Gatsby Starter Netlify Ts
fork of gatsby netlify cms starter with typescript and style components ready to go
Overview
The Gatsby + Netlify CMS Starter is a powerful combination designed for developers looking to create a fast and efficient business website. Built using Gatsby, it embraces the JAMstack architecture, utilizing Git as its source of truth and Netlify for continuous deployment. This starter is especially appealing for those who prefer TypeScript and Styled Components, offering a modern development experience while ensuring a clean and maintainable codebase.
The project emphasizes performance and SEO, boasting impressive loading times and a perfect score on Lighthouse for accessibility and performance. With an example business website template and extensive functionality built-in, it provides a solid foundation for crafting a unique online presence.
Features
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Editable Pages: Includes customizable landing, about, product, blog-collection, and contact pages, all fully integrated with Netlify Form support.
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Blog Functionality: Create and manage blog posts directly from Netlify CMS, with tags for better content organization.
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Blazing Fast Performance: Thanks to pre-rendered HTML and automatic chunk loading of JavaScript files, sites built with this starter load incredibly fast.
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Styled with Ease: Initially utilizing Bulma, the size is significantly reduced using the purge-css-plugin, aligning with modern development practices.
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Component-based Architecture: Employs separate components for every aspect of the site, enhancing maintainability and scalability.
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Netlify Function Support: Additional serverless functions can be integrated through the
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Perfect SEO Score: Achieving top marks on Lighthouse guarantees your site is optimized for search engine visibility and accessibility.
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Active Contributions Welcomed: The project encourages contributions, fostering a collaborative environment for ongoing improvements and feature additions.
- 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
- Bulma
Bulma is a free, open source CSS framework based on Flexbox and built with Sass. It's 100% responsive, fully modular, and available for free.
- SCSS
SCSS is a preprocessor scripting language that extends the capabilities of CSS by adding features such as variables, nesting, and mixins. It allows developers to write more efficient and maintainable CSS code, and helps to streamline the development process by reducing repetition and increasing reusability.
- Styled Components
Styled Components is a popular library for styling React components using CSS syntax. It allows you to write CSS in your JavaScript code, making it easier to create dynamic styles that are specific to each component.
- NetlifyCMS
Netlify CMS is a powerful and flexible content management system that is designed to work seamlessly with the Netlify platform. Netlify CMS provides a user-friendly interface for managing content, including support for custom content types, localization, and asset management.
- Typescript
TypeScript is a superset of JavaScript, providing optional static typing, classes, interfaces, and other features that help developers write more maintainable and scalable code. TypeScript's static typing system can catch errors at compile-time, making it easier to build and maintain large applications.