"value":"\n <p>I like the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oliverdavies.uk\/presentations\/sculpin\">Sculpin static site generator<\/a> - a tool I've used for various personal and client projects where a full content management system like Drupal isn't need.<\/p>\n\n<p>It's written in PHP and uses several Symfony components, including Twig for templating.<\/p>\n\n<p>These are the same as Drupal and, of course, the Symfony framework. Two tools I'm very familiar with.<\/p>\n\n<p>A big reason why I decided to learn Sculpin in 2015 was to learn Twig and other Drupal 8 concepts before it was released.<\/p>\n\n<p>You don't need to write PHP code to use Sculpin, but you can easily extend it with PHP code if you need to.<\/p>\n\n<p>You can write custom service classes - the same as in Drupal or Symfony - and move complex logic there and out of your template files.<\/p>\n\n<p>This also means you can write automated tests with PHPUnit.<\/p>\n\n<p>I've added <code>src<\/code> and <code>tests<\/code> directories to <a href=\"https:\/\/code.oliverdavies.uk\/opdavies\/oliverdavies.uk\/src\/commit\/f21bb125c5b01a9e5cd572c77dca0e8d5cc13849\">my website repository<\/a>, which contain my custom Twig extensions that add new functions for counting the number of presentations I've given and my years of experience.<\/p>\n\n<p>There are a lot of choices for static site generators, including several PHP-based ones, but the familiarity and customisability of Sculpin make it a good choice for me.<\/p>\n\n ",
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