2 posts tagged with "javascript"

Why should I use Netlify Functions?

Netlify is a website hosting service, but it only hosts our front-end, while our back-end must be hosted anywhere else. And that usually is what you do, but if I'm just planning to build a small project that would be like filling a cup of water with an ocean, there is no need for that.

Netlify Functions comes to solve this problem, you can keep your back and front-end together by using Functions that can be called just like a back-end api. And it makes the code easier to edit since it's all in one folder.

Hello! Have you ever thought what it would be like to be able to dynamically generate a README for that GitHub project of yours?

I already have, but I never thought about how it would work... until I researched if it was possible and ended up surprising myself.

After some research I discovered a GitHub feature called "GitHub Actions", and it can execute a code that you specify, in several situations such as: after a push, pull-request, and even at a specified interval. This was exactly what I needed, and with this feature in hand I started to write my JavaScri- wait...

...Since this is a guide, I better document how I did it and how you can also make it and use it in as many ways as you like. So let's start at the beginning: