JAMStack

Links to: Web Technologies

The term was coined by Netlify CEO.
The approach is simple and has existed before, but no one was really using it.

Major services

• Vercel
• Netlify

Note: Vercel and Netlify offer a PaaS model for presenting static content

Static site generators

Some NextJS Features:

• Periodic SSG after a period from new requests
• On Demand SSG
• Static Tweets (no iframes)

Doing > Viewing: Use React, Vue, etc. + NextJS/Gatsby
For content, use Nuxt, Jekyll, Hugo, Eleventy

Some Netlify features:

• Edge functions - no JS
• add JS/TS script to docroot/netlify/edge-functions
• Parse HTML elements and modify based on request data and queries
  • e.g. Add geolocation data based on request