The classic reference on this topic, Aaron Schwartz's "Bake, Don't Fry", is now ten years old: http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/000404 http://www.aaronsw.com/weblo

The classic reference on this topic, Aaron Schwartz's "Bake, Don't Fry", is now ten years old: http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/000404 http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/000404 "Now, a number of tools are challenging that assumption. Movable Type, the program that runs this weblog, has a series of Perl scripts which are used to build your webpage, but the end result is a bunch of static pages which are served to the public." These days, you can do so much more with off-the-shelf client-side components too, e.g. comments via Disqus et al, tracking via Analytics et al. It's really the best approach for most