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DYNAMIC STATIC SITE STRATEGIESDEVCONFU, MAY 2014

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DYNAMIC STATIC SITE STRATEGIESDEVCONFU, MAY 2014

DYNAMIC STATIC SITE STRATEGIES

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STATIC SITEGENERATION

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CLIENTS

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FRONT END

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I’M A SOFTWARE ENGINEER

WHAT LANGUAGE?

JAVASCRIPT

HA HA HA HA...!

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A RETURN TO SIMPLICITY

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THE CHALLENGE

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THE {CLIENT} NEEDSA BEAUTIFUL SITECLEAR CONTENT

GOOD BROWSER SUPPORTSPEEDY LOADING

EASY TO UPDATEPROBABLY A CMSDYNAMIC CONTENT

SENSIBLE URLS

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A MOBILE FIRSTRESPONSIVE

WEB APP

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A WEB SITE

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THE {CLIENT} NEEDSA BEAUTIFUL SITECLEAR CONTENT

GOOD BROWSER SUPPORTSPEEDY LOADING

EASY TO UPDATEPROBABLY A CMSDYNAMIC CONTENT

SENSIBLE URLS

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IS THIS ONLY POSSIBLE WITH A DYNAMIC

SERVER ARCHITECTURE?

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NO

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STATIC ARCHITECTURE

DYNAMICFEATURES

for

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WHAT DOESDYNAMIC MEAN?

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PERSONALISED CONTENT

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USER GENERATED CONTENT

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TIME TO REFRESH

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DEPLOYMENTCONTENT

DEPLOYMENT

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THE OPPORTUNITY

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CONSIDERHONEST

USE CASES

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MANY TYPES OF SITES

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TARGETED CONTENT

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READ ONLY

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READ OFTEN

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WE CAN MAKE EVERYTHING

FASTER

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GROUND BREAKINGNEW APPROACH

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BAKE, DON’T FRY

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BAKE, DON’T FRYAARON SWARTZ

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WEBMAKEA PERL CMS

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I CARE ABOUT NOT HAVING TO MAINTAIN CRANKY AOLSERVER,

POSTGRES AND ORACLE INSTALLSAARON SWARTZ, 2002

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REDUCE COMPLEXITY

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EASE OF DEVELOPEMENT

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INCREASED PORTABILITY

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CONFIDENCE

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ENTERPRISE COMPLIANCE

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SECURITY AUDITPENETRATION TESTINGLOAD TESTING

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NOT ABOUT PERFORMANCE

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SOME CHEAP PERFORMANCE GAINS EXIST

but

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FILE BASED ARCHITECTURE

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RAPID REQUEST

RESPONSE

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COSTS

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HOSTING

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“JUST A FEW PERSONAL SITES”

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NOW I’M SAVING$40 A MONTH

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AT SCALE, THIS CAN BE

BIG

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MAINTENANCE

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LESS INFRASTRUCTUREFEWER SERVERSLESS PRODUCTION CODE

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PORTABILITY

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FILES CAN GO ANYWHERE

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FOCUS

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ARCHITECTURAL COMPLEXITY

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WIDERTALENT POOL

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DEVELOPMENT COSTS

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GENERATORSAUTOMATION HOSTING

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BIG STACK

TINYSTACK

SMALL STACK

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The one problem with the “bake” philosophy is dependencies.

It’s difficult to keep track of which pages depend on which others and regenerate

them correctly when they change.

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The one problem with the “bake” philosophy is dependencies.

It’s difficult to keep track of which pages depend on which others and regenerate

them correctly when they change.

SOLVED

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RICH TEMPLATING ENGINESPARTIALSINHERITANCELOGIC

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wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_template_system

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DEPENDENCIES

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ATWOOD’S LAW

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ATTWOOD’S LAWANY APPLICATION THAT CAN BE WRITTEN IN JAVASCRIPT,

WILL EVENTUALLY BE WRITTEN IN JAVASCRIPT

JEFF ATWOOD, 2007

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SMALL STACK

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HARPJS PREPROCESSINGEJS, SWIGSASS, LESSCOFFEESCRIPT

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LESSBLOGGY

MOARDATA

OBJECTS

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RAPID & POWERFULSITE GENERATION

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GENERATORSAUTOMATION HOSTING

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GITHUB PAGES

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BITBALLOON

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BITBALLOON

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HOSTING & OPTIMISATION AS A SERVICEAUTOMATIC CDN MANAGEMENTAUTOMATED DEPLOYMENTSOTHER FUNKY SHIZZLE

BITBALLOON

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AMAZON S3GITHUB PAGES

DROPBOXSTATIC HOSTING AAS

ANY WEBSERVER

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PUSH IT

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EXAMPLES

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BEERCLUBSIMPLEST EXAMPLESIMPLEST WORKFLOWPOWERED BY NERDS

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OUTSOURCED HOSTING

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GITHUB PAGES

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$ git push origin gh-pages

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OUTSOURCED VERSION CONTROL

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OUTSOURCEDSITE GENERATION

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OUTSOURCED DEPLOYMENT

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SIMPLIFYINGDUMBING DOWN

is not

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SIMPLIFYINGFOCUS ON WHAT

lets us

MATTERS

GOOGLE

Developers Relations

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github.com/Google/WebFundamentals

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SIMPLIFYINGFOCUS ON WHAT

lets us

MATTERS

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LIMITATIONS & WORKAROUNDS

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SEARCH & COMMENTS

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SEARCH

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SIMPLE INDEXJAVASCRIPTPROGRESSIVE ENHANCEMENT

A JEKYLL EXAMPLE

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A SIMPLE BLOG SITE

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@PHILHAWKSWORTH><{ "posts" : [ {% for item in site.posts %} { "title" : "{{ item.title }}", "url" : "{{ item.url }}", "date" : "{{ item.date | date_to_long_string }}", "words" : "{{ item.content | strip_html | wordmap }}" } {% if forloop.last != true %},{% endif %} {% endfor %}]}

SRC/SEARCH.JSON

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@PHILHAWKSWORTH><{! "posts" : [! {! ! "title" : "TF;DR - Too funky; Didn't read.",! ! "url" : "/blog/too-funky-didnt-read",! ! "date" : "06 January 2014",

!"words" : "observations web excess trend for 'parallax''scrolljacking' sites has long had me grumbling about their large page weight slow rendering times general accessibility black spots but some are better than others that got thinking do they ever good job? today saw an article from creative bloq heralding recent example these kind as quirky masterpiece start by commenting: parallax scrolling may be way to becoming design cliche er yep somewhat! actually looks at technical approaches shoorder keep down just 77mb (big low typical single site) rest quote hits home though: agencies putting imaginative aesthetically pleasing uses there's surely life old dog yet this reminds one reasons wanted join big agency like r/ga first place - add voice those fighting responsible executions which often have audiences sometimes (or least propagate) development trends we need mindful type build best solution? most responsible? was see were making efforts bring you sound broken record phil not going embark my usual rants bloated pages require loading screens gobble your mobile data allowance because i've done so many before went look site referring noticed something: didn't read really even notice any content might squinting through judgmental eyes purist don't think reality style rarely choice conveying perhaps when people encounter all kinds whizzy interaction baubles play with ahead reading apparently cadillac know said otherwise afraid detail passed question out there: did what you've seen recently said? curious hear regardless implementation performance how examples getting message across observations? reply tweet twitter photo credit: david san"

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SITE/SEARCH.JSON

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INLINE JAVASCRIPT SEARCH

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LOAD ASYNCHRONOUSLY AFTER PAGECACHED AND STATICCONTEXTUAL LOAD

PAGE WEIGHT?

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CONTEXTUAL LOADING

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JAVASCRIPTONLY?

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PROGRESSIVE ENHANCEMENT

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@PHILHAWKSWORTH><SRC/SEARCH/INDEX.HTML

<form action="https://www.google.co.uk/search” method="get" class="search">

<input type="hidden" name="q" value="site:http://hawksworx.com/blog">

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@PHILHAWKSWORTH><COMMENTS

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WHAT ABOUT COMMENTS?

FIRST!

DAMMIT I THOUGHT I WAS FIRST BUT U BEAT ME LOL ROFL OMG WTF HA HA!!!!!!!!!

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HOW TIMELY SHOULD

COMMENTS BE?

REAL TIMEOR

MODERATED?

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COMMENTAPPROVALWORKFLOW

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BITBALLOON

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BITBALLOON

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OTHERFUNKYSHIZZLE

BITBALLOON

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BITBALLOON API

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AUTOMATICFORM HANDLING

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@PHILHAWKSWORTH><<form name="signup" action="thank-you.html"> First Name: <input type="text" name="first_name"> Email: <input type="email" name="email"> <button>Sign me up</button></form>

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DATA HANDLINGAPI ENDPOINTEMAIL NOTIFICATIONSINTEGRATIONS WITH OTHER SERVICES

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GET DATA

BUILDas part of the

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CALL TO ARMS

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SEEK OUT CHANCES TO

SIMPLIFY

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CHALLENGE THE NEED FOR COMPLEXITY

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MAKE STUFF FASTER

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MAKE STUFFGO FASTER

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SPEND LESS

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THANKS

FONTS

LINKS

BATTLESHIP - www.flickr.com/photos/swfphotos/8075999488COMPLIANCE - www.flickr.com/photos/aorr/1229272894SALTNPEPPER - www.flickr.com/photos/camknows/4595655917FRESH PRINCE - flic.kr/p/fJcbnCAMBITIOUS - flic.kr/p/6Uvc2S

JEKYLL - jekyllrb.comHARP - harpjs.com, harp.ioSSGS - staticsitegenerators.netHEXO - zespia.tw/hexoBAKE, DON’T FRY - www.aaronsw.com/weblog/000404BITBALLOON - www.bitballoon.comBITBALLOON API - github.com/BitBalloon/bitballoon-apiGOOGLE WEB FUNDAMENTALS - developers.google.com/web/fundamentals

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