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Re: Netlify Dev

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Post by rymate1234 »

bobfunk wrote: post #152
rymate1234 wrote: post #135

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Yeah but with Zeit Now the serverless functions can actually serve the application, so if you need SSR with dynamic data you're able to, whereas with netlify it's static html being served with optional AWS style lambda functions. For instance Zeit can host a standard node server to serve your application if necessary https://zeit.co/docs/v2/deployments/official-builders/node-j...

You can do the same with Netlify functions. Here's an example: https://github.com/netlify-labs/netlify-functions-express

That example doesn't serve the main website, like all netlify functions they can only handle requests under the .netlify route for functions https://express-via-functions.netlify.com/.netlify/functions...

Whereas on Zeit Now the root of the website can be a web server written in multiple languages, and offer the ability to make your own "Lambda Builder" if necessary https://zeit.co/docs/v2/deployments/builders/overview

Re: Netlify Dev

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Post by paulcarroty »

brianpgordon wrote: post #167
seanwilson wrote: post #118

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> But you get free static sites through GitHub, nearly free static sites on Amazon S3. I've been really happy using Netlify (with Jekyll) for https://www.checkbot.io/ - I didn't have to think about server admin at all when I got traffic spikes from Hacker News and Product Hunt traffic, and development features make working on the website really straightforward. Features I like: - Git based deploys automatically when…

If you're not aware, you get most of that for free with GitHub pages: https://pages.github.com/ It deploys when you push, is based on Jekyll, and GitHub handles all of the hosting/HTTPS/caching themselves.

Github pages are limited for 50k views per month.

Re: Netlify Dev

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Post by skrebbel »

jpincheira wrote: post #205

We use Netlify for https://standups.io and we still are not paying a penny for their service. It works for our different environments, creates deploy previews out of every branch, supports split testing, and we even use it as a CI for our ReactJS app using Cypress! It's so painless and reliable, we just love it.

Can you explain more? I mean, I see that you're essentially a video service. Don't you have a backend? Don't people login? How do you handle all that on a static site host?

Re: Netlify Dev

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Post by jpincheira »

skrebbel wrote: post #213
jpincheira wrote: post #205

We use Netlify for https://standups.io and we still are not paying a penny for their service. It works for our different environments, creates deploy previews out of every branch, supports split testing, and we even use it as a CI for our ReactJS app using Cypress! It's so painless and reliable, we just love it.

Can you explain more? I mean, I see that you're essentially a video service. Don't you have a backend? Don't people login? How do you handle all that on a static site host?

Sure, happy to expand on it.

You're right, as a video service, we cannot do everything through them, we use our own encoder service with AWS Lambda, and manage users through a NodeJS app. And Netlify is a very important part of our stack, as it holds our main client app, which connects to these other parts of our stack.

Btw, congrats on TalkJS! Looks amazing.

Re: Netlify Dev

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Post by StavrosK »

soonoutoftime wrote: post #200
pkalinowski wrote: post #153

Netlify is amazing: 1. Free 2. Good support 3. Custom domains with SSL 4. Takes care of most important backend stuff (forms and webhooks) 5. Functions (Lambda with zero config needed) 6. Abstracts server stuff like [redirects]( https://www.netlify.com/docs/redirects/ ) Lambda and redirects are the best. I can just put my scripts in a folder and they automagically work. In my LinkedIn profile my website address is not…

> 1. Free ... 4. Takes care of most important backend stuff (forms and webhooks) From my reading of https://www.netlify.com/pricing/#forms you will need to pay $19/month/site (!) just to collect the data from 1000 form submissions. By the time you have a couple of sites like this the price is already way too much for me and anyone else with basic backend knowledge. I hope I've misunderstood.

I get far fewer than 100 submissions, and just the time it saves me getting the backend settings configured is already worth it, never mind setting up email, honeypots, etc.

Re: Netlify Dev

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Post by elcomet »

My issue with netlify is the lack of data or analytics about traffic. I cannot even see the number of visits ! That's why I use GitHub + cloudflare.

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Post by pembrook »

Anybody found a good CMS solution for static sites?

I love everything about gatsby/Hugo/etc on Netlify but the lack of good CMS with out of the box SEO tools for writers to easily publish is a no go for my clients.

Tried Netlify CMS and it unfortunately required way too much work to compete with the full featured Wordpress setup my editorial clients are used to.

Re: Netlify Dev

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Post by navs »

pembrook wrote: post #217

Anybody found a good CMS solution for static sites? I love everything about gatsby/Hugo/etc on Netlify but the lack of good CMS with out of the box SEO tools for writers to easily publish is a no go for my clients. Tried Netlify CMS and it unfortunately required way too much work to compete with the full featured Wordpress setup my editorial clients are used to.

https://forestry.io/ (hugo)

https://www.contentful.com/ (used this with jekyll)

Re: Netlify Dev

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Post by navs »

elcomet wrote: post #216

My issue with netlify is the lack of data or analytics about traffic. I cannot even see the number of visits ! That's why I use GitHub + cloudflare.

Is that something that could be solved with Google Analytics, Mixpanel?

Re: Netlify Dev

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Post by JetSpiegel »

sytse wrote: post #173
madeofpalk wrote: post #146

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> But you get free static sites through GitHub GitHub doesn't support a build process, right? So you would have to do that yourself and commit that. > nearly free static sites on Amazon S3 You'll have to manage the build and deploy here yourself then. Netlify is great because its easy, and free (if you're under their bandwidth cap). They have really cool features like automatically deploying a preview environment for…

GitLab does support free static websites and a build process, see https://about.gitlab.com/product/pages/

It also integrates with Netlify now.
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