Getting started with the Jamstack

Now that we have learned about the history of the Jamstack and its advantages, we will next look at the tools necessary to use the Jamstack in the context of this book.

Installation

Installing all of the pieces of a Jamstack development environment and configuring everything to work properly will be daunting for developers who are new to the technology, so the best approach is to refer to each of the components' websites for up-to-date installation and configuration documentation.

This book has an accompanying GitHub repository with all of the code necessary to perform all of the examples. Therefore, the first tool that needs to be installed will be the Git version control system. Users who are new to Git will find a vast amount of information, cheat sheets, and help forums for its usage, but most of the basic operations are performed with only four or five commands. Many code editors, such as WebStorm, have the commands built into the...