2023年2月2日

前端Web開發平台初創公司Netlify Inc.今天表示，它已經收購了一家名為Gatsby Inc.的競爭對手公司，後者是開源GatsbyJS框架的創建者，交易費用未透露。盡管蓋茨比成功籌集了總計4,680萬美元的資金，但該公司很難獲得與Netlify或另一個競爭對手Vercel Inc.一樣的吸引力。Netlify在網絡開發領域的影響力要大得多，主要企業客戶包括Twilio Inc.、Verizon Communications Inc.、ServiceNow Inc.、Box Inc.和Mattel Inc.，使用其平台的開發人員超過300萬。它是所謂的“JAMstack”運動的創始人，JAMstack代表JavaScript、API和標記。基於雲計算的Netlify平台專為web開發項目而設計，並將開發人員所需的一切，包括生產服務器、用於驗證代碼更新的測試服務器、用於推送更新的部署管道和內容交付網絡，整合到一個單一平台中。以前，開發人員必須自己設置所有這些元素。Netlify的一個關鍵特性是它能夠與像GitHub這樣的代碼托管服務集成。因此，開發人員可以將Netlify鏈接到項目的代碼存儲庫，並通過一些命令將這些文件轉換成一個功能良好的網站。Netlify聯合創始人兼總裁克裏斯·巴赫(Chris Bach)在2020年接受矽角媒體(SiliconANGLE Media)視頻工作室cubbe采訪時說:“像Netlify這樣的平台都是為了簡化。”“現在你隻需要維護你的內容，你不必擔心所有不同的環境，什麼是最新的，以及基礎設施是什麼樣子。” Gatsby is another player in the JAMstack market, offering similar features through the GatsbyJS framework, though its platform notably lacks a content delivery network. In its press release announcing the acquisition, Netlify said one of the reasons it chose to buy Gatsby was for its Valhalla Content Hub, which is a centralized data layer that allows users to make various data sources accessible via a unified GraphQL application programming interface. Gatsby’s platform also offers an ecosystem of “high-quality content management system plugins,” Netlify said in its announcement, as well as a cloud platform for building, deploying and previewing large enterprise content sites. Netlify added that Gatsby had been growing its revenue at more than 100% year-over-year. Netlify co-founder and Chief Executive Matt Biilmann told The New Stack that Gatsby’s framework had seen a lot of success with midmarket companies and enterprises that typically create extremely content-heavy websites with thousands of pages. He explained that Gatsby’s platform handles a lot of websites where “the content comes not neatly from just one API, but often from a few different content sources.” In a statement attached to Netlify’s press release, Biilmann said the acquisition of Gatsby will enable it to provide developers with more flexibility and choice when building composable web experiences. “The future of the web is composable architectures,” he said, adding that he plans to “open up Gatsby’s content hub and source plugin ecosystem to the diverse world of modern front-end frameworks like Astro, Next and Remix.” In a separate blog post , Gatsby co-founder Kyle Matthews said Netlify will continue to invest in the GatsbyJS framework. It’s also planning to integrate many Gatsby Cloud features into Netlify, including the Valhalla Content Hub. “We share a belief in the future of composable architecture, and together, we will better be able to bring our cloud solution to enterprise teams and accelerate the adoption of composable,” he added. Netlify also promised to honor Gatsby’s commitment to open source, saying it will take over stewardship of the Gatsby open-source project. The plan is for the maintainers of Gatsby to join Netlify’s own open source group, together with the creators of frameworks such as Solid JS and Eleventy. Image: Netlify A message from John Furrier, co-founder of SiliconANGLE: Show your support for our mission by joining our Cube Club and Cube Event Community of experts. Join the community that includes Amazon Web Services and Amazon.com CEO Andy Jassy, Dell Technologies founder and CEO Michael Dell, Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger and many more luminaries and experts.