Michael Kucinski

BAAS: Blogger As a Service

by Michael on 14th January 2018 @ 01:18 (Updated on 30th January 2018 @ 13:10) 2018-01-13T17:18:00-08:00 2018-01-30T05:10:03-08:00

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I am currently writing a server-side-rendered version of this website. Not only is it better for SEO, but it is supported by many more browsers than the typical client-side-rendering frameworks. This site was originally written in AngularJS, Angular 2, and then Polymer. All of these frameworks are wonderful to write in and do a great job a rendering dynamic content. However, it occurs to me that most content is generally static here, so SSR makes more sense.

I like having a blog component so I can (eventually) do some write-ups on my programming, photography and travels, but I don't want to go through the trouble of actually building a backend for a blog when so many great ones exist. This is why I was thrilled when I discovered that Blogger has a great REST API. I've had a Blogger account for a long time. The first post I made was back in 2007! So, I've began integrating it into my site. Basically, this post is a test post to see if that API is working.

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