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Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats

Why Static Site Generators are Awesome

Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats

Wes Bos

Js, Technology, Css, Html5, Tech News, Webdevelopment, News, Javascript, Html

4.91.1K Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2018

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

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

24:00

34:00

41:00

  • Using with a Headless CMS
  • Reloading The Pages

48:00

  • WHAT WHAT Scott is Canadian?!

50:00

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Transcript

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0:00.0

You're listening to Syntax, the podcast with the tastiest web development treats out there.

0:06.0

Strap yourself in and get ready.

0:08.0

Here is Scott Tolinsky and West Boss.

0:10.3

Welcome to Syntax.

0:12.3

In this episode we're going to be talking all about static site generators

0:16.8

which is a topic of something that's been around for a little while at this point

0:20.7

but is certainly heating up quite a bit fairly recently and people are starting to really find out all of the benefits.

0:27.5

This episode is sponsored by two relevant sponsors, one of which is relevant because that time of year, it is tax time,

0:35.4

this episode is sponsored by Fresh Books, and it's also sponsored by a company called Netlify,

0:40.4

which does excellent, excellent hosting all around and lots of other services

0:45.5

for static site generators amongst other things.

0:48.9

So we'll get into both of our sponsors

0:50.8

a little bit later, a little bit more in depth with me as always

0:54.1

is West Boss how are you doing today Wes I'm doing great it's starting to warm up

0:59.7

around here in Canada which I'm really excited it's a little unseasonably warm so I'm super

1:04.1

excited about that. All the snow has melted and I'm able to take off the parka for once in my life.

1:10.5

Hey that's great. Yeah what about you how you doing? I'm doing good. I am

1:14.5

recording on a new microphone and a like an entirely new setup today. This is the

1:19.1

first recording I have done with this setup. I haven't done any tutorials any pot I mean I've done tests but like I'm slightly worried

1:27.2

That it's not going to come out perfectly

1:29.6

You know how things always take some time tweaking so in addition to that I'm getting over a cold for like the one hundredth time this year

1:37.4

So if for some reason this audio is not great that is that is why but it will be it will be

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