Modular Web Design with Eleventy Layout Chaining

Managing repetitive HTML code can quickly make your static websites difficult to maintain and scale. By leveraging layout chaining in Eleventy, you can nest templates inside one another to create a clean, modular, and highly efficient project architecture. This text-based course guides you from the fundamental concepts of static site generation to advanced template composition, enabling you to build fast, structured web projects with ease. What you'll learn: - Understand the core architecture of Eleventy and how layouts process content. - Implement layout chaining to nest templates and eliminate code duplication. - Configure different template engines like Liquid or Nunjucks within your chained layouts. - Manage the Eleventy data cascade to pass front matter seamlessly across multiple layout levels. - Apply modern static site best practices for performance, accessibility, and semantic HTML structure. You will start with essential terminology and basic single-layout setups before progressing to multi-level nesting and configuration files. Through clear written explanations and practical code snippets, you will learn how to structure complex web projects with minimal maintenance overhead. This course is designed for beginners to Eleventy and static site generators, with no advanced prerequisites required. Start reading today to build smarter, more maintainable static websites.