Right now, you say which authors contributing to an article with a post's metadata, like so:
export const meta = {
authors: [
{name: "Alex Garcia", github: "asg017"},
{name: "Chau Vu", github: "cqvu"},
],
// other metadata here
}Then, in TutorialLayout, we use the Github API to other metadata like the person's Github profile pic and maybe other stuff.
It may be kindof tiring to type in {name: "Alex Garcia", github: "asg017"} everytime. So maybe we can have a "database" of authors that we can key into with just a github username. Like:
// authors.js
export const authors = {
"asg017": {
name: "Alex Garcia",
major: "Computer Engineering",
classof: 2019,
college: "Revelle"
},
"cqvu": {
name: "Chau Vu",
major: "Computer Engineering",
classof: 2020,
college: "Warren" // I think?
},
}Then, in every tutorial post, you only need to supply your Github username, and we can handle the rest, like so:
export const meta = {
authors: ['asg017', 'cqvu'],
// other fields here
}One problem with this is that we would need to add to the "database" everytime a new author writes a new tutorial. But, I think asking them to add themselves into the "database" isn't too difficult and probably won't discourage people from writing.
Right now, you say which authors contributing to an article with a post's metadata, like so:
Then, in TutorialLayout, we use the Github API to other metadata like the person's Github profile pic and maybe other stuff.
It may be kindof tiring to type in
{name: "Alex Garcia", github: "asg017"}everytime. So maybe we can have a "database" of authors that we can key into with just a github username. Like:Then, in every tutorial post, you only need to supply your Github username, and we can handle the rest, like so:
One problem with this is that we would need to add to the "database" everytime a new author writes a new tutorial. But, I think asking them to add themselves into the "database" isn't too difficult and probably won't discourage people from writing.