Static medium size education site: Next.js vs "Plain" HTML/CSS/JS; Next.js vs Wix, WordPress site builders; Decap CMS for JSON data
This post branched off from my recent post: Building Test Static School Website: ... Using ThemeWagon Si-Education Next.js Template - Part 2 . Summary **** in progress ***** This section is mainly an edited and summarized version of ChatGPT responses given in Details section. About "Plain" HTML/CSS/JS: Claim Verdict HTML templates are simpler ❌ Mostly false No framework knowledge needed ❌ Tooling knowledge required Easier to maintain ❌ Often harder Next.js is overkill ❌ Depends — for your case, justified For a small but evolving education site, a well-structured Next.js static site is more understandable and maintainable than a Gulp-based HTML template , even for “simple” use cases. ... A modern React/Next.js developer is more likely to understand and safely modify a Next.js site than a junior HTML developer is to understand this Gulp stack. ... Modern-looking static templates almost always rely on: JS plugins, hidden build tools, conventions not documented, implicit knowle...