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Comparing static site generators and how to onboard from a dynamic workflow

Comparing static site generators and how to onboard from a dynamic workflow

Mathias gave this talk at the first editing of the Static Web-Tech Meetup in San Francisco, at the Netlify office.

It cover how to move from a dynamic approach to building websites, to a modern approach based on static site generation, and maps out the landscape of static site generators.

Mathias Biilmann

May 27, 2015
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  1. Dynamic to Static Onboarding to static site generation from a

    dynamic workflow @biilmann www.netlify.com
  2. What is Static? It’s not about: Dynamic content vs static

    brochure Database vs Flat Files Writing HTML by hand
  3. What to look for: Filter & Sort Code in templates?

    Built-in Sort and Filter features? Easy helper methods?
  4. What to look for: Plugins Can you write plugins? Plugin

    ecosystem? What’s possible with a plugin? Plugin Hooks?