How to Convert Static HTML into Powerful Templates

• stackbit-jamstack-journey

  3 1 0.0 HTML

Let’s say the output of the whatever process you went through to obtain the files for your site left you with this mess:

• Gatsby

  356 55,016 9.3 JavaScript

  The best React-based framework with performance, scalability and security built in.

  

There are many to choose from, perhaps including some popular ones you may have heard of, such as Jekyll, Gatsby, Next.js, or Hugo. Here we’re going to use one called Eleventy.

• SurveyJS

  surveyjs.io sponsored

  Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App. With SurveyJS form UI libraries, you can build and style forms in a fully-integrated drag & drop form builder, render them in your JS app, and store form submission data in any backend, inc. PHP, ASP.NET Core, and Node.js.

  

• eleventy 🕚⚡️

  244 16,213 9.3 JavaScript

  A simpler site generator. Transforms a directory of templates (of varying types) into HTML.

  

There are many to choose from, perhaps including some popular ones you may have heard of, such as Jekyll, Gatsby, Next.js, or Hugo. Here we’re going to use one called Eleventy.

• Next.js

  2,041 120,572 10.0 JavaScript

  The React Framework

  

There are many to choose from, perhaps including some popular ones you may have heard of, such as Jekyll, Gatsby, Next.js, or Hugo. Here we’re going to use one called Eleventy.

• nunjucks

  41 8,450 2.0 JavaScript

  A powerful templating engine with inheritance, asynchronous control, and more (jinja2 inspired)

  

We changed the file extension from .html to .njk. This means we’re using Nunjucks as our templating language. Eleventy supports a number of languages. Nunjucks is nice for staying with our theme of using JavaScript. And it’s also fairly minimalistic, which is nice for our example.

• Jekyll

  253 48,287 8.7 Ruby

  :globe_with_meridians: Jekyll is a blog-aware static site generator in Ruby

  

There are many to choose from, perhaps including some popular ones you may have heard of, such as Jekyll, Gatsby, Next.js, or Hugo. Here we’re going to use one called Eleventy.

• Hugo

  548 72,452 9.8 Go

  The world’s fastest framework for building websites.

  

There are many to choose from, perhaps including some popular ones you may have heard of, such as Jekyll, Gatsby, Next.js, or Hugo. Here we’re going to use one called Eleventy.

• WorkOS

  workos.com sponsored

  The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

  

• git

  616 8,070 0.0 C

  A fork of Git containing Windows-specific patches. (by git-for-windows)

  

Note: If you’re tracking your changes with Git, this is a great spot to initialize the repository (git init) and add node_modules to a .gitignore file. If you’re not working with Git, don’t worry about this right now.

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