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Explore GatsbyJS to build dynamic static sites and apps. Gain insights into starters, themes, plugins, GraphQL data queries, styling, custom 404s, SEO, and cloud deployment.

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Gatsby is a React-based and GraphQL-powered static site generator. It delivers websites with excellent loading speed. It can be used to build diverse websites, including websites with static data—like portfolios and informative websites—and rich and dynamic web apps like blogs, e-commerce sites, and more. Gatsby fetches data at build-time from different sources and compiles it into static HTML, which can then be deployed to your favorite web server. In this course, you’ll learn about the basics of Gatsby, including the use of starters, themes, plugins, layouts, and pages. You’ll then learn how to query data with GraphQL and fetch data from various data sources. You’ll also see how to style Gatsby projects and add features such as custom 404 pages and SEOs. In the end, you’ll see how to deploy Gatsby websites on different cloud hosting platforms. This course enables new and existing frontend web developers to become masters in GatsbyJS and use this tool to create blazingly fast static web projects.

Gatsby is a React-based and GraphQL-powered static site generator. It delivers websites with excellent loading speed. It can be ...Show More

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN

An understanding of the core concepts of Gatsby

Ability to create blazingly fast websites

Hands-on experience of creating a complete project

Ability to fetch data from various data sources and query data using GraphQL

Ability to optimize Gatsby sites for search engines

Ability to deploy Gatsby apps on various cloud hosting platforms

An understanding of the core concepts of Gatsby

Content

39 Lessons7 Quizzes

Introduction to Course

2 Lessons

Get familiar with GatsbyJS, its features, speed, SEO, data handling, and community support.

What is GatsbyJS?

Features of GatsbyJS

Getting Started

3 Lessons

Look at starting with prerequisites and setting up a new Gatsby project.

Prerequisites

Setting Up a New Gatsby Project: Lark

Quiz: Getting Started

Gatsby Basics

10 Lessons

Explore the fundamental concepts of Gatsby, including project structure, CLI, starters, themes, components, layouts, routing, and image handling.

Project Structure

The Gatsby CLI

Using Gatsby Starters

Themes and Plugins

Building Our Project Components

Layouts

Routing and Navigation

Pages in Gatsby

Working with Images

Quiz: Gatsby Basics

Data Sources

4 Lessons

Break down complex ideas around querying data, file sourcing, and integrating headless CMS with Gatsby.

The GraphiQL Explorer

The Filesystem

Using Headless CMSs

Quiz: Data Sources

Fetching Data From Sources

6 Lessons

Solve problems in fetching data in Gatsby using GraphQL, static queries, and REST APIs.

Writing GraphQL Queries

Page Queries

Static Queries

Creating Pages with the createPages API

Fetching External Data Using REST API

Quiz: Fetching Data From Sources

Styling: Making Our Project Pretty

3 Lessons

Investigate approaches to styling in Gatsby with CSS modules, frameworks, and CSS-in-JS solutions.

Using the Built-in CSS Support

Other Styling Options

Quiz: Styling

Features and Modifications

4 Lessons

Master the steps to enhance SEO, customize 404 pages, and manage blog drafts in Gatsby.

SEO in Gatsby

Custom 404 Pages

Adding a Draft Feature to Blog Posts

Quiz: Features and Modifications

Deployment

5 Lessons

Step through deploying Gatsby projects to Gatsby Cloud, Netlify, and Vercel efficiently.

Building and Deploying the Project

Deploying to Gatsby Cloud

Deploying to Netlify

Deploying to Vercel

Quiz: Deployment

Wrapping Up

1 Lessons

Discover the logic behind effectively utilizing GatsbyJS for impressive web applications.

Conclusion

10.

Appendix

1 Lessons

Explore how to set up local development for Gatsby projects.

Local Development Setup

Certificate of Completion

Showcase your accomplishment by sharing your certificate of completion.

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Emeruche Ikenna

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