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/why-astro/)
* https://docs.astro.build/en/concepts/mpa-vs-spa/ (https://docs.astro.build/en/concepts/mpa-vs-spa/)
* https://docs.astro.build/en/concepts/islands/ (https://docs.astro.build/en/concepts/islands/)
Find out more about Stac and Parallax:
* Stac (https://stac.works)
* Parallax (https://parall.ax)
