Why Static Site Generators are Awesome

Wes and Scott talk all about Static Site Generators!
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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
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