Eleventy by Example: Create powerful, performant websites with a static-first strategy

by Bryan Robinson

Build faster static sites by leveraging CDN and creating custom tools and workflows with 5 real-world projects Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook 11ty is the dark horse of the Jamstack world, offering unparalleled flexibility and performance that gives it an edge against other static site generators such as Jekyll and Hugo. With it, developers can leverage the complete Node ecosystem and create blazing-fast, static-first websites that can be deployed from a content delivery network or a simple server. This book will teach you how to set up, customize, and make the most of 11ty in no time. Eleventy by Example helps you uncover everything you need to create your first 11ty website before diving into making more complex sites and extending 11ty's base functionality with custom short codes, plugins, and content types. Over the course of 5 interactive projects, you'll learn how to build basic websites, blogs, media sites, and static sites that will respond to user input without the need for a server. With these, you'll learn basic 11ty skills such as templates, collections, and data use, along with advanced skills such as plugin creation, image manipulation, working with a headless CMS, and the use of the powerful 11ty Serverless plugin. By the end of this book, you'll be well-equipped to leverage the capabilities of 11ty by implementing best practices and reusable techniques that can be applied across multiple projects, reducing the website launch time. This book is for anyone looking to build efficient websites while shipping less JavaScript to the client. Strong knowledge of HTML and CSS and beginner-level knowledge of JavaScript and the Node.js ecosystem, including querying APIs is a must.

198 pages, Paperback

Published May 5, 2023

Reviews

[Brian Koser · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've been using Eleventy almost since the beginning (March 2018, first version was December 2017). But I know less 11ty than Raymond Camden, and Raymond said he learned some things from it. So I got the library to buy a copy and also learned some things! Would also be a great intro if you know JavaScript but haven't used a static-site generator.

(I no longer rate books, except books the authors are trying to sell. If I like those, I give them five stars. I'm afraid that's book economics now.)

[John Wargo]

Good book, even though I'm experienced with Eleventy I learned a few things from this book. Now I have to go implement them in my site.