April News and Updates from the Netlify Team
Product updates and thoughts on Jamstack from the team at Netlify, plus news about upcoming events like Headless Commerce Summit.
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“Keeping It Simple” at React Summit
Netlify’s CEO Matt Biilmann delivered a lightning talk for React Summit called “Keeping It Simple.” You can replay the talk now or keep reading for a few tidbits and takeaways!
Netlify Changelog April 2021
Learn about Netlify's most recent product updates, beta releases, and blog posts in our monthly product changelog.
Next.js on Netlify: Now with support for On-demand Builders and Distributed Persistent Rendering
Render content on demand without giving up the benefits of the Jamstack! Today, we’re announcing a beta release of our Essential Next.js plugin to support On-demand Builders, helping you build large Next sites faster.
Netlify Build Plugin of the Week: Hugo Cache
Minimize Hugo build times by automatically caching Hugo resources after each Netlify build.
Announcing Native TypeScript Support for Netlify Functions
Native TypeScript support for Netlify Functions is the latest step in our quest to build simpler development workflows.
Faster builds for large sites on Netlify with On-demand Builders: Now in early access
On-demand Builders improve build times for large sites on Netlify. They help the Jamstack support larger websites and faster development cycles across any JavaScript framework.
Distributed Persistent Rendering: A new Jamstack approach for faster builds
Distributed Persistent Rendering: a new idea in the Jamstack to make deploys faster and bring a wider range of use cases.
Pan Macmillan Sees 25 Percent Conversion Increase After Migrating to Netlify
Pan Macmillan moved to Netlify to adopt the Jamstack. This improved site speed by 8x, improved SEO rankings, and enabled the team to ship new content and changes instantly.
Migrating to the Modern Web Summit: Videos Available!
Missed this year’s summit? We’ve got you covered. Learn from Jamstack experts about best practices when migrating from legacy to modern web architectures.
Customize your Netlify Avatar In-App
Have you heard? Now anyone can customize their Netlify profile directly in the Netlify app.
Netlify Build Plugin of the Week: Sentry
Learn how to automatically run Sentry's full-stack error monitoring test suite with each Netlify deploy.
How the Netlify Data Team Uses Census for Operational Analytics
Learn how Netlify's data team adds value to existing data by syncing data with third-party marketing & sales tools using Census.
How Gremlin Tamed their Web Development Workflows with Netlify
Netlify has become the central collaboration workflow platform that has extended with Gremlin’s engineering and marketing teams, helping them iterate quickly and safely.
Migrating DNS for a production site? We made you a site migration checklist
Our best practices for migrating DNS with no downtime.
Dark mode fans - Take these steps to set it up in the Netlify app
New! Turn on dark mode with Netlify Labs, a beta testing area in the Netlify web app to try Netlify beta features. We share how we built this on Netlivation day.
Load Balancer Service Degradation, March 25, 2021
On March 25, 2021, between 14:39 UTC and 18:46 UTC we had a significant outage that caused around 5% of our global traffic to stop being served from one of several load balancers and disrupted service for a portion of our customers. We understand the impact this has on our customers and …
Modern, faster Netlify Functions
We're improving Netlify Functions to give developers better and faster serverless workflows. Try the public beta of our function bundler and new JavaScript features.
Netlify Finally Yields to Overwhelming Customer Demand for Integrated Omni-Channel Content Nuggets
“Be the talk of the town while being talked at!” Netlify Stories brings you unsolicited community content front and center. Join in on the fun!
Test Drive Netlify Beta Features with Netlify Labs
Try out new beta features and help drive changes within Netlify. Announcing Netlify Labs, our new beta testing area!
Next.js and Netlify for a better and faster Backlinko website
Backlinko works with agency Bejamas, selecting Netlify as their web development platform for a better performing site. The combo of Netlify Functions and the Essential Next.js plugin was a perfect solution for their team. Learn how they were able to make the site 3x faster.
How Netlify Supports Our Jamstack Partners
Netlify's partner program supports agencies and technologists in the Jamstack ecosystem. Learn more about the program, and our recent spring kickoff for partners.
Netlify Build Plugin of the Week: Lighthouse
With the Netlify Lighthouse build plugin, you don’t have to make an extra trip to the command line or Lighthouse UI. Netlify will automatically generate a Lighthouse report for every deploy.
March Netlify Newsletter: Next.js on Netlify, Linkable Logs and more
It's been a busy March at Netlify. Read about what we've been up to! This is a re-publishing of our monthly newsletter sent to subscribers.
From semantic CSS to Tailwind - Refactoring the Netlify UI codebase
In 2021, we're taking on the challenge of refactoring the CSS of our entire UI codebase to Tailwind. Learn more about how we're going to achieve this.
Netlify Build Plugin of the Week: Inline Critical CSS
If you’re using the Jamstack for speedy content delivery, inlining critical CSS can make your content render even faster. This community-contributed Netlify Build plugin extracts and inlines your critical above-the-fold CSS, and is built on top of the popular critical package.
Tracking down a CGO crash in production
At Netlify we’ve been expanding our adoption of Go-based services for the backend infrastructure that powers our core services. In this article, we explore a fault we encountered in a production service as we were scaling it to handle new traffic patterns. We uncover an exception we hit in …
Choosing Between Ref and Reactive with Vue 3's Composition API
An opinionated perspective on whether you should use ref or reactive in Vue 3's Composition API.
Try the new Essential Next.js plugin, now with auto-install!
It's now easier to build Next.js on Netlify than ever before, with auto-installation of our latest and greatest plugin.
Netlify Build Plugin of the Week: Cypress
With a one-click install in Netlify’s UI, the Cypress Netlify Build plugin runs an end-to-end Cypress test with each Netlify build, so you can ship with confidence without sacrificing efficiency.
Spring uses Netlify to Scale Social Commerce and Boost Conversion for Creators
With Netlify, Spring migrated from a monolithic to a microservices-based web architecture. Learn how they improved site speed, shipped faster and improved conversion.
Incremental Static Regeneration: Its Benefits and Its Flaws
There are some awesome pros and some serious cons to using incremental static regeneration in your projects.
Linkable log lines now available!
Sharing your deploy logs with your teammates is easier than ever with linkable log lines!
Shipping Node.js at Netlify
These are some of the tools and processes we use to ship Node.js projects at Netlify.
Part 2 - Angular Jamstack Site with Dynamic Data Using Sanity.io
Part 2 - Continue the Angular + Sanity.io + Netlify Function journey by building out an Angular service, components, and a build hook!
Netlify Build Plugin of the Week: Gatsby Cache Plugin
This week we feature one of our most popular Netlify Build Plugins: the Gatsby Cache plugin. Netlify Build Plugins add powerful capabilities to every build. You can click to install from a directory of community plugins or create your own.
Learn how Netlify Redirects give you control over CDN-level routing
Netlify Redirects give developers the power to control routing logic on Netlify Edge from within the code and configuration of their sites. Learn how with this set of free videos.
Meet our Netlifolks: Reesa Hylton
Check out our 'Meet our Netlifolks' series, a collection of interviews designed to give you a peek into our day-to-day. As we celebrate Black History Month, we also want to highlight some of our amazing team members to amplify their voices during this critical month.
Part 1: An Angular Jamstack Site with Dynamic Data Using Sanity.io
Let's get started using Angular with the headless CMS, Sanity.io, and Netlify Functions!
Terminology explained: Atomic and immutable deploys
The terms "immutable deploys" and "atomic deploys" can be confusing. Let's define each of those and call out why they are important and beneficial to an efficient and reliable development workflow.
New Year - New Netlify Support Forums!
We are excited to announced the release of Netlify Forums, an inclusive and dynamic hub for support here at Netlify.
Meet our Netlifolks: Amina Gass
Check out out 'Meet our Netlifolks' series, a collection of interviews designed to give you a peek into our day-to-day. As we celebrate Black History Month, we also want to highlight some of our amazing team members to amplify their voices during this critical month.
Netlify Functions - for an unrivaled serverless workflow
With Netlify Functions, we want you to enjoy all the same powerful workflows and abilities when building serverless functions, as with the rest of your application. Learn how.
The URL is the interface: Lunch Money web app scales on the Jamstack
Lunch Money, a personal finance tracking and budgeting web app on the Jamstack, shares how it uses Netlify for its git-based workflow and continuous deployment process.
Pre-rendering with Angular Universal
In this post, we'll walk thru the quick 2-step process of pre-rendering with Angular Universal then deploy it to Netlify.
Meet our Netlifolks: Laurie Voss
Check out the 'Meet our Netlifolks' series, a collection of interviews designed to give you a peek into our day to day & introduce you to the Netlifolks who build our products!
Netlify Changelog January 2021
Check out this Netlify changelog article to get the latest product news from Netlify as of January 2021.
Deep dive into the Vue Composition API's watch() method
This post dives deep into how the Vue 3 watch API works when passed different types of data
Post-deploy Events Now Available to Build Plugins
Netlify Build plugins can now run tasks after assets are deployed, opening the door to live performance and acceptance testing and timely connections with other services.
Top 10 Netlify Build Plugins - 2021 Update
With Netlify Build Plugins, developers can hook automations directly into the CI/CD infrastructure. Fail a build if it doesn't meet accessibility standards, audit web performance after the build, or install utilities to work with modern frameworks like Next.js. Here's a look at the Top 10 …