Static
(JAM stack, production, see below)
https://fervent-hoover-14b80f.netlify.app/
(this was the test link I sent you and Darryl, I’m tweaking the static build and will update this by EOW)
Notice the “-dev” suffix on the frontend link. Why aren’t the front/back links the same, like normal WP?
- The FE is actually a Nuxt app, hydrated by the WP-API
- The app is generated into static HTML/CSS/JS and deployed on Netlify
- More info on the Jam stack here, but TL;DR:
- We eliminate the DataBase (MYSQL) from WordPress, but still get to use it as an editor (Gutenberg 💖)
- No DB means:
- Easy security – you can’t hijack MYSQL/PHP reqs. to the DB because there is no DB
- Super fast – Normally WP has to run a PHP query and search all your data for each page load/edit/etc. With Nuxt, we pre-generate all of these queries and serve static HTML/CSS/JS, which Netlify can cache into the CDN and ready-serve to users who request the page.
- Significantly more cheap/scaleable because of the above 👆
THWD 