Quick Start Guide

1. Download the executable for your operating system.
2. Initialize your database.

   bigblog init blog.db --force
   

3. Add content to the blog database.

   bigblog add blog.db --directory './posts' --include **/*.md
   

4. Add the BigBlog.SDK package to your project.

   dotnet package add BigBlog.SDK
   

5. Copy the database into your app and start blogging!

   using BigBlog;
   
   var builder = WebApplication.CreateBuilder(args);
   builder.Services.AddBigBlog("blog.db");
   
   // IBigBlogReader can be injected to your page
   public class BlogModel : PageModel
   {
       private readonly IBigBlogReader _blog;
   
       public BlogModel(IBigBlogReader blog)
       {
           _blog = blog;
       }
   
       public IReadOnlyList<BlogPost> Posts { get; private set; } = [];
   
       public async Task OnGet()
       {
           this.Posts = await _blog.GetAllPostsAsync();
       }
   }
   

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