Add highlighted posts to the home page

src/routes/+page.server.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+import { readingTime } from 'reading-time-estimator';
+import path from 'path';
+import { readFile } from 'fs/promises';
+import { slugify } from '$lib/slugify.js';
+import _ from 'lodash';
+
+export async function load() {
+	const allPostFiles = import.meta.glob<SvelteAllProps>('/src/routes/posts/*.md');
+	const iterablePostFiles = Object.entries(allPostFiles);
+
+	const markdownFilesPath = path.resolve(
+		process.env.npm_package_json ? path.dirname(process.env.npm_package_json) : '.',
+		'src',
+		'routes',
+		'posts',
+	);
+
+	const posts = await Promise.all(
+		iterablePostFiles.map(async ([filePath, resolver]) => {
+			const { metadata } = await resolver();
+
+			const slug = slugify(filePath);
+			const contents = await readFile(path.join(markdownFilesPath, `${slug}.md`), 'utf8');
+
+			return {
+				meta: metadata,
+				path: slug,
+				readingTime: readingTime(contents),
+			};
+		}),
+	);
+
+	const highlightedPosts = _.reverse(
+		_.sortBy(
+			posts.filter((post) => post.meta.highlighted),
+			({ meta }) => meta.date,
+		),
+	);
+
+	return { highlightedPosts };
+}

src/routes/+page.svelte

@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@
 	import GithubLogo from 'phosphor-svelte/lib/GithubLogo';
 	import LinkedinLogo from 'phosphor-svelte/lib/LinkedinLogo';
 	import MastodonLogo from 'phosphor-svelte/lib/MastodonLogo';
+	import BlogPostList from './posts/[[page=integer]]/BlogPostList.svelte';
+	import Button from '$lib/Button.svelte';
+
+	export let data;
 </script>
 
 <svelte:head>
@@ -22,7 +26,7 @@
 	<meta property="og:image" content={`https://bgenc.net${JpegFull}`} />
 </svelte:head>
 
-<div data-pagefind-body>
+<section data-pagefind-body>
 	<picture>
 		<source srcset={Avif} type="image/avif" />
 		<source srcset={WebP} type="image/webp" />
@@ -95,7 +99,17 @@
 			</a>
 		</li>
 	</ul>
-</div>
+</section>
+
+{#if data.highlightedPosts.length > 0}
+	<section>
+		<h2>Highlighted Blog Posts</h2>
+		<BlogPostList showYear showReadingTime={false} posts={data.highlightedPosts} />
+		<div class="all-posts-button">
+			<Button href="/posts/">All Posts</Button>
+		</div>
+	</section>
+{/if}
 
 <style lang="scss">
 	@import '../vars';
@@ -129,4 +143,9 @@
 		width: 100%;
 		text-align: center;
 	}
+
+	.all-posts-button {
+		max-width: 12rem;
+		margin: 2rem auto 0 auto;
+	}
 </style>

src/routes/posts/2023.07.02.css-only-contenteditable-placeholder.md

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ tags:
   - dev
   - web
 description: Here is how to make a text area that resizes automatically and has placeholder text, with no JavaScript with this clever CSS trick!
+highlighted: true
 ---
 
 The HTML elements `input` and `textarea` include a `placeholder` property. This

src/routes/posts/2023.08.10.react-daisyui-tailwindcss-theme-colors-in-js.md

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ tags:
   - dev
   - react
 description: This post shows you how to use JavaScript to read CSS variables and create dynamic UIs, using SWR for seamless light & dark mode switching!
+highlighted: true
 ---
 
 I've been building a web app using React and TailwindCSS, with DaisyUI. But

src/routes/posts/2024.05.12.svelte-customizable-components.md

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ tags:
   - svelte
   - typescript
 description: Making customizable components in Svelte can be hard, but check out this post on how to use Svelte with TailwindCSS to make them possible at no performance penalty.
+highlighted: true
 ---
 
 I really like [Svelte](https://svelte.dev), but it has one big limitation

src/routes/posts/2024.05.18.using-shadow-dom-to-isolate-injected-browser-extension-compo.md

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 title: 'Using Shadow DOM to isolate injected browser extension components'
 date: 2024-05-18T23:08:16-05:00
 description: 'I spent a weekend building a browser extension with React and TailwindCSS, but injected components can be a lot of trouble. This post explores how Shadow DOM saves the day (and your CSS sanity).'
+highlighted: true
 ---
 
 I recently started experimenting with building a browser extension. I'm using

src/routes/posts/[[page=integer]]/+page.svelte

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 	import ArrowRight from 'phosphor-svelte/lib/ArrowRight';
 	import { format } from 'date-fns';
 	import type { Post } from './+page.server';
+	import BlogPostList from './BlogPostList.svelte';
 
 	export let data;
 
@@ -26,35 +27,14 @@
 	<title>Kaan Barmore-Genç's Blog Posts</title>
 </svelte:head>
 
-<ul class="years">
+<ol class="years">
 	{#each groupPosts(data.posts).entries() as [year, posts]}
 		<li>
 			<h2>{year}</h2>
-			<ol class="posts">
-				{#each posts as post}
-					<a href={`/${post.path}`}>
-						<li>
-							<div>
-								<h5 class="post-title">
-									{post.meta.title}
-								</h5>
-								{#if post.meta.description}
-									<p class="description">{post.meta.description}</p>
-								{/if}
-							</div>
-							<div class="meta">
-								<time datetime={post.meta.date}>
-									{format(new Date(post.meta.date), 'MMMM d')}
-								</time>
-								<div>About {post.readingTime.text}</div>
-							</div>
-						</li>
-					</a>
-				{/each}
-			</ol>
+			<BlogPostList {posts} />
 		</li>
 	{/each}
-</ul>
+</ol>
 
 <div class="pagination-controls">
 	<Button disabled={data.page < 3} href={'/posts/'}
@@ -75,18 +55,6 @@
 <style lang="scss">
 	@import '../../../vars';
 
-	/* Restore the color of everything under the post links, except the titles */
-	.posts a {
-		color: $color-text;
-	}
-	.posts a .post-title {
-		color: $color-primary;
-	}
-
-	time {
-		width: 8rem;
-	}
-
 	.pagination-controls {
 		display: flex;
 		justify-content: center;
@@ -102,43 +70,16 @@
 		user-select: none;
 		padding: 0.5rem 1rem;
 	}
-	.post-title {
-		text-decoration: underline;
-		text-decoration-color: transparent;
-		transition: all var(--animation-speed) var(--animation-type);
-	}
-	a:hover .post-title {
-		text-decoration-color: unset;
-	}
-	.posts a {
-		text-decoration: none;
-	}
 
 	li {
 		list-style-type: none;
 		font-weight: normal;
 	}
-	.years,
-	.posts {
+	.years {
 		display: flex;
 		flex-direction: column;
 	}
 	.years {
 		gap: 4rem;
 	}
-	.posts {
-		gap: 1.5rem;
-	}
-
-	.description {
-		font-size: 0.9rem;
-		margin-top: -1.4rem;
-	}
-	.meta {
-		display: flex;
-		flex-direction: row;
-		flex-wrap: wrap;
-		font-size: 0.9rem;
-		opacity: 0.8;
-	}
 </style>

src/routes/posts/[[page=integer]]/BlogPostList.svelte

@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+<script lang="ts">
+	import { format } from 'date-fns';
+	import type { Post } from './+page.server';
+	import { readingTime } from 'reading-time-estimator';
+
+	export let showYear: boolean = false;
+	export let showReadingTime: boolean = true;
+	export let posts: Post[] = [];
+</script>
+
+<ol class="posts">
+	{#each posts as post}
+		<a href={`/${post.path}`}>
+			<li>
+				<div>
+					<h5 class="post-title">
+						{post.meta.title}
+					</h5>
+					{#if post.meta.description}
+						<p class="description">{post.meta.description}</p>
+					{/if}
+				</div>
+				<div class="meta">
+					<time datetime={post.meta.date}>
+						{format(new Date(post.meta.date), showYear ? 'MMMM d, yyyy' : 'MMMM d')}
+					</time>
+					{#if showReadingTime}
+						<div>{post.readingTime.words} words, {post.readingTime.text}</div>
+					{/if}
+				</div>
+			</li>
+		</a>
+	{/each}
+</ol>
+
+<style lang="scss">
+	@import '../../../vars';
+
+	/* Restore the color of everything under the post links, except the titles */
+	.posts a {
+		color: $color-text;
+	}
+	.posts a .post-title {
+		color: $color-primary;
+	}
+
+	time {
+		width: 8rem;
+	}
+
+	.post-title {
+		text-decoration: underline;
+		text-decoration-color: transparent;
+		transition: all var(--animation-speed) var(--animation-type);
+	}
+	a:hover .post-title {
+		text-decoration-color: unset;
+	}
+	.posts a {
+		text-decoration: none;
+	}
+
+	li {
+		list-style-type: none;
+		font-weight: normal;
+	}
+	.posts {
+		display: flex;
+		flex-direction: column;
+	}
+
+	.posts {
+		gap: 1.5rem;
+	}
+
+	.description {
+		font-size: 0.9rem;
+		margin-top: -1.4rem;
+	}
+	.meta {
+		display: flex;
+		flex-direction: row;
+		flex-wrap: wrap;
+		font-size: 0.9rem;
+		opacity: 0.8;
+	}
+</style>