Takes some source content — usually something in a Lightweight Text Formatting Language — and generates a Web site. This gives you consistent appearance and behavior throughout that site without requiring interaction from a server.
“Static” is a little misleading these days, as a lot of generators give you a Jamstack application. These get dynamic behavior through JavaScript, and often additional functionality by interacting with APIs and serverless endpoints.
Static site generation is one of my special interests, so there’s a disproportionate amount of material here about it.
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Added to vault 2024-01-15. Updated on 2024-02-01