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Some tips and things to think about when choosing to run a virtual developer conference based upon my recent experiences.

Let's explore the BFF pattern, how it applies to Jamstack applications and how to make it easier to implement.

Exploring three popular GraphQL JavaScript client libraries that you can use to connect to a GraphQL API in the browser or in Node.js.

One of the more challenging aspects of Jamstack development can be that it requires you to change your mental model around when to render content in a web app.

A look at the intertwined evolution of the Jamstack and GraphQL and how popular Jamstack tools are built upon a GraphQL foundation.

What Jamstack means is evolving. While labels don't help you get your work done, they are also important.

A GraphQL query is just a standard HTTP request, no special libraries needed. Let's look at how to create one in JavaScript and Node.js.

GraphQL queries are what allow GraphQL to be efficient in how it gets data, by allowing you to express only what you need but also exactly everything you need. In this post, we'll see how.

CFE.dev has live virtual meetups and hundreds of hours of free sessions for developers on a wide range of topics.

Next.js is an increasingly popular solution for creating Jamstack sites using JavaScript and React. In this post we explore how to build your first Jamstack site using Next.js that connects to a headless CMS for content using the Sourcebit open source project.

There have been a lot of new innovations in the Jamstack ecosystem already in 2020. Let's look at some of the major highlights including new static site generators and new deployment tools.

Markdown is so ubiquitous in the Jamstack that many people confuse the M in the JAM acronym to mean Markdown rather than markup. But how did this happen and why does Markdown play such a big role in Jamstack development?

Hugo's Go-powered templates can accomplish some very powerful templating tasks. In this post, I share some tips and tricks that I've found useful when building advanced Hugo templates.

Documentation sites are a longstanding and common use case for the JAMstack. In this post we explore some of the options available to you for developing them and show an example of how to build one.

The static site generator (SSG) is a key ingredient in developing a JAMstack web app, but there are literally hundreds to choose from. I offer my advice and guidance on choosing the option that's best for you.

Sourcebit is a fully-extensible open source project that can connect any data source with a JAMstack site. In this post, we'll learn how you can build a plugin to connect to a data source, target SSG or transform data.

A look at some of the options for building an ecommerce site using the JAMstack including a demo that shows how to easily build am ecommerce site using a headless CMS and Snipcart.

Tips and advice from 2.5 years of experiences running online meetups, workshops and events.

Sourcebit is a new open source project that aims to make it easy for developers to connect their JAMstack site to data coming from a broad range of sources. In this tutorial, we explore how to use it.

Correcting what seems to be a common misconceptions about what makes an app JAMstack

Migrating from Wordpress to JAMstack offers a number of potential benefits, but it can be difficult to know what the best strategy for transitioning content is. This post offers some potential strategies for making the move.

JAMstack has been accused of being just fancy buzzword branding, but is there actual substance behind the term? I share my thoughts on why I think there is.

Sharing my learning process as a React and Next.js noob

See how to use Zapier webhook and Netlify Functions to dynamically update content on your site and rebuild it.

Connecting your JAMstack site to a Zapier webhook using Netlify functions gives you access to all sorts of cool features.

Ahmad Awais of Cloudinary shares what changes we saw in the JAMstack ecosystem in 2019 and what he expects for 2020.

What exciting new things happened in 2019 in JAMstack? What can you expect to see in 2020? Bud Parr, creator of The New Dynamic community and newsletter, shares his thoughts.

A look at some of the results from the latest JavaScript developer survey and some items that stood out.

Chris Coyier shares what she thought was important about this past year in JAMstack and what she thinks you can expect for the year to come.

Tara Manicsic shares what she thought was important about this past year in JAMstack and what she thinks you can expect for the year to come.

Bryan Robinson shares what he thought was important about this past year in JAMstack and what he thinks you can expect for the year to come.

Gift Egwenu shares what she thought was important about this past year in JAMstack and what she thinks you can expect for the year to come.

Raymond Camden shares what he thought was important about this past year in JAMstack and what he thinks you can expect for the year to come.

Leverage the power of the community by creating a JAMstack site that anyone can edit and contribute using NetlifyCMS's open authoring.

Whether you are getting started or already advanced, these are the links that you'll need as a JAMstack developer.

A step-by-step guide to adding registration and login requirements to sections of content on a JAMstack site.

A new tool let's you automatically detect and monitor your Netlify builds from your own site.

Dev.to gives developers access to a wide audience while letting them keep ownership of their content. The integration with Stackbit makes this even easier.

A look at the evolution of web content management from the early days of the web to the headless, cloud-based CMS systems of today.

There is widespread belief that the tech interview process is broken but little in the way of movement to change it.

What makes a site JAMStack? A lot of it is in the M for markup.

What happens when you authenticate in an application using OAuth 2.0 implicit and PKCE flows.

Developers are defining themselves into ever smaller niches and that concerns me.

A guide to getting started with IndexedDB for storing large amounts of complex data offline.

Some tips and advice based on my experiences running conferences for more than a decade.

Understanding the history of the web will help guide you to the its future.

Advice and resources from the organizers of some major conferences on how to create a compelling conference talk proposal.

A summary of newsletter resources related to frontend development, JavaScript, CSS and more.

Many factors can influence technical debt and many of them have nothing to do with code.

Exploring what localStorage is, how it works and how it can be used to store and access data offline.

How do you decide what's important to focus on? I share some of my own ideas and want to know yours.

A look at different options for determining the user's online/offline status and connection speed.

Constants in JavaScript don't necessarily behave the way you think they would.

Finally taking advantage of some of the Netlify platform's more advanced features.

A brief look at the ethical dilemmas facing today's developers.

Some tips based on my experience for finding your unique path in your career development as a developer.

Some broad guidelines for writing technical or code-focused blog posts and articles.

A look at some simple but overlooked as well as some advanced techniques for the Hugo static site generator.

A quick introduction to using the Stackbit service for creating a content-managed JAMStack site

Configuring an existing JAMStack site to use Netlify CMS

A look at two libraries designed to help improve the perceived performance of web apps

An overview of the pros and cons of the different education options to become a developer

A quick look at some highlights from the latest edition of StackOverflow's survey

Getting started with Netlify CMS on project using a fresh install.

Need some help with your session abstract for a conference call for papers? I'm here to assist.

I will never play baseball. Sure, I played as a kid, briefly, and I was terrible. I have since tried...

In 2018, we focused on performance, mobile and how tough it can be to be (or become) a dev.

Some holiday-themed links for developers.

While working as a developer certainly has its rewards, there are some major issues we need to address.

Talking JavaScript language standards and TC39 with Jory Burson of Bocoup

While development is still complicated, some things have definitely improved.

Running developer events - even online only ones - can be tough but rewarding, exhausting but also thrilling.

We're clearly entering a new era for Microsoft and for developers that moves from tools and platforms to cloud and services.

GitHub finally announces HTTPS support for sites hosted using their GitHub Pages service.

Some strategies for local testing with SSL

Let's dig into the data a little bit.

A rant about defining titles with unachievable standards.

Tips on for adhering to style guides by integrating Prettier with ESlint in VS Code.

More evidence that developers aren't noticing the licenses in the software they use.

A comprehensive list with descriptions of the sites and newsletters for developers that I follow.

Tammy Everts talks about what performance metrics matter most to developers.

Aimee Knight shares some of what she's learned on her journey from ice skater to full stack developer

Brian Leroux previews his upcoming presentation by discussing why he created arc.codes and why serverless matters.

Don't let the fact that a topic has already been written about dissuade you from adding your own voice.

Ignoring software licenses can be dangerous. Let's try to understand them - open source, commercial and more.

As we conduct our post-mortems on Flash, it's important to remember that Flash helped make the web what it is today.