Building a Static Site with ASP.NET Core MVC + Markdown

This blog itself is generated using a custom static site generator powered by:

• ASP.NET Core MVC
• Markdown content
• Clean Bootstrap layout
• Prism.js syntax highlighting
• SEO + JSON-LD Schema
• Tags, Archives, Pagination & TOC
• Static HTML output

Architecture Overview

At a high level:

Markdown (.md files)
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Parsed + Converted to HTML
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Razor Views Render Pages
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Generator writes static .html files
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Static website — zero server runtime needed