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Decisions about CMS.js, Gatsby, and React-Static
Manuel Feller
Frontend Engineer at BI X · | 4 upvotes · 171.6K views

As a Frontend Developer I wanted something simple to generate static websites with technology I am familiar with. GatsbyJS was in the stack I am familiar with, does not need any other languages / package managers and allows quick content deployment in pure HTML or Markdown (what you prefer for a project). It also does not require you to understand a theming engine if you need a custom design.

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Pros of CMS.js
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      Generated websites are super fast
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      Fast
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      GraphQL
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      Progressive Web Apps generation
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      Easy to connect with lots of CMS via official plugins
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      Reusable components (React)
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      Allows to use markdown files as articles
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      Static-sites
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      All the benefits of a static website + React+GraphQL
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      Images
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      List of starters as base for new project
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      Easy to connect with Drupal via official plugin
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      Open source
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      Gitlab pages integration
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      Incremental Build
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      GraphQL
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      All the benefits of a static website + React+GraphQL

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    Cons of CMS.js
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        No ssr
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        Documentation isn't complete.
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        Very slow builds
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        Flash of unstyled content issues
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        For-profit
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        Slow builds
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        Plugin driven development
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        Difficult maintenance
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        Problematic between develop and build commands
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        Too many dependencies
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        Difficult debugging
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        GraphQL

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      What is CMS.js?

      CMS.js is fully client-side, Javascript site generator in the spirit of Jekyll that uses plain ol' HTML, CSS and Javascript to generate your website. CMS.js is like a file-based CMS. It takes your content, renders Markdown and delivers a complete website in Single-Page App fashion...without the aid of server-side scripting (no Node.js, PHP, Ruby, etc.).

      What is Gatsby?

      Gatsby lets you build blazing fast sites with your data, whatever the source. Liberate your sites from legacy CMSs and fly into the future.

      What is React-Static?

      React-Static is a next-gen static site generator for React. Finally, you can build a website like you do any other React App. There's no special CMS, query language, or crazy lifecycle hooks. Just good old React producing an amazing SEO-ready, user experience driven, progressively enhanced website. The effort is minimal, but the benefits are not!

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