refactor: polish posts tests and documentation

README.md

@@ -132,8 +132,8 @@ needs.
 
 ### Create a Blog Post
 
-1. Create a `.md` file in `/data/posts` with the filename as the slug of the
-   blog post URL. E.g. a file with path `/data/posts/hello-there.md` will have
+1. Create a `.md` file in the [/posts](/posts) with the filename as the slug of
+   the blog post URL. E.g. a file with path `/posts/hello-there.md` will have
    path `/blog/hello-there`.
 1. Write the
    [Front Matter](https://daily-dev-tips.com/posts/what-exactly-is-frontmatter/)
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ needs.
    ````md
    ---
    title: This is my first blog post!
-   published_at: 2022-11-04T15:00:00.000Z
+   publishedAt: 2022-11-04T15:00:00.000Z
    summary: This is an excerpt of my first blog post.
    ---
 
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ needs.
 1. Navigate to the URL of the newly created blog post. E.g.
    `http://localhost:8000/blog/hello-there`.
 
-See other examples of blog post files in `/data/posts`.
+See other examples of blog post files in [/posts](/posts).
 
 ### Themes
 

components/Head.tsx

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright 2023 the Deno authors. All rights reserved. MIT license.
 import { Head as _Head } from "$fresh/runtime.ts";
 import Meta, { type MetaProps } from "./Meta.tsx";
-import { SITE_DESCRIPTION, SITE_NAME } from "../utils/constants.ts";
+import { SITE_DESCRIPTION, SITE_NAME } from "@/utils/constants.ts";
 import { ComponentChildren } from "preact";
 
 /**

data/posts/first-post.md → posts/first-post.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 title: This is my first blog post!
-published_at: 2022-11-04T15:00:00.000Z
+publishedAt: 2022-11-04T15:00:00.000Z
 summary: This is an excerpt of my first blog post.
 ---
 

data/posts/second-post.md → posts/second-post.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 title: Second post
-published_at: 2022-11-04T15:00:00.000Z
+publishedAt: 2022-11-04T15:00:00.000Z
 summary: Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry.
 ---
 

routes/blog/index.tsx

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ function PostCard(props: Post) {
         </h2>
         {props.publishedAt.toString() !== "Invalid Date" && (
           <time class="text-gray-500">
-            {new Date(props.publishedAt).toLocaleDateString("en-US", {
+            {props.publishedAt.toLocaleDateString("en-US", {
               dateStyle: "long",
             })}
           </time>

utils/posts.ts

@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 import { extract } from "std/front_matter/yaml.ts";
 import { join } from "std/path/mod.ts";
 
+/**
+ * This code is based on the
+ * {@link https://deno.com/blog/build-a-blog-with-fresh|How to Build a Blog with Fresh}
+ * blog post.
+ */
+
 export interface Post {
   slug: string;
   title: string;
@@ -10,32 +16,65 @@ export interface Post {
   summary: string;
 }
 
-export async function getPosts(): Promise<Post[]> {
-  const files = Deno.readDir("./data/posts");
-  const promises = [];
-  for await (const file of files) {
-    const slug = file.name.replace(".md", "");
-    promises.push(getPost(slug));
-  }
-  const posts = await Promise.all(promises) as Post[];
-  posts.sort((a, b) => b.publishedAt.getTime() - a.publishedAt.getTime());
-  return posts;
-}
-
+/**
+ * Returns a {@linkcode Post} object of by reading and parsing a file with the
+ * given slug in the `./posts` folder. Returns `null` if the given file is
+ * not a readable or parsable file.
+ *
+ * @see {@link https://deno.land/api?s=Deno.readTextFile}
+ *
+ * @example
+ * ```ts
+ * import { getPost } from "@/utils/posts.ts";
+ *
+ * const post = await getPost("first-post")!;
+ *
+ * post?.title; // Returns "This is my first blog post!"
+ * post?.publishedAt; // Returns 2022-11-04T15:00:00.000Z
+ * post?.slug; // Returns "This is an excerpt of my first blog post."
+ * post?.content; // Returns '# Heading 1\n\nHello, world!\n\n```javascript\nconsole.log("Hello World");\n```\n'
+ * ```
+ */
 export async function getPost(slug: string): Promise<Post | null> {
   try {
-    const text = await Deno.readTextFile(
-      join("./data/posts", `${slug}.md`),
-    );
-    const { attrs, body } = extract(text);
+    const text = await Deno.readTextFile(join("./posts", `${slug}.md`));
+    const { attrs, body } = extract<Post>(text);
     return {
+      ...attrs,
       slug,
-      title: attrs.title as string,
-      publishedAt: new Date(attrs.published_at as Date),
       content: body,
-      summary: attrs.summary as string || "",
     };
   } catch {
     return null;
   }
 }
+
+/**
+ * Returns an array of {@linkcode Post} objects by reading and parsing files
+ * in the `./posts` folder.
+ *
+ * @see {@link https://deno.land/api?s=Deno.readDir}
+ *
+ * @example
+ * ```ts
+ * import { getPosts } from "@/utils/posts.ts";
+ *
+ * const posts = await getPosts();
+ *
+ * posts[0].title; // Returns "This is my first blog post!"
+ * posts[0].publishedAt; // Returns 2022-11-04T15:00:00.000Z
+ * posts[0].slug; // Returns "This is an excerpt of my first blog post."
+ * posts[0].content; // Returns '# Heading 1\n\nHello, world!\n\n```javascript\nconsole.log("Hello World");\n```\n'
+ * ```
+ */
+export async function getPosts(): Promise<Post[]> {
+  const files = Deno.readDir("./posts");
+  const promises = [];
+  for await (const file of files) {
+    const slug = file.name.replace(".md", "");
+    promises.push(getPost(slug));
+  }
+  const posts = await Promise.all(promises) as Post[];
+  posts.sort((a, b) => b.publishedAt.getTime() - a.publishedAt.getTime());
+  return posts;
+}

utils/posts_test.ts

@@ -9,25 +9,10 @@ Deno.test("[blog] getPost()", async () => {
   assertEquals(post.publishedAt, new Date("2022-11-04T15:00:00.000Z"));
   assertEquals(post.summary, "This is an excerpt of my first blog post.");
   assertEquals(post.title, "This is my first blog post!");
+  assertEquals(await getPost("third-post"), null);
 });
 
-Deno.test("[blog] getPost() with missing frontmatter attributes", async () => {
-  const post = await getPost("second-post");
-  assert(post);
-  assertEquals(post.publishedAt, new Date("2022-11-04T15:00:00.000Z"));
-  assertEquals(
-    post.summary,
-    "Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry.",
-  );
-  assertEquals(post.title, "Second post");
-});
-
-Deno.test("[blog] getPost() for non-existent post", async () => {
-  const post = await getPost("third-post");
-  assertEquals(post, null);
-});
-
-Deno.test("[blog] getPosts() from data directory", async () => {
+Deno.test("[blog] getPosts()", async () => {
   const posts = await getPosts();
   assert(posts);
   assertEquals(posts.length, 2);