This is a presentation about jekyll and static-site generators in general. It discusses various use cases that justifies the use of such a tool, in between choosing plain HTML and a database-powered CMS.

1. Static-site Generators
Jekyll to be specific…

2. Who am I?
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Ruben Tan
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VP of Engineering
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OnApp KL
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Super Awesome Hair

3. Static-site Generators
HTML
HTML
SSG
SSG
MVC
MVC
Framework
Framework
Custom
Custom
Webapp
Webapp
CMS
CMS
Database
Database

5. Markdown
# Heading 1
<h1>Heading 1</h1>
## Heading 2
<h2>Heading 2</h2>
### Heading 3
<h3>Heading 3</h3>
This
with
<p>This is a
<strong>paragraph<strong>
with an
<em>underline</em></p>
*
*
is
an
a **paragraph**
_underline_
Bullet
Bullet
1
2
<ul><li>Bullet 1</li>
<li>Bullet 2</li></ul>

6. Demo Time!

7. Benefits of SSGs
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Very very easy to kickstart
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Comes with powerful templating features
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Highly customizable
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Very little need to dive into server-side code
(PHP/Ruby/etc)
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Can be used to prototype high-content websites

8. When to use SSG?
1. Markdown/textile works better than HTML
2. You need some form of simple templating
3. Your client doesn’t need to update content by
themselves
4. You don’t need to perform complex data operations
5. You kind of don’t really like UI control panels

9. One more tool in your box

10. One more tool in your box