Websites have evolved back to static HTML/CSS/JS files

Re:Websites have evolved back to static HTML/CSS/JS files by colecut on Monday March 09, 2020 @12:16AM (#22522949)

What in JavaScript are you using to take the place of a server side database?

Your comment seems to imply that the only options are SPA or WordPress..

If you are building something that would normally need to be a desktop app, sure, an SPA might be a good idea. But this is still rarely the case, most web pages are just are just presenting data, and in those cases, the less JavaScript the better.

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Re:Websites have evolved back to static HTML/CSS/JS files by chrysoprace on Monday March 09, 2020 @12:27AM (#22522992)

I'm not. If your application needs a database, then it needs a backend. An SPA isn't inherently a "backendless" application.

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Re:Websites have evolved back to static HTML/CSS/JS files by codebolt on Monday March 09, 2020 @01:01AM (#22523107)

A better question to me is, what does WordPress offer that a static site generator like Jekyll can't?

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Re:Websites have evolved back to static HTML/CSS/JS files by Mandatum on Monday March 09, 2020 @01:30AM (#22523196)

A management system my photographer friend can use without learning what "CLI" or "GitHub" are. They just login and make changes.

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Re:Websites have evolved back to static HTML/CSS/JS files by indysigners on Monday March 09, 2020 @02:19AM (#22523375)

Yup, exactly that. WordPress editors (WYSIWYG and Gutenberg) are still far more user-friendly and mature than a Netlify CMS that still is buggy like hell and where many little details and YAML formattings need to be fixed in code editor. You really cannot expect such a thing to be done by a non-coding person.

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Re:Websites have evolved back to static HTML/CSS/JS files by htgb on Monday March 09, 2020 @02:00AM (#22523301)

There's https://www.netlifycms.org/ if you want a static site generator with a CMS, FYI.

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Re:Websites have evolved back to static HTML/CSS/JS files by hanniabu on Monday March 09, 2020 @02:17AM (#22523366)

Are you aware of any open source applications as a CMC for static generators like Jekyll? Would be very convenient to have one with a a simple github login/auth settings page and then add/edit page/post options and the ability to select or upload a theme would be great.

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Re:Websites have evolved back to static HTML/CSS/JS files by petepete on Monday March 09, 2020 @03:05AM (#22523516)

NetlifyCMS works with Jekyll, Hugo, Gatsby, Middleman and a few others.

https://www.netlifycms.org/docs/jekyll/

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Re:Websites have evolved back to static HTML/CSS/JS files by 6510 on Monday March 09, 2020 @02:21AM (#22523381)

my photographer friend can use ftp

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Re:Websites have evolved back to static HTML/CSS/JS files by 6510 on Monday March 09, 2020 @07:24AM (#22524515)

my photographer friend can also add <img> tags to static html documents.

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Re:Websites have evolved back to static HTML/CSS/JS files by blowski on Monday March 09, 2020 @02:29AM (#22523399)

A huge variety of plugins, and a large pool of cheap developers with plenty of experience in the stack. I personally like Jenkins, but if I’m handing the site over to a low-tech client, I’d use WordPress hosted on managed WordPress.

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