What IS JAMStack
Short introduction to JAMstack
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Modern web development architecture based on client-side JavaScript, reusable APIs, and prebuilt Markup
Apps built in Jamstack architecture met the following criteria:
JavaScript, any dynamic programming during the request/response cycle is handled by JavaScript, running entirely on the client
APIs, all server-side processes or database actions are abstracted into reusable APIs, accessed over HTTPS with JavaScript
Markup, templated markup should be prebuilt at deploy time, usually using a site generator for content sites, or a build tool for web apps
The major advantages met by the JAMstack pattern are:
Apps are much faster because there is no more dynamic build of the pages
Security - a static app with less API endpoints reduce allot the risk of being hacked
Better developer experience - using a JAMstack app a developer needs only a simple editor and a console to create and deploy an app
For instance, let's build a sample JAMstack app by getting the source code from . Let's pick up the first result, open the file and follow the intructions provided:
If all goes well, the app can be visited on http://localhost:8000
As we can see, building an app in JAMstack architecture is quite an easy job.
- the website
- an well-known resource fpr JAMstack developers
- index provided by AppSeed
Open-Source published on
a very popular open-source app designed by Html5 Up and coded in JAMstack architecture