Really pause and think about how much time and effort web teams around the world have spent building and managing infrastructure. For many years, launching a site or web application has been as much about deploying complex server environments as it’s been about building actual application code. e cloud made provisioning all these resources faster but no less complicated.
The JAMstack was born of the stubborn conviction that there was a better way to build for the web. Around 2014, developers started to envision a new architecture that could make web apps look a lot more like mobile apps: built in advance, distributed, and connected directly to powerful APIs and microservices. It would take full advantage of modern build tools, Git workflows, new frontend frameworks, and the shi from monolithic apps towards decoupled frontends and backends.
At Netlify, we’ve watched enthusiasm for the JAMstack grow well beyond our wildest expectations. It now powers every site we deploy for over 500,000 developers and companies. We’ve seen firsthand how the JAMstack improves the experience for both users and developers. Most importantly, we’ve seen how increases in site speed, site reliability, and developer productivity can contribute to the continued health and viability of the open web.
We’re thrilled that you, too, want to explore the JAMstack and hope this book serves as a useful guide. Welcome to the community. Welcome to a new way to develop, deploy, and power web content and applications. Welcome to the JAMstack.
Sincerely,
Matt Biilmann
CEO, Netlify