Middleman::DataModel

Middelman allows you to define local data. DataModel allows you to define a model class which will be mapped with that data. This is useful:

• If you hate hashes in your view code and want to call methods
• Want to eventually move to another system that uses an ORM

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'middleman-data_model'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install middleman-data_model

Usage

• Add the gem to your gemfile within your middleman project

gem 'middleman-data_model'

• Add the following line to your config.rb

activate :data_models

• Define a model class within your data directory which is a sub-class of Middleman::DataModel::SimpleDataModel.

Here I define an Event model which will automatically match itself to any data stored in data.events.

class Event < Middleman::DataModel::SimpleDataModel

end

• Use the model within your view:

<div class="events">
  <ul class="events-list">
    <%= Event.all.each do |event| %>
      <li class="vevent">
        <div class="img">
          <img src="<%= event.image_url" alt="<%= event.image_alt %>">
        </div>
        <div>
          <h3><a href="/"><%= event.title %></a></h3>
          <p class="location"><a href="/"><%= event.location %></a></p>
          <p class="details"><%= event.details %></p>
        </div>
      </li>
    <% end %>
  </ul>
</div>

Contributing

1. Fork it
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create new Pull Request