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What is the JAMStack

Jonathan Reeves on March 07, 2020

JAMStack JAMStack stands for Javascript APIs Markup The stack portion is basically just the tools that you use. The important takeaway ...
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Brian Duggan

I'm not trying to stir up drama or anything, but the code you posted is almost line-for-line the exact same code they walk through in the front-end Masters course on the jamstack.

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Jonathan Reeves • Edited

I'm aware. I changed a few of the colors on mine. I wanted to give people an idea on how easy using the JAMStack is and that is one of the best courses on it. However I also know how expensive FrontEnd Masters is, especially for someone just starting out so I "borrowed" from Jason and that course. That is the only thing I took and in the subsequent posts I write about using Gatsby and the JAMStack it won't be just using what he does. I didn't see the harm in posting about something I thought was useful. But if it in any way upsets frontendmasters.com or Jason Lengstorf or if Dev.to gets upset I have no problem with removing the post. I wasn't trying to steal the code or anything like that. I just wanted people to know how easy it was and that course one is super great but also really expensive for someone starting out. Love everything that guy puts out on frontendmasters.

I went ahead and added at the bottom where I got the idea and some of the code from to plug frontendmasters. Thank you for bringing that to my attention.

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Brian Duggan

Totally understandable! I've been recently digging into the JAM myself so am glad to see more people talking about it either way!

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Jonathan Reeves

Yeah. I really love it. I am currently a fullstack developer but I started out as a frontend and just like Jason says at the beginning of the course had to figure out how to write backend code. I don't hate the backend side of writing web apps or apps in general but I do really like the simplistic style and approach that the JAMStack offers. Plus Gatsby is just great and Netlify as well. Which of course Jason Lengstorf both worked/works for. Haha.

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In my opinion, JAMstack is not about specific technologies. JAMstack is a new way of building websites and apps that delivers better performance, higher security, lower cost of scaling, and a better developer experience. It is the combination of underlying tooling that makes JAMstack so exciting. JAMstack is composed of 3 components: Javascript, APIs, and Markup. Read more about JAMstack here 👉 agilitycms.com/resources/posts/top...

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lucasfrutig0

Waiting the série

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Jonathan Reeves

Awesome. I will get started on it as soon as I can. Thanks for the reply.

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Jan Küster

Can you create GDPR compliant apps using JAM stack? I am still not 100% convinced that I own the data if I don't own the server.

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Jonathan Reeves

Yes. Netlify has a page that explains how they protect your data here: netlify.com/gdpr/ hope that helps answer your question.

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Jan Küster

Ah thank you looks more promising than the last time I dealt with this topic :-)

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Jonathan Reeves

No problem. They are starting to take that in to account and make sure that the proper procedures are in place. I really like Netlify. I'm sure there are others that do the same as Netlify but Netlify is the one I'm most familiar with.