11ty build vs. serverless vs. edge

Zach explains the difference of build, serverless, and edge for 11ty rendering modes. The video is taken from ELEVENTY: BUILD VS. SERVERLESS VS. EDGE where Zach´s slidedeck is also available.

11ty is a build-first, static-first tool – serverless and edge are to supplement the build of 11ty. Static-first should keep everything as fast and as portable as possible for 11ty.

Netlify Edge Functions are built on Deno, an open source, standards-based runtime, which means it works out-of-the-box with web frameworks that support these capabilities. Deno does not use Node modules, or support Node APIs, but instead can load modules directly from URLs.

Edge functions differ from serverless functions in the following way:

Edge Functions allow you to serve content from the CDN server closest to the user. The region closest to the request will run the function. The immediate benefits that are associated with Edge Functions include, but are not limited to:
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