JAMStack

JAMStack is an acronym short for:

• JavaScript: A programming language that runs in the browser.
• API: A way of exposing functionality to the client-side code.
• Markup: A way of describing the structure of a document.

It's a way of building websites that roughly reduces down to the following principles:

1. Create static files (HTML, CSS, and images) that can be efficiently served by a CDN, generally using a tool like Netlify or a static site generator such as Jekyll or Hugo.
2. For any non-static parts of the site, expose API endpoints that can be called by the client-side code.
3. Bridge the gap between the client-side code and the API by using JavaScript to make API calls and update the DOM.

JAMStack is a popular approach to building websites because it's simple, fast, and easy to deploy.

JAMStack sites play well with Buttondown; it's easy to build your subscriber base on a JAMstack site using Buttondown's API and form endpoints, and our RESTful API makes it easy to query Buttondown using JavaScript.