Rise of the JAMstack

The emergence of Git centered workflows, around modern build tools, static site generators, and modern browsers, have changed the way most front-enders work.

Matt Biilmann covers how a new stack is emerging and how this will change how web sites and web apps are built in the future.

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1. Rise of the JAMstack Matt Biilmann, 2017
2. Matt Biilmann CEO, Netlify
3. Publishing for the modern web
4. Building thousands of websites 7 years in Spain, 2 CMSs, 10k+ websites
5. Building a fully hosted CMS Moved to the Bay Area, built a managed CMS for the legacy stack
6. Trends: Git, MicroServices, JS Modern Javascript (ES6) Microservices Git vs FTP
7. For the last 15 years the web has been built on the fly, causing ever increasing issue with: Security 7% of all legacy sites hacked Performance Single origin, builds for every visitor, low conversion Scalability Infrastructure needs scaling up front The Web Needs a Paradigm Shift
8. The Evolution of the Web Unix Model Legacy Web (The site needs to be built EVERY time it’s served) Modern Web ~1970-1997 ~1997-Today Now CLIENT WEB SERVER APP SERVER DATABASE CLIENT SERVER CLIENT CDN SERVICES
9. = A New Stack Decoupled Architecture Git Centric Workflow A Better Web + 10x Faster No more malware Infinitely scalable Browser Client Build Tool Services Git Continuous Delivery CDN
12. Wordpress Shopify Rails Kirby Magazine Shop Job Board Conference
13. Wordpress Shopify Rails Kirby Magazine Shop Job Board Conference Memberships ?????
14. Building an Open-Source Eco-System
15. Browser Front-end Victor Hugo GitHub Netlify CMS A Smashing Architecture Micro Services
17. Decoupled E-commerce
19. Handle 200,000 comments!
20. Building an Open-Source Eco-System
22. Best Practises
23. Let’s Continue The Talk! #JAMstack jamstack.org gitter.im/jamstack/community @biilmann