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Jumpstart Jamstack Development
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In this section, we will explore the basics of a plugin, what a plugin is, and why it is needed in a project. We will explore the public collection of open source code, npm. We will explain how semantic versioning control works and why it is important. We will then see how to install and maintain plugins.
Gatsby plugins are Node.js packages, a set of JavaScript and HyperText Markup Language/Cascading Style Sheets (HTML/CSS) files that extend the Gatsby application programming interfaces (APIs) and add new functionalities to the application. You can enable a feature by installing a plugin, and you can disable it by uninstalling the plugin.
The extensible nature of Gatsby allows you to create your plugins in a way that allows you to organize your customized business logic into reusable packages, discussed in the next section.
A developer can download plugins from npm, which is a public collection of open source code for JavaScript...