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I tried building a static website for people to browse tech article headlines that were gather ed from around the web. The feedback was that people like the sty
by tenpoundhammer 12y ago
I tried building a static website for people to browse tech article headlines that were gather ed from around the web. The feedback was that people like the style and general idea, but wanted a crap ton of features that can only be accomplished in a highly dynamic and scalable web site. IE Logins, Voting, Commenting, Friending, Favoriting, Etc and so forth.
- tootie 12y agoA lot of that stuff can be done with embedded third-parties like Disqus or ShareThis.
- tenpoundhammer 12y agoThat's totally true, but it's off-putting to farm out the core functionality and it's underlying data to a third party.
- sfeng 12y agoYou can do any of these things by building an API and communicating with it using javascript in the browser. This method generally leads to a more responsive interface as well, as you don't have to reload the page when the user favorites, friends, etc.