Hugo is a popular static website builder. There are many Hugo themes from which to start development. Here are a few example Hugo websites: vote.gov, 2k.com, kubernetes.io, brave.com, freebsd.org, and kde.org.

Hugo code is open-source and available from Hugo’s GitHub repository.

The site you are using now has been built on Hugo with content developed with Markdown and Go Templates.

The companion site for the MSDS program has been built on Hugo and, like this site, hosted on Netlify.

The online edition of Data Science Quarterly has been built with Hugo and hosted on Google Cloud Platform.

Recent developments in the Hugo ecosystem were discussed at HugoConf 2023.

References for Hugo Static Site Development #

Calhoun, Jon. 2023. “An Introduction to Templates in Go.” Available online at https://www.calhoun.io/intro-to-templates/.

Cone, Matt. 2018. Markdown Guide. Available online at https://www.markdownguide.org/book/.

Jain, Atishay. 2022. Hugo in Action: Static Sites and Dynamic Jamstack Apps. Shelter Island, NY: Manning. [9781617297007]

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