Gatsby Starter Infinite Scroll

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react

A Gatsby starter with infinite scroll and pagination.

Overview:

The Gatsby Starter Infinite Scroll is a Gatsby starter designed for developers who need infinite scroll or pagination functionality in their Gatsby projects. It allows for a seamless scrolling experience where content is loaded dynamically as the user scrolls, providing a smooth and uninterrupted browsing experience.

Features:

  • Infinite Scroll or Pagination: The starter supports both infinite scroll and pagination, depending on the user's preference and browser capabilities.
  • Efficient Metadata Fetching: The implementation fetches only the necessary metadata for the items currently being displayed, improving performance and reducing unnecessary data fetching.
  • Retains Scroll Position: When the user navigates to another page and returns to the front page, the scroll position is preserved thanks to the use of global state.
  • Consideration for Edge Cases: The starter handles various edge cases such as large screens with small pages, slow connections, and concurrent fetching of metadata pages for optimal scroll speed.
  • Script for Fetching Random Images: The starter includes a script that can fetch a large number of random images from Unsplash, providing a convenient way to populate the site with content.
gatsby
Gatsby

GatsbyJS is a free and open-source static site generator based on React. It uses a modern development stack including Webpack, GraphQL, and modern JavaScript and CSS frameworks. It also provides a rich set of plugins, starters, and themes.

react
React

React is a widely used JavaScript library for building user interfaces and single-page applications. It follows a component-based architecture and uses a virtual DOM to efficiently update and render UI components