README.md

static_baby

Problem: Hosting static sites on Google infrastructure is surprisingly hard.

Features

• git push to deploy
• Auto page-speed analysis and optimizations
• Easy domain name hookup
• Built in caching and versioning

Google Tools for Static Site Hosting

This does not include competitors or internal tools Google developers have access to.

• Google Drive
  • Will serve any folder in drive as a website
  • Doesn't support domains
    • http://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/drive/Rbk9jNi-9qk
• Google Cloud Storage
  • Requires you to choose between EU and US hosting
  • Requires some configuration via XML
  • Supports CNAMEs
• Google Sites
  • It sucks. You know this. I know this.
• Google App Engine
  • SSL costs $39 a month (cheaper if you use SNI)
  • Requires a little bit of knowledge about App Engine's system to actually deploy
  • https://developers.google.com/appengine/docs/python/gettingstartedpython27/staticfiles
  • Has Git Push to Deploy
  • Some people have built similar things already
    • http://drydrop.binaryage.com/

Proposed Flow

1. User logs into an app engine app.
2. App asks the user to define a domain.
3. After user puts in a domain, app returns settings for user to put in their DNS and a git repo to push to.
4. User runs git remote add google git://blahhhhhhh.git to add Google as a push point for their static site.
5. User runs git push google master to deploy
6. User vists http://www.example.com/ and sees their website up to date with the new push.
7. User recieves an email with suggestions on how to improve their site with page-speed, and the changes the page speed system did automatically.

For returning users repeat steps five through seven.