RRU 006: Setting Up and Getting Used to Gatsby with Aman Mittal

Panel: Charles Max WoodCory HouseTara ManicsicKent C Dodds Special Guests: Aman Mittal In this episode of React Round Up, the panel discuss setting up and getting used to Gatsby with Aman Mittal. Aman is a computer science graduate, has been working in web development for the past two years, and has worked with companies such as freeCodeCamp. He has been working with React for the past 6 months and started working with Gatsby in January of 2018. They talk about what Gatsby is, why you would want to use it, and what a simple Gatsby site would look like. In particular, we dive pretty deep on: Aman introductionWhat is your experience with React?Working with Gatsby because of a clientWhat is Gatsby?Gatsby uses ReactHas become quite matureWhy Choose Gatsby?Good with small and medium business clientsGatsby and PWAsDoes it rely heavily on GraphQL?GraphQL is useful with Gatsby but it is not necessaryWhat would a simple Gatsby site look like?Index componentHas support for CSS and JSThe distinction between a static site generator and a normal web appIs Gatsby interactive on the front-end?More mature than other static site generatorsGenerate HTML files for all of your routesGatsby gives you the best of both worldsGatsby’s own websiteWorkshop.meHow would you suggest people get started with Gatsby?And much, much more! Links: freeCodeCampReact GatsbyGraphQLJavaScriptWorkshop.meAman’s GitHubAman’s [email protected] Picks: Charles Get involved in your local governmentOvercast Cory The Reusable JavaScript Revolution - talk by Cory HouseConsole Log ArticleBuilding large scale react applications in a monorepo by Luis Vieira Tara...