I have discussed the difference between static and dynamic web pages in the previous post. In this post, I will write some of my understanding of Jekyll and static site generators.

When we send HTTP requests to the web server, the web server responds to the request and sends the page file (usually with a .html extension) back so that we can view the entire web page in the browser. The way the web server processes and generates the web pages categorizes the web pages into static and dynamic.

This post introduces the concept of templating languages and the Liquid templating language used in Jekyll. We also introduce how to define templating variables in the front matter to control the page layout.