Blog

Overview

This document provides a product analysis of the Parse Community Blog. The blog is a platform where developers and community members can share articles and updates related to Parse, an open-source mobile application platform. The blog is powered by Jekyll and GitHub Pages, making it easy to contribute and publish new content. This analysis will cover the key features, installation process, and provide a summary of the article.

Features

• Easy Contribution: Users can submit their contributions via pull requests, making it simple to add new articles to the blog.
• Author Management: Authors are stored as key-value pairs in the _config.yml file, allowing contributors to add themselves as authors.
• Categorization: Blog posts can be assigned to multiple categories, such as Announcements, Events, JavaScript, and more.
• Category Customization: Users can add new categories by creating files in the categories folder.

Installation

To set up the Parse Community Blog locally, follow these steps:

1. Install Ruby 2.1 or higher.
2. Install Jekyll 3 or higher.
3. Install Bundler by running gem install bundler in the terminal.
4. Clone the blog repository from GitHub.
5. Run bundle install to install the required gems.
6. Open http://127.0.0.1:4000/ in your web browser to see the local site.

Summary

The Parse Community Blog is a platform for developers to contribute articles and updates related to Parse. It provides an easy way to contribute through pull requests and allows authors to be managed via the _config.yml file. The blog also supports categorization of posts and allows for the addition of new categories. By following the provided installation guide, users can set up the blog locally and begin contributing.