Sometimes, less is more.

For the last decade or more, most major webpages have been designed to be dynamic, they rely on a complicated system of code and databases to offer a super-interactive experience. Facebook's site, for example, relies on a complex system based largely on PHP and other "server-side" programming languages.

The problem with these dynamic sites is that complexity often brings a whole new set of headaches: All of that code can be slow to load, plus all the various moving parts leave bigger gaps for bad guys to potentially sneak in. It requires a lot of management, but it's just the trade off for building modern websites.

Now, some developers are finding that there might be a better "static" websites, with less code and fewer components. These "static" sites load faster, are more secure, and can handle more visitors. And thanks to some advancements in web technology, the trade offs for a static site are fewer than ever before.

Which takes us to Netlify, a startup that's trying to spark this revolution by making it easier than ever for programmers to build a static website. Over the last two years, Netlify has attracted over 100,000 developers at companies like Facebook, Google, and NBC.

The goal is nothing less than changing how websites are built entirely: "This should be the default," says Netlify co-founder Christian Bach.

Dynamic past

Bach and his cofounder Mathias Biilmann are old friends who actually grew up together in Denmark. Both of them entered the world of web development in the 2000s, and both of them quickly got disillusioned with the state of website development.

"I was really suffering from the issues of the legacy web," says Bach.

All of the headaches of building dynamic websites were getting worse, not better, he says. Websites were getting bigger and slower, with more effort needed to ride herd on them.

Over the last few years, though, things have changed. The rise of companies like Stripe and Twilio meant that companies no longer had to build their own systems for accepting payments or sending text messages on their websites; they just had to pay for a subscription and "snap" those services into their sites.

Developers also began to "decouple" their applications, breaking one big app into a bunch of smaller ones that are loaded only when needed. That trend is called "microservices."

The net effect is that websites don't need to carry so much baggage anymore. A site can just be a bunch of basic HTML, which loads faster and is more and still offer all the bells and whistles. In recognition of this trend, Biilmann and Bach formed Netlify, and created the solution to their own biggest problem.

Static cling

What Netlify, specifically, does, is let programmers deploy their static websites from their existing code with just a click. And when the website goes up, it's hosted on what's called a "content delivery network," (CDN) the same kind of system that Netflix and Amazon use to make their videos load lightning-fast.

Netlify has a CDN of its own design, intended to make sure these sites load as quickly as possible. Better yet, developers can get started for free.

It's easy for developers to use, easy for them to make changes to their sites, and provides way better performance than the established way of doing things. Developers are already taking advantage of this "microservices approach," Levine praises Netlify for simplifying that process.

As far as business model, co-founder Biilmann says that the plan is to keep marketing Netlify to developers: "You sort of acquire them like consumers, but they spend like enterprise," he says.

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We have made a choice for you when it comes to Static Website Generators

Roots

Roots is very good at helping to build static front-ends. It is sponsored heavily by Carrot Creative, and makes frequent, highly variable builds quicker and easier for freelancers and agencies. It's a truly excellent framework for quickly and easily building small to medium sized front-ends of any kind. Roots can handle a huge number of compiled languages, and can be used with many tools that help push static sites as far as possible. For example, it can link with an API, pull in your data, and render parts of it into your views on compile. Then it can render the same or other views as javascript templates and you can push any other data from your API into them on the fly at runtime on the client side in reaction to user actions. And that's just a small taste of its capabilities. You really can do a lot with static sites, and roots is here to push those limits.

Why is WebriQ using Roots?

The short answer is because roots was built very specifically for static site builds, so it's cleaner and better than general purpose build tools, since it's specialized to that purpose. The longer answer is that it's a qualitative thing. Much like people would ask "Why should I use snapchat when I can just text a photo" or "Why should I use slack when I already have hipchat?", there is no logical answer other than that the experience is different, and in my opinion, much better -- tailored exactly to what you need. So just try it, and you just might find that you really like it.

We are offering you a GIT Based CMS system with a Complete User Interface

WebriQ CMS is bridging the GAP between Static Site Generators and Flat File CMS Systems. The days when a brand only needed one website to house its online presence are long gone. Today, webinars, events, pop-up shops and product promotions all require their own microsites or landing pages. When we moved into what some call the post-CMS landscape, the usage of static site generators and Flat-file CMS and Static Site Generator functionality overlaps in many ways ; so how do you choose between the two?

When we moved into what some call the post-CMS landscape, the usage of static site generators (SSGs) and flat-file CMS for these microsites (and at times for lightweight corporate sites), grew. And now, with the headless CMS hype in full flow, the interest in these front-end solutions is returning.

After listing the best flat-file CMS and the best static site generators on offer — it’s time to formally identify what separates these two similar technologies.

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