On: Static Website Generators

[bryant]

Yes! I was looking for a decent selection of single-page app SSGs for so long. This is only the second one I've found, the other being Lingon (https://github.com/spotify/lingon), and this one looks like the only one that can still work as a blog.

Does anyone have any feedback or alternatives for SSGs which build static single-page blogs?

[paulddraper → bryant]

> single-page app SSGs

How does that work? Isn't "single-page app" the exact opposite of a "static site"?

[bryant → paulddraper]

The "app" in this case would be client-side logic (e.g. written in JS) which might then render the blog client-side by pulling down the text for the blog. Ultimately, everything on the server is unchanging until you do a rebuild with new content.

So long as the hosted content isn't dynamically generated server-side when you visit, it's static.

[puppetmaster3 → bryant]

Single page app uses .js to load page inside index.html w/ push state.

I like this 'serverless' approach.

[philtar → puppetmaster3]

It most certainly is not serverless.

[puppetmaster3 → philtar]

Do you read? Ex: http://martinfowler.com/bliki/Serverless.html

Or dozens of other? You are not in a cave.

[philtar → puppetmaster3]

Who gave Badri Janakiraman authority to define what serverless is?

[puppetmaster3 → philtar]

martin fowler is an authority.

Here so you can try http://bfy.tw/7nJE

[andreareina → paulddraper]

Found this[1] site some time ago demonstrating an SPA-style static site with no javascript. You end up having to download every article/page though.

[1]: https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2015/12/reimagining-single-...