UIT 5: In this week's episode I share my thoughts on the use of GatsbyJS and whether I feel it's a viable static site generator framework.
What are static sites? Static sites have been around for a very long time, and realistically are the original website: simply HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. They are not rendered during runtime; there is no server-side code, no database, etc.
What’s a static site generator? It’s a tool that generates static sites whenever you decide to run a build on your code base.
Contrast this to typical javascript frameworks and libraries, these usually generate HTML content on the client side during runtime. How is this different from server-side rendering? The primary difference is that there is no server-side code. So, unlike a framework such as Django, Gatsby does not render anything on the server when a request is made. Everything is generated at the build time of the application. A few benefits of a static site are: speed, the simplest infrastructure, search engine optimization, and security.
GatsbyJS “Gatsby is a free and open source framework based on React that helps developers build blazing fast websites and apps”
Built on top of ReactJS
GraphQL for data
Uses any source for content; I use MDX (JSX in Markdown)
Pros
Love React, writing components is a joy.
Because it’s built on ReactJS has access to a huge ecosystem of packages.
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