Is a Static Site Right For You?
You can get good advices in this article.

A few years later, I think that some of the reasons mentioned in this article will not be a matter any more.

7 Reasons NOT to Use a Static Site Generator
https://www.sitepoint.com/7-reasons-not-use-static-site-generator/

Why use a static site generator?

• Less Complexity
• Speed
• Security
• Version Control
• Scalability and High Server Throughput

That means we can SAVE THE ENERGY OF THE WORLD.

Why use a static site generator?
https://learn.cloudcannon.com/jekyll/why-use-a-static-site-generator/

Back in the day, web pages were static sites, with only HTML, CSS and JavaScript. There was no server code or database.

Modern sites generated by Static Site Generators consists only of HTML, CSS and JavaScript too.
There are no specific requirements for the type of the machine that will host the page, no back-end language restriction and no need for a database. As static files served to the browser, there are no actual vulnerabilities.

The best static website generators, and when you should choose them over a CMS
https://medium.freecodecamp.org/static-sites-are-back-24d01a01f11a

Why go static?
Amongst many reasons, speed and security rise above all others.

Top Ten Static Site Generators of 2017
https://www.netlify.com/blog/2017/05/25/top-ten-static-site-generators-of-2017/#why-go-static

Why Static Site?

• Speed
• Security

Why Now?

• the Browser Is Growing Up
• Performance Is a Must
• the CDN Is Going Mainstream
• Build Tools Are Everywhere

Why Static Site Generators Are The Next Big Thing
https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2015/11/modern-static-website-generators-next-big-thing/

Comparison of Hexo, Hugo and Jeklyll on stackshare.io
https://stackshare.io/stackups/hexo-vs-hugo-vs-jekyll

If you prefer static sites, you need to know about JAMstack.
Modern web development architecture based on client-side JavaScript, reusable APIs, and prebuilt Markup.

What is the JAMstack?

• JavaScript
• APIs
• Markup

Why the JAMstack?

• Better Performance
• Cheaper, Easier Scaling

https://jamstack.org/

A site that compares static site generators.
Jekyll, Hugo, Hexo, Next, Nuxt, etc.
Top 3 by Github stars: Jekyll, Next, Hugo.
Top 3 by Twitter followers: Nuxt, Gatsby, Jekyll.

StaticGen | A List of Static Site Generators for JAMstack Sites.
https://www.staticgen.com/

Hexo is a fast, simple & powerful blog framework, powered by Node.js.
It supports gitHub flavored markdown.

My plan is to build this demo blog and learn about hexo, and record related resources.

https://hexo.io/