Headless CMS

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What headless cms mean?

Ok, there is no theming like WordPress no custom, and strike writing in the frontend.

A headless CMS is: backend CMS used as a repository for data which we can use it in the frontend app with REST OR GraphQL endpoints

Headless came from the assumption of website is a person with a body and head ... Head is the frontend and body is the backend so the headless means only backend 😆

Difference between headless and Monolithic, regular or coupled CMS like WordPress

Monolithic

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Monolithic or Traditional CMS like WordPress consists of :

• Database to store data
• Backend to perform CRUD operation to the data
• SET of structure and tech to use them to create the frontend

Headless

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Headless consists of :

• Database to store data
• Backend to perform CRUD operations on data Like admin interface in Wordpress

What is the problem with traditional CMS?

1- Traditional CMS force me to use some technic to show the frontend, but headless can consume the APIs and show it as they want ...............only DATA ...........

2- I can't use it with existing e. i E-Commerce website and if I have products in DB and want to show it in another website, I can't do that.

3- The system is difficult to scale

4- Headless i can use it in any device VR, Smartwatch, Smart TV and so on.

Do I need a headless CMS?

Nowadays, we see many stacks to write a website and every stack take a hive at first

And you go to learn it then another one appears.

Stacks like

• MEAN (Mongo, Express, Angular, Node)
• MERN
• Meteor.js Stack

• The LAMP Technology Stack

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So with headless, you will write your own lovely frontend with your own lovely frontend framework of your choice.