JSJ 347: JAMstack with Divya Sasidharan & Phil Hawksworth

Sponsors

• KendoUI
• Sentry use the code “devchat” for $100 credit
• Clubhouse

Panel

• AJ O’Neal
• Chris Ferdinandi
• Charles Max Wood

Joined by special guest: Phil Hawksworth and Divya SasidharanEpisode SummaryThis episode features special guests Philip Hawksworth and Divya Sasidharan. Phil lives just outside of London and Divya lives in Chicago, and both of them work for Netlify. Divya is also a regular on the Devchat show Views on Vue. The panelists begin by discussing what JAMstack is. JAM stands for JavaScript, API, and Markup. It used to be known as the new name for static sites, but it’s much more than that. Phil talks about how dynamic ‘static’ sites really are. JAMstack sites range from very simple to very complex, Static is actually a misnomer. JAMstack makes making, deploying, and publishing as simple as possible.The panelists discuss the differences between building your own API and JAMstack and how JavaScript fits into the JAMstack ecosystem. They talk about keys and secrets in APIs and the best way to handle credentials in a static site. There are multiple ways to handle it, but Netlify has some built in solutions. All you have to do is write your logic for what you want your function to do and what packages you want included in it, they do all the rest. Every deployment you make stays there, so you can always roll back to a previous version. Charles asks about how to convert a website that’s built on a CMS to a static site and some of the tools available on Netlify. They finish by discussing different hangups on migrating platforms for things like Devchat (which is built on WordPress) and the benefits of switching servers. Links

• API
• React
• JAMstack
• CMS (content management system)
• CDM (Customer Data Management)
• Markup
• UI (User Interface)
• Jekyll
• Progressive Enhancement
• 11ty
• Hugo
• React Static
• Gatsby
• Vue
• AWS
• AWS Lambda
• Azure
• Markdown
• WordPress
• Zapier
• Stefan Baumgartner article
• RSS feed

PicksAJ O’Neal:

• Prince Ali Ababwa (Aladdin)
• Node v.10.12

Chris Ferdinandi:

• Bouncer
• Philip Morgan Consulting
• Jonathan Stark Consulting

Charles Max Wood:

• Mastadon Social
• Thanksgiving turkey

Phil Hawksworth:

• Dripping (solidified meat drippings spread on toast)
• They Shall Not Grow Old

Divya Sasidharan:

• Fear, Trust, and JavaScript
• Women’s Pockets Are Inferior
• Debt: A Love Story

Special Guests: Divya Sasidharan and Phil Hawksworth.

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