airtable.js VS jamstack.org

They have published an example too https://github.com/Airtable/airtable.js/blob/master/test/test_files/index.html

Install the Airtable JavaScript SDK to work with Airtable inside a Next.js application.

Initially using the airtable.js package we statically generated a splash page that pulls data from Airtable directly to the page.

Even with Airtable.js to help manage retries, reading data through the API is an uphill climb. Between the rate limits, pagination, and Airtable's unique filterBy parameter you'll find many little quirks. The API is especially slow and onerous when you need to make nested calls to source data from several tables to create a complete data view. And, as you leverage Airtable's ease of use to make updates to your base, your API calls can break as columns and tables change.

Airtable comes with a simple REST API to perform the basic CRUD operations on the data stored. You'll need to have a base i.e. a table/ sheet set up before you can check out the documentation. This is for a good reason - their whole documentation is dynamically displayed with real keys, ids, column names etc, along with sample responses, based off your data, making it super easy for you to just copy out the code and use as is. They provide this documentation in cURL and JavaScript. The JS code snippets require using the Airtable JavaScript Client SDK. Here's a look at the documentation for the chat app base.

Docusaurus is a Jamstack SSG (Static Site Generator) mainly intended for documentation and blog websites. It is a Meta Open Source project. Its configuration is done mainly through a JavaScript file called docusaurus.config.js.

Netlify has gained popularity among developers for its ease of use and powerful features. It's a great option for hosting static websites or Jamstack applications.

Jamstack Org

Jamstack architecture continues to gain popularity as a modern web development approach that focuses on pre-rendered content served from a CDN. Some benefits of Jamstack include better performance, lower cost, and greater scalability. Expect to see growth in Jamstack frameworks like Gatsby, Next.js and Nuxt.js in 2023.

More importantly, Netlify, the creator and stewards of the term Jamstack including it's canonical site, has largely abandoned the term as well, in favor of a "composable web" term that better aligns with their ambitions around becoming a broader enterprise platform including content (with tools like Netlify Connect).

I have been using the hosting environment provided by Netlify for years. I am aware there are several available including Vercelli and Heroku, to name a few, but Netlify was the first I tried and it continues to work well. It links into my Git repos on BitBucket and also offers Functions-as-a-Service (FaaS) for experimentation and small projects. Netlify is also a prime advocate of the JAMStack architecture that is gaining considerable interest.

You should check out JamStack. The premise is that the majority of your site is static content and you can push it out to CDNs that are frequently cheap or free.

Perhaps this is worth checking out and utilizing when I have the time to attempt another JAMstack project. Possibly Eleventy?