Gatsby Starter Procyon
An opinionated Gatsby starter designed for trash-eating pandas.
Overview
The Gatsby Starter Procyon is an opinionated Gatsby starter designed for trash-eating pandas. It incorporates various features such as Gatsby + ReactJS for server-side rendering, GraphCMS Headless CMS, DraftJS for in-place editing, Apollo GraphQL for client-side functionality, Material-UI for layout and components, and Netlify for deployment. This starter also includes versioning and CHANGELOG generation based on git commits via the versionist tool. It offers features such as PWA (Progressive Web App) support and integration with Google Fonts. The theme is aimed at providing an easy setup for creating and editing blog posts using the GraphCMS CMS platform.
Features
- Gatsby + ReactJS (server side rendering)
- GraphCMS Headless CMS via gatsby-source-graphcms
- DraftJS (in-place) Medium-like Editing
- Apollo GraphQL (client-side)
- Local caching between builds
- Material-UI (layout, typography, components, etc)
- Styled-Components™-like API via Material-UI
- Netlify Deployment Friendly
- Netlify Identity Authentication (enables editing)
- Versionist automated deployment and CHANGELOG
- Automatic rebuilds with GraphCMS and Netlify web hooks
- PWA (Progressive Web App)
- Google Fonts
- Trash Panda Approved
Coming Soon™
- Enhanced styled API supporting React.forwardRef and props
- Dynamic page and section creation
- Example on how to use Markdown AST to render components
- Transactional emails
- Contact form and message management
- Links to sites that used gatsby-starter-procyon
Summary
The Gatsby Starter Procyon is a feature-rich starter theme for Gatsby that incorporates various technologies and tools to create a powerful and easily customizable website. It includes features like server-side rendering, a Headless CMS, in-place editing, client-side functionality, and deployment and versioning automation. The theme is designed to be user-friendly, with easy installation and setup instructions. Overall, this starter theme offers a comprehensive solution for building and editing websites using Gatsby and GraphCMS.
- 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 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
- Material UI
material-ui adds classes to Tailwind CSS for all common UI components. Classes like btn, card, etc. This allows us to focus on important things instead of making basic elements for every project.
- Apollo
Apollo is an open-source platform for building GraphQL APIs that connects with any data source. It provides a powerful set of tools and features for developers, including client and server-side caching, real-time data synchronization, and a seamless integration with popular frontend frameworks.
- Netlify
Netlify is a cloud-based web development platform that provides a range of tools and services to help developers build, deploy, and manage modern web applications. It offers features such as continuous deployment, serverless functions, and CDN hosting, making it an ideal platform for building fast, scalable, and secure websites.
- Stylelint
Stylelint is a modern linter for CSS that helps you avoid errors and enforce consistent styling conventions. It provides rules for detecting errors and warnings, and can be configured to match your specific project's requirements.