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Integrating Netlify Identity into your Next.js apps
In this post you'll learn about how to use the Netlify Identity Widget in your Next.js projects!
How Fieldfusion built a SaaS business on Netlify
Faster ramp time for new developers, faster load times, and purpose-built developer workflows enables Fieldfusion to grow, plus quickly launch a dynamic COVID-19 tracking app for its customers.
Creating an Angular Jamstack Blog
This step-by-step, post-by-post, tutorial will show you how to create a pre-rendered Angular blog using Scully, Markdown content and Netlify's CDN.
Slice Machine: a workflow for developing and deploying website sections
Ever thought about using components for sections of your web pages? With Slice Machine, you can build page sections, define their model, edit properties, deploy them, and deliver a visual interface that allows even your most technically challenged colleagues to easily build pages without …
Manage Subscriptions and Protect Content With Stripe
Companies at every size need to make money to survive. Learn how to manage user subscriptions and paywall content in this in-depth tutorial!
Create a Fully-fledged Jamstack commerce store with Commerce.js and Netlify
Learn how to use Commerce.js and React with Next.js to create your own Jamstack eCommerce sites in this detailed tutorial with demonstrations and code samples.
How LiveChat Migrated from WordPress to the Jamstack with Netlify
Learn about how Jamstack and Netlify gives LiveChat’s web development team powerful tools to build, ship, and iterate sites, without sacrificing control.
What is DNS and How Domains Work on Netlify
Netlify and Name.com have teamed up to offer domain names in Netlify’s platform. Learn the basics and how to set up DNS records or use the in-flow DNS hookup with Netlify.
Two-Factor Authentication is live on Netlify!
Two-factor authentication is live and ready for your Netlify account!
Authenticating Users with Angular and Netlify Identity
In this post, we'll add login, add multiple external OAuth providers, and create user roles with just two lines of code!
How The COVID Tracking Project Scaled From 0 to 2M API Requests in a Few Weeks
Using Netlify, the COVID Tracking Project scaled easily and responded instantly, helping millions of unique users stay up to date on COVID-19 data.
Improving and Extending the Voter Experience: Democracy Works deploys with Netlify
Democracy Works is a nonpartisan nonprofit that builds tools to upgrade the infrastructure of American democracy and improve the voting experience for voters and election officials. Working with Netlify ensures it can handle traffic spikes and better serve its partners and users.
June Netlify Newsletter: Top 10 Build Plugins, Brotli compression and more
In this newsletter, you’ll find many new resources and updates, including case studies from TunnelBear and the Cloud Native Computing Foundation.
How Harper Reed made the Jamstack work in government
At Jamstack Conf Virtual, Frances Berriman interviewed Harper Reed about all things Jamstack and how speed and simplicity can help make the internet more equitable.
Gatsby 101: Features, Benefits, and Trade-Offs
Gatsby is one of the most popular front-end tools in web development today. Learn what it is, what it’s best at, and whether or not it’s right for your site.
Use a Custom Strapi Back-End to Build a Jamstack App
Have a custom back-end or API? You can build a Jamstack app with that! Learn how it works in this step-by-step tutorial.
Create a Custom Back-End for Jamstack Apps with Strapi
If your Jamstack app needs extra power, create a custom back-end for dynamic features! Learn how in this tutorial on creating a custom Strapi back-end.
Top 10 Netlify Build Plugins
Netlify recently announced Build Plugins, which allow you to customize your build process with one click from the UI, and we list the top 10 most popular Build Plugins by installs.
Next.js 101: What you should know
What's so exciting about Next.js? Should I be using it for my project? Here's a primer to help figure out if it's right for you.
Building Large Sites on Netlify
When the site you are building keeps growing in size and is very large, the time it takes to pre-build that site takes longer too. This article goes into detail about how best to architect your web property to build quickly and with confidence.
How TunnelBear Streamlines DevOps and Speeds up Deploys by 10x with Netlify
Using Netlify, TunnelBear regained control over their process and site architecture while letting go of the processes that taxed developer productivity.
Announcing Improved Netlify Build Logs!
Your Netlify builds just got better with improved logging. Get deeper insights into what’s happening in your builds for an even better experience!
5 Optimizations for Faster Gatsby Builds
Gatsby is a powerful tool for creating web sites and apps. Learn how to keep your builds as fast as your website with these Gatsby build optimization tips.
2 Ways to Create Server-Rendered Routes Using Next.js and Netlify
Using the next-on-netlify package, you can use some of Next.js's server-side routing features on Netlify with ease.
How CNCF enables community-sourced ecosystem map with Netlify deploy previews
Read insights from the Cloud Native Computing Foundation about how Netlify enables their community-sourced ecosystem map's workflow.
Netlify Build Plugins Are Here!
Thanks to Build Plugins we can now optimize, customize, and automate our build process. This post is chock-full of resources to help guide you through making and using Build Plugins.
State of the Jamstack Survey 2020: First results
Netlify ran a survey of thousands of Jamstack community members to give us a sense of ourselves with real data. Get the first results of our analysis!
Introducing Edge Handlers in Preview
The recent collective return to static has challenged what is possible on edge infrastructure. We're incredibly excited to announce edge handlers in preview, a way to directly run code right from the CDN.
What's a Netlify Build Plugin Series: Part 3 - Sharing Build Plugins
In part 3 of the `What is a Netlify Build Plugin` we'll go over how to share your lovely build plugins and find other plugins in the community!
Add a Netlify-powered contact form to your Next.js site
Accepting submissions to forms with Netlify and Next.js is straightforward, with just a few easy steps!
May Netlify Newsletter: 13 favorite Netlify features, Next.js, and Jamstack Conf Virtual
Last chance to register for Jamstack Conf Virtual, Netlify product and other tutorials (Next.js), and more!
Localize your environment variables by context with build plugins
By enabling cache management or generating build artifacts like RSS feeds, modifying builds pre-deploy enable you to optimize your code for maximum efficiency in production. In this post, Divya walks through how to optimize your environment variables based on context with the help of build …
Learn to Add Apple Pay and Google Pay to React Websites
Use the browser’s Payment Request API to quickly accept payments on your React sites! Stripe makes it fast to integrate Apple Pay & Google Pay.
What's a Netlify Build Plugin Series: Part 2 - Making Build Plugins
In part 2 of the `What is a Netlify Build Plugin` we'll create a plugin that touches every build events and utilizes some features like inputs, contestants and the build util for error handling.
Gain instant performance boosts as Brotli comes to Netlify Edge
Discover how you to get a 15-20% improvement in compression with Netlify Edge. (Brotli support is here. You don't need to do a thing! It's done.)
Environment variables and preview deploys get a boost
With our automatic preview deploys you get 3 ways to handle sensitive environment variables. Learn how we've improved them for even greater control.
Handy new features in Next.js 9.4
Next.js 9.4 is out, and there's a handful of juicy features to try out!
Celebrating one year of Netlify Community forums
Happy 1st Birthday Netlify Community! Time flies when you are answering questions (and having fun). Community Manager Perry shares some insights into the first 365 days of running the Netlify Community forums.
It Only Matters If We Use It — Let’s Learn Design Systems, Part 3
Is your design system useful? Power up collaboration between designers & developers and drive adoption of design systems on your team.
Keynotes, agenda, workshops for Jamstack Conf Virtual
Register for free to attend Jamstack Conf Virtual keynotes sessions and lightning talks on May 27, or register for paid workshops May 28 led by Jamstack experts.
Treat It Like Trash — Let’s Learn Design Systems, Part 2
Design systems only exist for one purpose: to build great software faster. Learn how can you avoid slowdowns and frustrations in your design process!
See 13 Netlify features for the best control of development workflow
We asked Netlify's Developer Experience team about their favourite features to create a powerful developer workflow. Find out what they said.
Intention vs. Drift — Let’s Learn Design Systems, Part 1
If you write software, you’ve already built a design system. How can you make sure it’s making you more efficient and not wasting your time?
Improve your SEO and Social Sharing Cards with Next.js
Here's a primer on the Open Graph Protocol, and how to update metadata in your Next apps!
What Netlify’s Infrastructure Team Learned as It Increased Deploy Speed by up to 2x
What if you realized you could optimize the structure of an existing system by doing less work? It’s one thing to notice an opportunity, and an entirely different beast to actually roll it out into production. This is the story of how the infrastructure team at Netlify took a 4 year old …
Building a Markdown blog with Next 9.4 and Netlify
If you've ever wanted to build a Next project on Netlify, here's a tutorial to get you started.
What's a Netlify Build Plugin Series: Part 1 - Using Build Plugins
Netlify build plugins allow you to customize, automate, and have more control over your build process. In this post, we'll walk through enabling and utilizing build plugins as well as running them locally and disabling them.
Envisioning the future of the Jamstack
Over the last 5 years the Jamstack ecosystem has gained widespread adoption across companies large and small. In this post, let's dive into what the future of the Jamstack holds.
Add a Donation Button & Start Accepting Money On Jamstack Sites
Taking donations is a fast & powerful way to take in money on your website. Whether you’re a non-profit or an indie creator, get started with Stripe in minutes!