build.js

// load dependencies
var fs = require('fs');
var util = require('util');
var marked = require('marked'); // parse markdown into html
var h = require('./lib/helpers.js');

// include header.html file if one exists
var header = fs.readFileSync(__dirname + '/header.html', 'utf8');
// include footer.html if it exists
var footer = fs.readFileSync(__dirname + '/footer.html', 'utf8');
var html = header;

h.getPosts(function(err, posts){
  // console.log(util.inspect(posts));
  var countdown = posts.length;
  posts.map(function(post){
    var full = header + marked(post.full) + footer;
    fs.writeFile(__dirname+'/posts/'+post.slug +'.html', full, function(err){
      console.log('done');
    });
    html = html + titleLink(post) + marked(post.intro);
    if(--countdown === 0){
      html = html + footer;
      // summary view:
      fs.writeFile(__dirname+'/index.html', html, function(err){
        console.log('done');
      });

    }
  })
});

// need to use a Template Lib for this!!
function titleLink(post) {
  return '<h1><a href="/posts/'+post.slug+'.html">'+post.title+'</a></h1>';
}

// output everything into index.html
// output each post into its respective post-name.html