Static Site Generation

Static Site Generation (SSG) is a web development approach that pre-builds HTML pages at build time rather than generating them on-demand for each user request. This method offers several key benefits:

How SSG Works

1. Content is written in simple formats like Markdown or JSON
2. A static site generator processes the content and templates
3. Pre-rendered HTML pages are created during the build process
4. These static pages are deployed to a web server or CDN

Benefits of SSG

• Improved Performance: Pages load faster as they’re pre-built and ready to serve
• Enhanced Security: Reduced vulnerability to common web attacks due to lack of server-side processing
• Cost-Effective: Lower hosting costs as there’s no need for server-side operations
• Better SEO: Pre-rendered pages are easier for search engines to index
• Scalability: Static pages can be easily cached and distributed via CDNs

Use Cases

SSG is particularly well-suited for:

• Content-heavy websites
• Blogs and documentation sites
• Marketing websites with infrequently changing content

While SSG offers many advantages, it may not be ideal for sites requiring real-time data or frequent content updates[1][2][3].

References

• [1] https://www.sanity.io/glossary/static-site-generation
• [2] https://www.sitepoint.com/7-reasons-use-static-site-generator/
• [3] https://www.netguru.com/blog/what-are-static-site-generators
• [4] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/blog/static-site-generation-with-nextjs/
• [5] https://qwik.dev/docs/guides/static-site-generation/
• [6] https://dev.to/mrcaption49/static-site-generation-ssg-explanation-with-anology-5887
• [7] https://www.theanshuman.dev/articles/what-the-heck-is-ssg-static-site-generation-explained-with-nextjs-5cja