Why Static Site Generators are Awesome

Wes and Scott talk all about Static Site Generators! Netlify — Sponsor Netlify is the best way to deploy and host a front-end website. All the features developers need right out of the box: Global CDN, Continuous Deployment, one click HTTPS and more. Hit up netlify.com/syntax for more info. They are also hiring! netlify.com/careers Freshbooks - Sponsor If you are a small business or freelancer check out Freshbooks.com Cloud Accountingand get 30 days free. Make sure to enter SYNTAX into the "How did you hear about us" section. Show Notes 1:00 Woah Scott's Audio! 4:00 #TastyTreats Winners 8:00 What are static site generators? 10:00 Benefits of Static Site Generators Gatsby StaticGen.com Jekyll Hugo Hexo 24:00 More complicated apps as static sites Next.js Static Export Nuxt.js 34:00 Limitations of a static site What happens when you need something on the server? Snipcart for Ecommerce Algolia Awestruct Hot Hot Reloading 41:00 Using with a Headless CMS Reloading The Pages 48:00 WHAT WHAT Scott is Canadian?! 50:00 Where can you host a Static Site? Literally Anywhere Github Pages Netlify rsync WPGraphQL Siiiiiiiick Pixxxx Scott: JSRefactor Wes: Auto Rename Tag Shameless Plugz Level Up Pro ES6 For Everyone Tweet us your tasty treats! Scott's Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes' Instagram Wes' Twitter Wes' Facebook Scott's Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets

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