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 …
#131: Tinkering With Flexbox
#130: First Moments with Grunt
#129: Emmet (is Awesome)
#128: Effeckt.css, Local Setup with Grunt, and Contributing on GitHub
#127: Basics of JavaScript Templating
#126: Using Modernizr
#125: How To Stay Up To Date With Web Technology
#124: A Modern Web Designer’s Workflow
#123: If it Moves When You Click, Make Something Stick
#122: The State of Favicons
#121: The Right CMS is a Customized One
#120: A Sublime Text Snippet for Media Query Mixins
#119: Let’s Answer Forum Posts! Vol. 2
#118: Introduction to CodePen PRO
#117: Let’s Attempt To Do a “Pull Request”
#116: Let’s Answer Forum Posts!
#115: Don’t Overthink It Grids
#114: Let’s Do Simple Stuff to Make Our Websites Faster
#113: Creating and Using a Custom Icon Font
#112: Using CodePen
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