To JSS or not to JSS
Sitecore JavaScript Services (JSS) was launched, now a few years back, as Sitecore's solution for meeting the needs of doing headless content mangement on Sitecore using JavaScript, without losing the key capabilities (especially in line editing) which makes Sitecore great. It consisted of JavaScript SDKs that worked with the JSS layout service running on Sitecore. Now renamed the Sitecore JavaScript Rendering SDK , and supporting the JSS services or Experience Edge, this SDK is an important part of delivering JavaScript web apps leveraging Sitecore editing capabilties. That said, for a lot of front end developers JSS is a skillset that they might not know a lot about. Using it properly requires not only an understanding of how to install and work with the SDKs, but also understand Sitecore concepts such as placeholders. Furthermore not all web use cases, even those that leverage content, benefit from such advanced capabilities. Benefits and complexities I see the followin