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Build a Static Site Generator with Python

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Level
Intermediate
Last updated
Sep 24, 2025
Duration
2h 38m

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Table of Contents
  1. Challenge

    The Site Class

    Overview

    Python is great for building simple command line applications. In this lab, you'll use classes to architect a command line static site generator. It will convert a group of either Markdown or reStructuredText files to HTML.

    The command line application will be built using the Typer library and will allow you to configure a source folder to convert, containing your Markdown and reStructuredText files and a destination folder which will eventually contain the converted HTML files.

    In this module, we'll create a class that will set configuration values and create the root structure of our static site. ### Solution The solution can be found in the solution directory.

  2. Challenge

    The Parser Class

    In this module, we'll create a parser class which will have several utility methods to help convert Markdown and ReStructuredText to HTML.

  3. Challenge

    The Content Class

    In this module, we'll create a custom collection class to model the content of a Markdown or ReStructuredText document.

  4. Challenge

    Parser Subclasses

    In this module, we'll create two parser subclasses to convert Markdown and ReStructuredText to HTML.

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