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Middleman Callback Discovery

1 post · Jan 2021

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This post details the process of discovering Middleman lifecycle callbacks by reading the open-source codebase when documentation is insufficient. It lists 15 available callbacks and provides a step-by-step guide on how to find them within the Middleman repository. The author intends to contribute this information back to the Middleman documentation.

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  1. How to Read Open Source: Finding Middleman CallbacksThe post identifies and lists 15 Middleman core callbacks (`initialized`, `configure`, `before_extensions`, `before_instance_block`, `before_sitemap`, `before_configuration`, `after_configuration`, `after_configuration_eval`, `ready`, `before_build`, `after_build`, `before_shutdown`, `before`, `before_server`, `reload`). It also outlines a method for finding these callbacks by searching the Middleman source code for `execute_callbacks` and related patterns.