Websites have gotten a lot more complicated over the years. What happened to static HTML? In this episode we’re joined by Harry Wolff, the creator of Reptar, to talk about leveraging build tools to create static generated sites. We talk about the pros and cons of leveraging a static site generator for a website. We also discuss some of the tools available to help you get started.

Items mentioned in the episode:

Reptar, MongoDB, Github, Jekyll, Dropbox, Wordpress, Markdown, Atom, AWS, Express, Restify, FTP, React, Webpack, Medium, Gist, Highlight JS, Prisim, Yarn, npm, Facebook, Rugrats, Ghost, Metalsmith, Segment, Hugo, Go, Hexo, Markdown-it, YAML, Joi, Redux, StaticGen, Gatsby JS, Nunjucks, Browserify, Less, Sass, Babel, ES2015, Async await, Graph QL, Relay, Closure, Handlebars

Guests:

Harry Wolff - @hswolff

Panelists:

Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan

Augustus Yuan - @augburto

Jem Young - @JemYoung

Derrick Showers - @derrickshowers

Brian Holt - @holtbt

Stacy London - @stacylondoner

Picks:

Harry Wolff - Node 7.6

Harry Wolff - Legion

Harry Wolff - Calvin Harris - Slide

Harry Wolff - Reptar

Ryan Burgess - CODE: Debugging the Gender Gap

Ryan Burgess - ZippGo

Augustus Yuan - Metasmoke

Augustus Yuan - Open Source Guides

Jem Young - Ultimate Beast Master

Jem Young - Shibesbot

Derrick Showers - Distiller

Derrick Showers - Pac-man Multiplayer

Brian Holt - Home Brewing Beer

Stacy London - Webpackbin

Stacy London - Arthur Russell - Home Away From Home (Andy Stott Refix)