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A couple weeks ago I did my portfolio site with React/Gatsby, while its performance was relatively good and better than say a wordpress page, but later I tried
by tamimio 3y ago
A couple weeks ago I did my portfolio site with React/Gatsby, while its performance was relatively good and better than say a wordpress page, but later I tried Zola and the performance is just much much better, in development or even as a user, plus now it works even with no JavaScript enabled in the browser.
So I think react and the likes can be used but only when it’s the only tool that can make it, else, there are plenty of better tools.
- moritzwarhier 3y agoReact and SSR are not mutually exclusive. I don't know what Zola is though and I like using static no-JS sites :) Haven't used Gatsby but in theory every SSG should produce output that is usable without JS. It all depends on the components then, which, well, shouldn't use client-side JS for rendering essential HTML if you want to work them without it.
- tamimio 3y agoHonestly, frontend development especially with all these crowded frameworks and libraries always confused me so pardon my ignorance, which is why in a project I’m working on right now I’m trying not to use js, instead I’m using egui [1] Zola is a static site generator and it’s crazy fast, using one binary only [2], also there’s Blades [3], same concept but supposedly faster, never tried it though. [1] https://github.com/emilk/egui https://github.com/emilk/egui [2] https://www.getzola.org https://www.getzola.org [3] https://getblades.org https://getblades.org
- moritzwarhier 3y agoAll power to you, sounds nice!