Static site generators

James and Josh explore the world of SSGs (static site generators)! The differences between SSGs and full stack frameworks, the associated technologies out there and what to consider with your project when deciding what is best for it.

[Recorded 13th July, 2023]

• 01 Intro
• 02 The Personal Website
• 02 Static Site Generators
• 02 ASTRO 
• 03 Content driven site vs Logic and functional site
• 04 Jekyll 
• 04 Webapps
• 07 Full stack frameworks
• 08 MPA vs SPA
• 10 Islands
• 15 It’s a cms without the cms
• 16 Flexible data structures enforced via TypeScript
• 20 Deployment - compilation step, already do this on most frameworks anyway
• 22 Still require a rich runtime environment of JS deps etc
• 25 Bring your own db and cache
• 26 Environmental impact
• 27 New SSGs

References

• https://docs.astro.build/en/concepts/why-astro/
• https://docs.astro.build/en/concepts/mpa-vs-spa/
• https://docs.astro.build/en/concepts/islands/

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