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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#88: Intro to Compass/Sass
#87: Moving Up with MAMP
#86: First Moments with MAMP
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#84: Site Walkthrough of chris-mcgarry.com
#83: Thoughts on SEO
#82: CSS Image Switcher
#81: AJAXing a WordPress Theme
#80: Regarding Wheel Invention
#79: Complete/Non-Queuing Animations with jQuery
#78: On Web Advertising
#77: Styling an Individual Article
#76: A Tour of jQuery on a Live Site
#75: How Not To Design a Checkout
#74: Editable CSS3 Image Gallery
#73: Building a Website (3 of 3): WordPress Theme
#72: Building a Website (2 of 3): HTML/CSS Conversion
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