{"id":19776,"date":"2014-04-09T21:01:38","date_gmt":"2014-04-09T13:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/?p=19776"},"modified":"2025-04-04T01:44:00","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T17:44:00","slug":"using-kit-in-windows-and-linux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/using-kit-in-windows-and-linux\/","title":{"rendered":"Using Kit Language in Windows and Linux"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the previous post, we have discussed about Kit<\/a>, a very simple HTML templating language. If you had been following this, you should find that the GUI application which is capable of compiling Kit into browser-compliant HTML format is Codekit<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, Codekit, is only available for OS X, there is currently no similar application for Windows and Linux that support Kit.<\/p>\n

If you are working in Windows and Linux machine, yet would like to use Kit, you can use Grunt as an alternative. Grunt has a massive collection of plugins<\/strong>, contributed by generous developers around the world \u2014 this includes the plugin to compile Kit language, grunt-codekit<\/a>. Let\u2019s check it out.<\/p>\n

Note:<\/strong> Even though the following tip is primarily aimed to show Windows and Linux users an alternative to Codekit, OS X user can also use it.<\/p>\n

Getting Started<\/h2>\n

First, we will create a directory for our project. Let\u2019s launch Terminal or Command Prompt, and type the following command lines:<\/p>\n

\r\n mkdir kit-grunt\r\n cd kit-grunt\r\n <\/pre>\n
We have created a new directory named kit-grunt<\/strong>; the second line lets us enter it. But if you have previously created a project directory, you may skip the first line, and immediately navigate to your own directory in Terminal with the cd<\/code> command.<\/p>\n
Within the project directory, we create a new folder named kit<\/strong> where we will put the .kit<\/code> files. Type this command below:<\/p>\n
\r\n mkdir kit\r\n <\/pre>\n
We then also install both Grunt and the plugin, with these commands. Note that you have to install Node.js in your system first.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\r\n npm install grunt --save-dev\r\n npm install grunt-codekit --save-dev\r\n <\/pre>\n
Once the process is completed you will find a new folder, node_modules, containing the modules that we have installed.<\/p>\n
\"project<\/figure>\n
Configuration<\/h2>\n
Create a new file named Gruntfile.js in the project directory, and put the following code in. This code is a Grunt Wrapper<\/a> where we will register, configure and execute Grunt task. If you are using Sublime Text, you can easily insert this code using the Grunt Snippets<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\r\n module.exports = function(grunt) {\r\n grunt.initConfig({\r\n \r\n }); \r\n }\r\n <\/pre>\n
Then we define the codekit<\/code> task within the grunt.initConfig<\/code>, like so.<\/p>\n
\r\n module.exports = function(grunt) {\r\n grunt.initConfig({\r\n codekit: {\r\n your_target: {\r\n files : {\r\n 'index.html' : 'kit\/index.kit',\r\n }\r\n },\r\n },\r\n }); \r\n }\r\n <\/pre>\n
This configuration will compile index.kit into index.html. To try this out, we can add this in index.kit.<\/p>\n
\r\n <!-- @var = This is the variable -->\r\n <p><!-- @var --><\/p>\r\n <\/pre>\n
\u2026and run grunt codekit<\/code> in Terminal.<\/p>\n
\"grunt<\/figure>\n
The index.html is successfully generated and as you can see below, the variable\u2019s value is also successfully applied within the paragraph tag.<\/p>\n
\"variable<\/figure>\n
File Inclusion<\/h2>\n
As we have mentioned in our previous post, we can include\/import files into a Kit file. Given that we have header.kit, sidebar.kit, and footer.kit (I assume that we have added corresponding content within these files), we can include them into index.kit, like so.<\/p>\n
\r\n <!-- @include inc\/header.kit -->\r\n <div class=\"container\">\r\n <div class=\"header row\">\r\n <h1>This is the header<\/h1>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <div class=\"row\">\r\n <div class=\"col-md-8\">\r\n <p>This is the content<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <!-- @include inc\/sidebar.kit --> \r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <!-- @include inc\/footer.kit -->\r\n <\/pre>\n
Let\u2019s run the grunt codekit<\/code> command again in Terminal. And here we go! The content from those files are put together into index.html. Nice!<\/p>\n
\"import\"<\/figure>\n
Conclusion<\/h2>\n
Grunt is a great alternative to many web development tools, including compiling Kit file. I hope this tip is useful, particularly for Windows and Linux users who want to get their hands on Kit language.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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