External learning resources

Books

Hugo In Action

Hugo in Action is a step-by-step guide to using Hugo to create static websites. Working with a complete example website and source code samples, you’ll learn how to build and host a low-maintenance, high-performance site that will wow your users and stay stable without relying on a third-party server.

Author: Atishay Jain
Publisher: Manning Publications
Publication date: March 2022
Length: 488 pages
ISBN: 9781617297007

Build Websites with Hugo

In this book, you’ll use Hugo to build a personal portfolio site that you can use to showcase your skills and thoughts to the world. You’ll build the basic skeleton, develop a custom theme, and use content templates to generate new pages quickly. You’ll use internal and external data sources to embed content into your site, and render some of your content in JSON and RSS. You’ll add a blog section with posts and integrate Disqus with your site, and then make your site searchable.

Author: Brian P. Hogan
Publisher: Pragmatic Bookshelf
Publication date: May 2020
Length: 154 pages
ISBN: 9781680507263

Videos

Hugo Beginner Tutorial Series

Welcome to this introduction to Hugo tutorial. The goal of this series is to take you from a lion cub with basic web design knowledge to creating your first Hugo website. In this series you’ll learn how to set up a Hugo site, the basics of usingHugo layouts, partials, and templating, set up a blog, and finally use data files. By the end of this series you’ll have the foundational knowledge to build your own Hugo sites.

Creator: Mike Neumegen
Affiliation: CloudCannon
Creation date: April 2022

Hugo Static Site Generator

This course covers the basics of using the Hugo static site generator. Work your way through the articles and we’ll teach you everything you need to know to create a professional and scalable website or blog!

Creator: Mike Dane
Affiliation: Giraffe Academy
Creation date: September 2017