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+const Papa = require('papaparse');
+const fs = require('fs');
+const eleventyNavigationPlugin = require("@11ty/eleventy-navigation");
+const shortcodes = require("./src/_includes/components/shortcodes/shortcode.js");
+
+module.exports = function (eleventyConfig) {
+
+  // Copy the people data from the TSV file to a JSON file before building the site.
+  eleventyConfig.on('eleventy.before', async () => {
+    const tsvFile = fs.readFileSync("src/raw_data/people.tsv")
+    const tsvData = tsvFile.toString()
+    const out = Papa.parse(tsvData, { delimiter: "\t", header: true, dynamicTyping: true, skipEmptyLines:true})
+    console.log(JSON.stringify(out.data))
+    fs.writeFile("src/_data/people.json", JSON.stringify(out.data), function (err) {
+      if (err) {
+        return console.log(err);
+      }
+      console.log("people.json was written successfully");
+    });
+  });
+
+  // Copy the partner data from the TSV file to a JSON file before building the site.
+  eleventyConfig.on('eleventy.before', async () => {
+    const tsvFile = fs.readFileSync("src/raw_data/partners.tsv")
+    const tsvData = tsvFile.toString()
+    const out = Papa.parse(tsvData, { delimiter: "\t", header: true, dynamicTyping: true, skipEmptyLines:true})
+    console.log(JSON.stringify(out.data))
+    fs.writeFile("src/_data/partners.json", JSON.stringify(out.data), function (err) {
+      if (err) {
+        return console.log(err);
+      }
+      console.log("partners.json was written successfully");
+    });
+  });
+
+  // Don't re-build when the generated people and partners JSON files are changed (as this would cause a loop of rebuilding)
+  eleventyConfig.watchIgnores.add("src/_data/people.json");
+  eleventyConfig.watchIgnores.add("src/_data/partners.json");
+
+  // Register the plugin to handle site navigation links
+  eleventyConfig.addPlugin(eleventyNavigationPlugin);
+
+  // Copy the image assets to the built site
+  eleventyConfig.addPassthroughCopy('src/assets/images/')
+
+  // Copy alpine.js from the node development directory to the built site
+  eleventyConfig.addPassthroughCopy({
+    './node_modules/alpinejs/dist/cdn.min.js': './js/alpine.min.js',
+    './src/CNAME': './CNAME'
+  })
+
+  // Filter for formatting date strings
+  eleventyConfig.addFilter("formatDate", (date) => {
+    return (new Date(date)).toLocaleDateString('en-us', { year: "numeric", month: "short", day: "numeric" })
+  })
+
+  // Filter for converting tag list strings to a js-like list (in string format)
+  eleventyConfig.addFilter("listToQuotedListString", (lst) => { return ('[' + lst.map(i => `'${i}'`).join(',') + ']') })
+
+  // Add the shortcodes
+  shortcodes(eleventyConfig)
+
+  return {
+    dir: {
+      input: "src",
+      output: "dist"
+    }
+  }
+}