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Not sure if this is the best name for it, but this update adds a DataCollection module (which may me merged into the core as it became much simpler than I expected), which reads flatfile content and parses them into usable Laravel collections.

Currently only a Markdown collection type is added. This is easel accessible with the MarkdownCollection facade that is made available to Blade views through the DataCollectionServiceProvider.

Supply the name for a subdirectory of the new _data directory to the facade to get a collection with the parsed files.

Example usage

For example, imagine we have a directory called _data/testimonials where we collect testimonials in the form of Markdown files, with front matter to specify the author and link.

// filepath: _data/testimonials/one.md
---
author: John Doe
---

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit...

We can then use the MarkdownCollection facade

MarkdownCollection::get('testimonials')

To get the testimonials in a Blade view

@foreach(MarkdownCollection::get('testimonials') as $testimonial)
<blockquote>
    <p>{!! $testimonial->body !!}</p>
    <small>{{ $testimonial->matter['author'] }}</small>
</blockquote>
@endforeach

And if we take a look at the data dump, you'll see that the Markdown files are rendered into the MarkdownDocument object model, same as all Markdown based pages in Hyde.