--- title: Best JAMstack posts of 2021 | daily.dev description: The most upvoted JAMstack posts of 2021, curated by the daily.dev community. canonical: https://daily.dev/tags/jamstack/best-of/2021 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:url: https://daily.dev/tags/jamstack/best-of/2021 og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Best JAMstack posts of 2021 | daily.dev og:description: The most upvoted JAMstack posts of 2021, curated by the daily.dev community. og:image: https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--VAY5ToZt--/f_auto/v1724209435/public/daily.dev%20-%20open%20graph --- # Best of JAMstack — 2021 1. 1 [](/posts/16-side-project-github-repositories-you-may-find-useful--2rt7-hnu "16 side project GitHub repositories you may find useful") Article Hashnode · 6y 16 side project GitHub repositories you may find useful A Side Project is something you do aside from your main job to fuel your passion while learning something new. The primary purpose of this article is to share the GitHub repositories with relevant details. Each of the repositories has a well-explained readme.md file to guide how to use the project. All these projects are open-source and I hope you find them useful. 82 10 2. 2 [](/posts/jamstack-a-new-way-to-think-about-web-development-build-and-delivery-gr7r-rn9p "Jamstack: A new way to think about web development, build, and delivery") Article asayer · 5y Jamstack: A new way to think about web development, build, and delivery Jamstack is a new architecture for software development. It provides developers the power of tools, APIs, and thought processes. Jamstack was created by Netlify's Mathias Biilmann. The architecture is based on the Apache 2.0 protocol. It is available for free download on the GitHub site. 64 1 3. 3 [](/posts/11-front-end-development-trends-you-should-follow-in-2021-y0b7oc9a9 "11 Front End Development Trends You Should Follow in 2021") Article Java Code Geeks · 5y 11 Front End Development Trends You Should Follow in 2021 Front end development involves implementing the web user interface through coding languages like HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Adopting the latest front-end techniques in a quick software development ecosystem is always in demand. In this blog, we look at how front end development trends have evolved in 2021 and how organizations have accelerated by using these technologies. 57 3 4. 4 [](/posts/how-to-fetch-data-from-a-database-using-node-js-lw9gpb8z3 "How to fetch data from a database using Node.js") Article Fauna · 5y How to fetch data from a database using Node.js If you enjoyed our blog, and want to work on systems and challenges related to globally distributed systems, serverless databases, GraphQL, and Jamstack, Fauna is hiring. .css-zxpal7:not(:last-of-type(){margin-bottom:8px;.css-1913dxb:not (: last- of-type) {margin:0;min-width: 0;}.css- 1913dxc:not() {margin-top:8pt;}. CSS-1912dxc :not(last- of type: "";.css: ";";.js: "}.css": "",.css 35 2 5. 5 [](/posts/webhooks-vs-api-the-complete-guide-uil-efk2i "Webhooks vs. API: The Complete Guide") Article SNIPCART · 5y Webhooks vs. API: The Complete Guide Recent articles in Jamstack Making Sense of Jamstack & Serverless Architecture Backend Hugo Tutorial: How to Build a Fast Static E-Commerce Site. A Developer’s Guide to Headless E-commerce (2021) API vs. Microservices: A Beginners Guide to Understand Them. 30 1 6. 6 [](/posts/jamstack-developers-favorite-frameworks-of-2021-3pdx8woyy "Jamstack Developers’ Favorite Frameworks of 2021") Article CSS-Tricks · 5y Jamstack Developers’ Favorite Frameworks of 2021 Jamstack has gone mainstream and the ecosystem is thriving. More than 60% of survey respondents use Figma and are happier with it than the users of any other design tool. For 55% of developers, JavaScript is their primary language, but TypeScript is coming from behind with a growing share. 24 7. 7 [](/posts/why-you-should-stop-writing-server-based-web-apps-esa3jwyy9 "Why You Should Stop Writing Server-Based Web Apps") Article DZone · 6y Why You Should Stop Writing Server-Based Web Apps JAMstack uses a static site generator to create static HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and other assets, and deploys everything to a content delivery network (CDN) The idea is relatively simple. Turn everything you possibly can into pre-rendered markup. Once it reaches the browser, progressively use JavaScript + APIs to make the application as dynamic and personalized as you need it to be. 18 3 8. 8 [](/posts/building-with-the-jamstack-in-2022--a9mcnkuq "Building with the Jamstack in 2022") Article Hasura · 5y Building with the Jamstack in 2022 Jamstack is a toolkit that lets you build your own web sites. It can be used to build static, static, or serverless sites. The term originated at Netlify but quickly become a movement. Jamstack can cover a lot of different use cases from static sites to serverless-sites. 12 9. 9 [](/posts/the-evolution-of-jamstack-cjgk-ahtc "The Evolution Of Jamstack") Article Smashing Magazine · 5y The Evolution Of Jamstack Five years ago, Matt Biilmann presented the idea of the Jamstack architecture at SmashingConf in San Francisco. The architecture decouples the front-end web layer from the back-end business logic layer. 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