There are thousands of static site generators to pick from and it is very confusing for a beginner. Which static site generator is your current favorite and why?
In the Stay Static showcase [1] I've built the same (static) website with pages, posts and datafiles in 10+ versions (e.g Jekyll • Middleman • Nanoc • Webgen • Metalsmith • Gatsby • Harp • Nikola • Hugo • Jigsaw [2]). I'd say pick the one with your favorite template language or scripting language. I'm a fan of Jekyll (thanks to GitHub Pages) and the kramdown markdown to markup converter. Easy to get started - no config needed, just a single README.md, for example. See my collection of Jekyll themes (starter sites) called Henry's Themses [3] incl. Hello, Pages! or Hello Jekyll! etc. Happy publishing. Stay static.<p>[1] <a href="http://staystatic.github.io" rel="nofollow">http://staystatic.github.io</a>
[2] <a href="https://github.com/staystatic/staystatic" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/staystatic/staystatic</a>
[3] <a href="https://github.com/henrythemes" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/henrythemes</a>