David Wells, from Netlify, and I take a crack at answering this question in an understandable way.
Are there still servers involved? Of course, but you don't manage them, scale them, or pay for them when you aren't using them. It really is a different model that deserves a new name.
Better yet, they enable front-end developers like us to do more than we ever thought we could. We'll cover a variety of use cases that might get you …
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#150: Hey designers, if you only know one thing about JavaScript, this is what I would recommend
#149: A Quick Intro to Pattern Lab Node with Brian Muenzenmeyer
#148: Laying Things Out (HTML & Flexbox) with Dee Gill
#147: Starting a React-Powered Comment Form
#146: Getting More from Google Analytics with Philip Walton
#145: WordPress Child Themes with Lara Schenck
#144: Building a JavaScript/Canvas Game with Kyle Simpson
#143: Using and Caching Third-Party JSON with WordPress
#142: Hiding Things With CSS
#141: Getting the Images and Numbers for Responsive Images
#140: Exploring CSS Layout Techniques While Trying To Get a Subtitle to Wrap
#139: Explaining the Server Side Mustard Cut
#138: Walking Through an HTTPS Conversion on WordPress
#137: SVG is for Everybody
#136: Moving Things to a CMS as Needed
#135: Three Ways to Animate SVG
#134: A Tour of a Site In-Progress Built with Jekyll, Grunt, Sass, an SVG System, and More
#133: Figuring Out Responsive Images
#132: A Quick Useful Case for Sass Math and Mixins
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