What this book covers
Chapter 1, An Overview of Gatsby.js for the Uninitiated, provides baseline knowledge of what Gatsby.js is and explains the guiding principles we will be using in later chapters to build our web application.
Chapter 2, Styling Choices and Creating Reusable Layouts, shows how to make an informed choice about the way you would like to style your application. We will cover using CSS, SCSS, styled-components, and Tailwind.css.
Chapter 3, Sourcing and Querying Data (from Anywhere!), gets you to a position where you can comfortably source and ingest data into your Gatsby projects from a multitude of different sources.
Chapter 4, Creating Reusable Templates, explains how to use your sourced data to programmatically create site pages, blog posts, and more!
Chapter 5, Working with Images, shows you how to master the art of adding responsive images to your Gatsby site without impacting performance.
Chapter 6, Improving Your Site's Search Engine Optimization, explains how SEO works, what search engines look for within your site pages, and how to improve your site's presence on the web.
Chapter 7, Testing and Auditing Your Site, covers testing and auditing your application using industry-standard tooling.
Chapter 8, Web Analytics and Performance Monitoring, explains how to add analytics to your site and use your audience to make your site even better!
Chapter 9, Deployment and Hosting, shows how to take the project we have been working on and deploy it for the world to see!
Chapter 10, Creating Gatsby Plugins, covers creating source and theme plugins and explains how to contribute them to the Gatsby plugin ecosystem.
Chapter 11, Creating Authenticated Experiences, shows you how to add protected routes to create logged-in experiences on your site.
Chapter 12, Using Real-Time Data, explains how you can use sockets to create experiences that make use of real-time data.
Chapter 13, Internationalization and Localization, covers patterns you can use to make translating your site as it scales simple.