tooling such as Jekyll, GitHub, and Visual Studio Code.

• Part 1 – Why I’m using open source and an overview of my blog setup – you are here
• Part 2 – Getting started with a step-by-step guide
• Part 3 – Securing your Content and Going Live with GitHub Pages
• Part 4 – Tips & Tricks with Jekyll and Markdown editing

To start off here’s an overview of my blogging toolkit:

A collection of helpful links can be found here.