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Gatsby Starter

A boilerplate for static sites built with Gatsby.
Built on Gatsby.js, a static site generator built with React.js.

  • production environment - PROD URL GOES HERE
  • staging environment - STAGE URL GOES HERE

Prerequisites

  1. Install the Gatsby CLI.

    Make sure that you have the Gatsby CLI program installed:

    npm install --global gatsby-cli
  2. Install dependencies.

    Install from package.json

    yarn
  3. Start developing.

    Navigate into your the project directory and start it up.

    gatsby develop
  4. Open the source code and start editing!

    Your site is now running at http://localhost:8000!

    _Note: You'll also see a second link: http://localhost:8000/___graphql. This is a tool you can use to experiment with querying your data. Learn more about using this tool in the Gatsby tutorial._

  5. Suggested Tools.

    Prettier

    npm install --global prettier

    VS Code - Respects editor.formatOnSave setting.
    Sublime Text - https://packagecontrol.io/packages/JsPrettier

What's inside?

A quick look at the top-level files and directories you'll see in a Gatsby project.

.
├── node_modules
├── src
├── .gitignore
├── .prettierrc
├── gatsby-browser.js
├── gatsby-config.js
├── gatsby-node.js
├── gatsby-ssr.js
├── LICENSE
├── package-lock.json
├── package.json
├── README.md
└── yarn.lock
  1. /node_modules: The directory where all of the modules of code that your project depends on (npm packages) are automatically installed.

  2. /src: This directory will contain all of the code related to what you will see on the front-end of your site (what you see in the browser), like your site header, or a page template. “Src” is a convention for “source code”.

  3. .gitignore: This file tells git which files it should not track / not maintain a version history for.

  4. .prettierrc: This is a configuration file for a tool called Prettier, which is a tool to help keep the formatting of your code consistent.

  5. gatsby-browser.js: This file is where Gatsby expects to find any usage of the Gatsby browser APIs (if any). These allow customization/extension of default Gatsby settings affecting the browser.

  6. gatsby-config.js: This is the main configuration file for a Gatsby site. This is where you can specify information about your site (metadata) like the site title and description, which Gatsby plugins you’d like to include, etc. (Check out the config docs for more detail).

  7. gatsby-node.js: This file is where Gatsby expects to find any usage of the Gatsby node APIs (if any). These allow customization/extension of default Gatsby settings affecting pieces of the site build process.

  8. gatsby-ssr.js: This file is where Gatsby expects to find any usage of the Gatsby server-side rendering APIs (if any). These allow customization of default Gatsby settings affecting server-side rendering.

  9. LICENSE: Gatsby is licensed under the MIT license.

  10. package-lock.json (See package.json below, first). This is an automatically generated file based on the exact versions of your npm dependencies that were installed for your project. (You won’t change this file directly).

  11. package.json: A manifest file for Node.js projects, which includes things like metadata (the project’s name, author, etc). This manifest is how npm knows which packages to install for your project.

  12. README.md: A text file containing useful reference information about your project.

  13. yarn.lock: Yarn is a package manager alternative to npm. You can use either yarn or npm, though all of the Gatsby docs reference npm. This file serves essentially the same purpose as package-lock.json, just for a different package management system.

Package Notes

  • ESLint + Prettier: Prettier manages the stylistic rules around code formatting. ESLint manages the code quality rules. They work together in perfect harmony.

  • Stylelint: It's like ESLint but for your SASS and CSS files!

  • Husky: This makes sure you don't commit any code with ESLint errors. It'll check before it evens makes it to your repo.

Learning Gatsby

Looking for more guidance? Full documentation for Gatsby lives on the website. Here are some places to start:

  • For most developers, we recommend starting with our in-depth tutorial for creating a site with Gatsby. It starts with zero assumptions about your level of ability and walks through every step of the process.

  • To dive straight into code samples head to our documentation. In particular, check out the “Guides”, API reference, and “Advanced Tutorials” sections in the sidebar.

Docker

Testing the build

  • clone repo
  • cd into repo
  • docker build -t dominos-points-for-pies:build . -f Dockerfile-develop
  • docker run --rm -it dominos-points-for-pies:build bash
  • You will be dropped into the /app directory with all entire repo and all the build assets under /app/public

Testing with nginx

  • clone repo
  • cd into repo
  • docker build -t dominos-points-for-pies:local . -f Dockerfile-develop
  • docker run --rm -p 8080:80 dominos-points-for-pies:local
  • You should be able to browse the site at http://localhost:8080. Use CTRL-C to exit. This is a near clone of what runs on stage/prod. Only differences is it runs on port 8080 and doesn't have SSL enabled.
  • Sample nginx https://raghuvirkasturi.com/gatsby-nginx-config/

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