When it comes to static sites, there are a myriad of solutions for authoring and compiling, but talk about hosting these static sites, and we are still in the early 2000s. I discuss the challenges one faces when hosting, and even make a proposal to solve some of these.| notes.volution.ro
Find usage information for your team or organization and manage payment information.| docs.netlify.com
Netlify is happy to announce yet another feature in the series of caching improvements to give Netlify users more control over their cached content.| www.netlify.com
Customize cache key variations and set Cache-Control headers to control the granularity and freshness of your cache. Purge the cache by site or cache tag.| docs.netlify.com
Use environment variables to configure your site’s build and functionality. Learn how to declare and use environment variables with your site.| docs.netlify.com
Define custom headers sent in response to site requests using a _headers file or a netlify.toml file.| docs.netlify.com
Inject JavaScript snippets into all pages of your site for analytics or A/B testing, either in the head tag or at the end of the body tag.| docs.netlify.com
Learn about the different options for declaring and using environment variables, their limits, and overrides.| docs.netlify.com
Manage traffic to your site by defining redirect or rewrite rules in a _redirects file or a netlify.toml file.| docs.netlify.com
Understand redirect rule options to customize how site paths are matched and redirected.| docs.netlify.com
Divide traffic to your site between different deploys without performance impact. Use Split Testing for A/B testing or private beta releases.| docs.netlify.com
Belated Weeknotes. Sorry not sorry.| Mark Boulton
Use this API reference to write edge function files with JavaScript or TypeScript that export default functions responsible for processing requests.| docs.netlify.com
Use a netlify.toml configuration file to specify how the platform builds and deploys your project.| docs.netlify.com
My site (and several other side projects) is hosted on Netlify, so I had been eagerly awaiting access to Netlify Edge. I’ve been pretty vocal about my excitement for edge computing solutions, and having access to one right within Netlify would be very handy. One of the first things I planned to do once I had access was switch my images to be housed on Cloudinary, and then use Netlify Edge to proxy the requests through my own domain.| timkadlec.com
Use rewrite rules to fetch a location behind the scenes while the URL in the visitor’s address bar remains the same. Proxy to another service or site.| docs.netlify.com