August 2020 Summaries

Victoria Beckham Beauty engaged Fostr, an e-commerce agency, to create their online store with a premium, bespoke customer experience. The project had a tight 3-month timeline and required specific design elements, as well as efficient shopping functionality. Fostr adopted a Jamstack approach with Shopify Plus, Contentful, and Netlify to deliver high performance and speed up development. This case study explores the technical choices behind this implementation, including the motivations and results that emerged, and how it can be applied to other e-commerce projects.

This Next.js project integrates Prismic as its CMS, allowing for dynamic content creation and management. To set up the project, users must first sign up for a Prismic account, create a new repository, and configure their access token. They then need to set up Netlify, linking it to their Prismic account via API keys. Next, they can build a simple demo site using Prismic's custom types and data models, and connect it to their Netlify project. The project uses Next.js' getStaticProps function to fetch posts from Prismic at build time, reducing the need for manual rebuilding of the site when new content is added.

The Jamstack Conference is a virtual event that welcomes over 8,500 attendees live in May. The first workshops will take place on October 7th, with each workshop lasting 4 hours and limited to 40 seats. Workshops are available for JavaScript developers who want to learn more about Gatsby, GraphQL, and Netlify build plugins. Topics include building fast and accessible sites with Gatsby, creating modern APIs with GraphQL, and customizing the build process with build plugins. The event is free to register and aims to showcase the key benefits of a Jamstack approach to web architecture.

Netlify has launched its Agency Partner program, designed to help digital agencies build better web experiences and grow their practice with modern Jamstack tools and workflows. Dozens of global agencies have already teamed up with Netlify to deliver transformative digital experiences to customers. Partners like Therefore, Longo's, Proximity, and Fostr have seen benefits such as accelerating time to market, saving money at scale, and improving website performance. The program offers two models: a Netlify Agency Partnership for managing the Netlify experience for clients, and a Global Alliance Partnership for introducing Netlify to enterprise customers. Agencies can benefit from increased development velocity, efficiency, and exceeding client expectations through Jamstack expertise with Netlify, as well as access to resources, support, and promotional opportunities.

Today, Netlify is announcing improvements to protect its users' accounts from fraudulent logins. The company has added an advanced machine learning engine to track and score login attempts based on their fraud potential, sending email notifications to users when a login exceeds a certain threshold. This new functionality is enabled by default for Pro, Business, and Enterprise plans, providing an additional layer of security against account takeover. Netlify also recommends enabling two-factor authentication and Single sign-on (SSO) through SAML-based authentication to further lock down access to accounts.

The Headless Commerce Summit is a virtual, half-day event on September 3 that brings together web development leaders and industry experts to discuss best practices and the future of e-commerce through headless commerce platforms. The summit will cover topics such as Jamstack architecture, headless content management systems, APIs, and modern development workflows, with speakers including ButcherBox's Jeff Gnatek, Paul Valentine from Shopify, and Netlify Co-Founder Chris Bach. Register for free to secure your spot and learn about the latest trends and innovations in e-commerce. The event aims to provide a platform for web development leaders to share their experiences and knowledge, and to plot the future of e-commerce through headless commerce solutions.

This is a step-by-step guide on integrating Next.js with Contentful, a popular CMS option. The process involves setting up Contentful and Netlify, creating content models, installing the necessary modules, and configuring API keys and webhooks to connect the two platforms. A demo project is provided for users to follow along and build their own application using Contentful and Next.js. The guide covers topics such as setting up a new Next.js project, installing Contentful, making API calls, and using getStaticProps to fetch data at build time. The goal of this integration is to create a seamless experience for users who want to use Contentful's features within their Next.js applications.

You can deploy a React blog on Netlify that fetches content from a Strapi instance, which is deployed on Heroku, a cloud platform where you can host a Strapi server for free. To do this, you'll need to create a new Strapi instance on Heroku and copy its URL, then deploy your React blog frontend on Netlify by cloning the starter repository and connecting it to your Github account. You can then create new articles in Strapi and see them live on the deployed site, with options for automatically redeploying to Netlify when content is changed in Strapi. Additionally, you can edit your Strapi collection types locally and deploy changes to Heroku. The tutorial also covers various options for Strapi blog starters and provides more information about Strapi.

Netlify has reached a milestone of over one million developers and businesses signing up for its platform, marking five years since its public launch. The Jamstack web architecture, pioneered by Netlify, has taken off, with an estimated 12% of the internet population visiting sites built on it every month. The evolution of the web and the rise of the Jamstack can be attributed to key drivers such as Git, Continuous Integration/Continuous Development, Site generators, expanding browser capabilities, and the API economy. Netlify's platform has enabled a simpler, faster, and more secure way to build the web, empowering developers to deliver high-performance applications with minimal infrastructure management. As the industry looks to the future, Netlify aims to drive innovation by building workflows and tools that enable seamless collaboration, vendor-agnostic frameworks, and easy operation of complex backend infrastructure projects.

Netlify has successfully reached one million developers and businesses, marking a significant milestone in its journey as a leading provider of modern web development tools. The company's co-founders Matt Biilmann and Chris Bach share their views on the past, present, and future of Netlify and the Jamstack architecture. A visual interactive roadmap of the Netlify milestones on the road to one million devs is available for viewing, allowing users to see where they started with the platform along the way. This achievement comes after five years of growth and innovation in the web development space, with Netlify introducing various features and tools that have shaped the Jamstack ecosystem and architecture. The company's commitment to providing a simple and productive experience for developers has been key to its success, with features like Deploy Previews, Deploy to Netlify button, and Build Plugins allowing users to streamline their workflow and deploy projects quickly. With this milestone, Netlify continues to push the boundaries of what is possible in web development, enabling developers to build faster, more efficiently, and with greater ease.