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meteor is not to build static web sites. Its for build Single Page Apps.
by arunoda 13y ago
meteor is not to build static web sites. Its for build Single Page Apps.
- systemtrigger 13y agoA static page is the simplest form of website. It is trivial to build a static page using Meteor. I hoped one of the authors would tell us why they chose not to dogfood on the marketing page for a book on Meteor.
- joshschreuder 13y agoProbably because it's like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut. A marketing page like this doesn't require any realtime updates.
- thejosh 13y agoExactly. Using the best tool for the job.
- sgdesign 13y agoExactly. We used Middleman (http://middlemanapp.com http://middlemanapp.com) for the landing page and it worked great. All the data on the landing page comes from a few YAML page, and it even lets us auto-generate special pages for discount codes. I strongly recommend it for any kind of static site.
- arunoda 13y agoI think it is mainly for SEO. I don't think google bots like meteor.
- misuba 13y agoMeteor can be made to prep stuff for search engines and other spiders, but the current solution (they admit it's a stopgap) involves PhantomJS, which gets into serious resource consumption for a static site.
- arunoda 13y agoAt least we have a solution. Anyway node is not good for serving static files. (specially in HTTPS). So we should let meteor to do what it is best at :)