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Co-authored-by: adrianmg <[email protected]>
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Refactor duplicated code in layouts and portfolio display
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Overview
This PR eliminates significant code duplication across the Jekyll static site, improving maintainability and following DRY (Don't Repeat Yourself) principles.
Changes
1. Layout Inheritance Refactoring
Before: The
_layouts/home.htmlfile duplicated the entire HTML boilerplate structure that was already defined in_layouts/default.html:After:
home.htmlnow properly extendsdefault.htmlusing Jekyll's layout inheritance:The
default.htmllayout was updated to conditionally apply the "home" body class, maintaining all existing styling.Impact: Eliminates ~30 lines of duplicate HTML structure and establishes a single source of truth for the base layout.
2. Data-Driven Portfolio Display
Before: The
_includes/home-work.htmlfile contained 7 nearly identical blocks of HTML for displaying portfolio projects (165 lines), with each project manually coded:After: Implemented a data-driven approach with three components:
_data/projects.yml- Structured YAML data containing all project information:_includes/project.html- Reusable template for rendering a single project (15 lines)_includes/home-work.html- Simplified to loop over projects data (28 lines):{% for project in site.data.projects %} {% include project.html project=project is_first=forloop.first %} {% endfor %}Impact: Reduces portfolio display code from 165 lines to 28 lines. Adding or updating portfolio projects now requires editing YAML data instead of HTML markup.
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