Phew! 2020 was a really long year right?!?! Wait? That was 2021? They all seem to blend together lately...
While news in the "real world" was mostly awful, the Jamstack world saw so many new and amazing tools in an ecosystem that was already chock full of them. This is great for having options, but can make it tough to navigate, especially for new Jamstack folks. Thus, it's no surprise that many of the top links from last year, including four of the top six, are geared towards helping folks navigate the Jamstack ecosystem. Most of the others were focused on new tools, like Astro and Eleventy Serverless, or new techniques, like new ISR/DPR rendering options.
Whether you have been building sites with the Jamstack for years, are new to it, or are just curious and looking for an opportunity to start, 2022 looks like it'll be a great year to live in "Jamstack world"! (Can't say the same for the "real world".)
Finally, since it's officially Jamuary again, be sure to join me in a few weeks as I emcee TheJam.dev 2022 where we'll be talking more about all this (plus, the event is now free!).
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1: How To Choose A Headless CMS
This popular post from July digs into what criteria you may want to think about when it comes to choosing a headless CMS (an overwhelming part of building many a Jamstack sites). There are so many options to sort through now, and this solid evaluation offers advice without any bias towards a particular solution.
Emmanuel Tissera
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2: Discover Modern Web Development Tools and Trends
Whether you are an experienced or new Jamstack developer, this site, which I first shared here last summer, remains an outstanding reference/resource you’ll want to save. It has detailed comparisons of an extensive list of SSGs, headless CMS and deployment platforms.
Bejamas
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4: Jamstack CMS: The Past, The Present and The Future
I love articles like this because I think it is important to understand how a technology evolved to where it is today to help understand the best path forward. Mike, in this post from August, covers the evolution of headless CMS and then even looks at how they compare with other popular CMS tools.
Mike Neumegen
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6: Jamstack Ecosystem
A really useful, and well liked, reference filled with curated lists of third-party tools and resources for Jamstack static sites in 11 different categories, including feature comparison tables for each.
CloudCannon
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10: The Evolution Of Jamstack
Web-oriented databases, frameworks like Nuxt and Next.js, and even frameworkless approaches are evolving the Jamstack, but the core principles are more powerful than ever.
Matt Biilmann
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11: Eleventy Serverless (formerly Eleventy Cloud) Thus Far
This is a version of Eleventy that will allow for lazy rendering of pages using distributed persistent rendering and for per-user content using SSR. Zach updates the origin and current status of the project.
Zach Leatherman
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15: The Case for Distributed Persistent Rendering
We talked a lot about Netlify’s DPR proposal in this newsletter over the past year, and still the concept can be a bit confusing. Mike did an excellent job here of breaking down why the proposal came about, what it aims to solve and why it’s important.
Mike Neumegen
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✷ Quick Bits
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Predictions for the Jamstack in 2022 – Looking at some of the data from Netlify's annual Jamstack Community Survey to try to look into Jamstack's future. Most of the predictions seem uncontroversial to me, but I am curious to see if Eleventy and Vite live up to the expectation.
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TheJam.dev goes free – TheJam.dev is a 2-day Jamstack virtual conference happening on Jan 26-27. Tickets are now free, including access to session recordings.
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Just Enough JavaScript for Eleventy – Want to use 11ty but aren't a JavaScript dev? Cassey Lottman shares what you need to know to get started.
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Thank you for reading. — Brian
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