Episode 030 - Static site generators and dynamic drink drinkers

Websites have gotten a lot more complicated over the years. What happened to static HTML? In this episode we’re joined by Harry Wolff, the creator of Reptar, to talk about leveraging build tools to create static generated sites. We talk about the pros and cons of leveraging a static site generator for a website. We also discuss some of the tools available to help you get started.

Items mentioned in the episode:
Reptar, MongoDB, Github, Jekyll, Dropbox, Wordpress, Markdown, Atom, AWS, Express, Restify, FTP, React, Webpack, Medium, Gist, Highlight JS, Prisim, Yarn, npm, Facebook, Rugrats, Ghost, Metalsmith, Segment, Hugo, Go, Hexo, Markdown-it, YAML, Joi, Redux, StaticGen, Gatsby JS, Nunjucks, Browserify, Less, Sass, Babel, ES2015, Async await, Graph QL, Relay, Closure, Handlebars

Guests:
Harry Wolff - @hswolff

Panelists:
Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan
Augustus Yuan - @augburto
Jem Young - @JemYoung
Derrick Showers - @derrickshowers
Brian Holt - @holtbt
Stacy London - @stacylondoner

Picks:
Harry Wolff - Node 7.6
Harry Wolff - Legion
Harry Wolff - Calvin Harris - Slide
Harry Wolff - Reptar
Ryan Burgess - CODE: Debugging the Gender Gap
Ryan Burgess - ZippGo
Augustus Yuan - Metasmoke
Augustus Yuan - Open Source Guides
Jem Young - Ultimate Beast Master
Jem Young - Shibesbot
Derrick Showers - Distiller
Derrick Showers - Pac-man Multiplayer
Brian Holt - Home Brewing Beer
Stacy London - Webpackbin
Stacy London - Arthur Russell - Home Away From Home (Andy Stott Refix)

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