eleventy 🕚⚡️ VS Gatsby

I made a new branch of my website and followed the instructions in the v3.0.0-beta.1 release notes:

I write and create my posts using markdown, this is then converted to html with 11ty engine. The layout of the page are decided by the metadata in the front matter section, 11ty the uses the layouts I have created using Nunjucks. This way I can add metadata and control how the page is rendered, I can inject sections and links.

Eleventy. It’s a static site generator that’s super stable, they take backwards compatibility ver seriously so you can count on it for a long time. It’s lightweight so you don’t have to install a million dependencies to get it working, and it’s the only one of the big SSG projects that’s independently funded so they’re not chasing VC backed hyper growth.

https://www.11ty.dev/

Depends on your language of choice. Personally I use Eleventy[0]. Written in JavaScript (so you'll need node & npm). Has very minimal default settings but highly configurable. Pick your templates or just use markdown if you really want. Hot reloading is enabled by default.

[0]: https://www.11ty.dev

We will use Eleventy as a static site generator of choice and Netlify Drop for free hosting. Of course, this is not the only combination; feel free to use any tool and hosting you like. One of the cool things about Eleventy is that it supports multiple template languages. We’ll use Nunjucks for this tutorial. Don’t worry if you haven’t used it before. For this tutorial, basic HTML knowledge is enough!

Now that you're familiar with why Eleventy + Storyblok is my ideal combination and how to seamlessly query data from Storyblok for use in an Eleventy project, it's time for the next exciting step: let's embark on creating a complete blog site using these two phenomenal technologies!

This post outlines the steps for migrating an existing BlogCFC blog to a JamStack, with a focus on using Eleventy.

I suggest you to try out eleventhy (https://www.11ty.dev/)

Quite simple to start, and a nice system to add some scripting and styles without the requirement of bringing in a framework.

A production flag enables you to run activities in dev or production such as minifying assets, showing draft posts, etc. There isn't a built-in flag or function that comes with eleventy (11ty) specifically for this. However we have this info at our fingertips.

I can't recommend Eleventy enough!

https://www.11ty.dev

I converted my WordPress blog to Eleventy 4 years ago and never looked back, it's been delightful!

https://www.joshcanhelp.com/taking-wordpress-to-eleventy/

It is a collection of beautifully designed user interface (UI) components that you can easily copy and paste into your applications. Developers can use it with any framework that supports React, like Next, Gatsby, Remix, and others.

Gatsby Official Documentation

My previous website used the Gatsby framework, for a simple reason: I am very familiar with React, so I thought customization would be easier. However, I later realized I didnt have time to maintain a bunch of Typescript and Javascript, which made me reluctant to update my website. This time, I choose Hugo. Maintaining a small amount of Go Template is easier, and I am familiar with Golang, too.

Gatsby: A static site generator ideal for content-heavy websites, offering performance optimizations out of the box. Gatsby Documentation

**Gatsby** is optimized for building fast static websites and apps with a focus on performance and SEO. It uses GraphQL for data management.

Another thing we had to care about for the new website was the API backend. Our choice fell on @Strapi, an open-source content management system. Not only did it allow us to customize our data schemas and extend API functionality to manage different types of content like text, images, and videos, but also save us a great amount of time and money – with its user-friendly admin panel and additional features we didn't have to build it all from scratch.

Repository: Gatsby

You can learn more about Gatsby from its official documentation

The first time I started building static websites is when I discovered Gatsby. I built several projects using Gatsby and hosted it on Netlify free tier. It felt like a really robust architecture and I loved that it was free.