RAPIDWEAVER STACKS - WHY DO WE USE RW?

Today, RW provides the front end to Stacks, which is one of 1500+Addons available for RW. Stacks is required to run any of the 5000+ stacks created by the huge Stacks community, and it is precisely this that makes the whole Stacks environment such a rich and well supported web building environment. For example this blog and whole site, is built using Stacks.

STACKS APP IS COMMING

Since the future plans were annouced for RW, Isaiah at Yourhead announced he will build Stacks App.

WHY IS THIS GOOD

This is a win win win situation for Stacks users and will remove the obstacles imposed by relying on any 3rd party. Stacks App will provide the seamless continuity that Stacks users want.

What do I need to do now?

Nothing needs to change now. Continue to use RW7 or RW8 with the latest Stacks. When Stacks App is released, use Stacks App and import all of your RW Stacks projects and stacks and continue without any interuption. The Webdeersign Projects will work seamlessly and we are really looking forward to the new features we will be able to add.

Where can I find information about Stacks App?

Visit Stacks App for the latest news direct from the creator of Stacks. We may also post when there is significant news. Otherwise, carry on as normal with RW Stacks.

What is RAPIDWEAVER?

In this context, RW is a front end to Stacks. Today RW7 and RW8 provide this functionality. In the near future, Stacks will run as a standalone App, and will not require RW.

What is Stacks?

Stacks is a drag and drop editing environment that is required to use any of the 5000+ stacks. It was developed over the last 17 years by Isaiah Carew at Yourhead.com and had been continually developed and supported during that time.

What are stacks?

Note the small "s". These are the meat and 2 veg of the entire Stacks ecosystem. They cover pretty much every web site function you can imagine such as an entire micro super fast CSS Grid, fully semantic, lightening fast framework, a complete eCommerce system, CMS systems, dynamic delivery systems, etc.. If you are familar with CodePen, a stacks developer will often use the latest must have CodePen demo, to create a new must have stack. It's fun environment for users and developers and the constant creation of new stacks is what has made web site building such a fun experience using Stacks. Stacks has just grown and grown over the years and there is a mature support infrastructure to help and assist both stacks developers and users.

How bright is the future for Stacks?

Very very bright ideed. Great things are comming.