Raymond Camden - Working with Static Sites: Bringing the Power of Simplicity to Modern Sites

by Raymond Camden and Brian Rinaldi

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Over the past few years, static site generators have gone from being a bit of a novelty only the ber-geeks used to prove the quality of their skill, to becoming widely used tools that power a large and growing part of the internet. Because of the benefits they offer, static site generators are now used to run thousands of sites and are becoming the basis for a broad set of tools that even reach the casual developer and even the nontechnical content writer.

Still, the static site ecosystem is still young and slightly immature, meaning that it can be difficult to know which tools to choose and how to get started. That is the problem we hoped to address in writing this book. By providing common scenarios and insights on how to address them, we hope to make it easier for anyonefrom the experienced web expert to the beginning web developerto create static site solutions and take advantage of the speed, flexibility, and security that they offer.