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August 21, 2023

Episode 32: Static site generators

29 minutes

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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