Tools for modern static sites for lazy devs
summary
Overview of modern static-site tooling aimed at developers who prefer minimal maintenance: it presents static site generators, build tools and deployment options (e.g., generators, asset pipelines, and hosting workflows) to simplify creating and publishing static websites. The talk focuses on practical tools and approaches that reduce manual work for building, bundling assets, and deploying modern static sites.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:05Speaker context
- 3:53Static vs dynamic sites
- 15:17Static site generators
- 21:16CI for deployment
- 26:50Non-dev content management
- 33:20Demo with Contentful
- 36:06Summary and benefits
- 38:55Dynamic deployment demo
- 40:39Q&A
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