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Technical Blog using Gatsby

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A technical Blog created by Gatsby. You can use it to write non tech blogs as well

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๐ŸŽ Features

  1. gatsby-plugin-mdx

To convert md files to websites

  1. gatsby-source-filesystem

To access files in this folder using a graphQL api

  1. gatsby-image, gatsby-plugin-sharp, gatsby-transformer-sharp

Its about making the saved images to different formats And also loads the images lazily while webpage is refreshed

  1. gatsby-plugin-styled-components

Without this plugin all your styled components will become messy in gatsby. Here is the gatsby bug that you kill using this gatsbyjs/gatsby#9911 (comment)

  1. jquery to add hash links

This allows you to have urls like this https://that-it-guy.netlify.app/blogs/jquery-react#the-problem

  1. Themes to change to dark mode

Done using Context. useContext. Context.Provider Context.Consumer

  1. Code Syntax
  • Code syntax highlighting using Highlight.js
  • Adding a copy button for each code block
  1. Lazy loading
  • If you have too many posts it will try to load them one by one based on your screen scroll position
  1. Some other hooks

useState, useContext, useCallback

  1. gatsby-plugin-playground

You can use a nice UI for running graphql queries. Lot better than the default graphql UI.

  1. gatsby-plugin-react-helmet

SEO. Create special meta for your root html website that helps BOTs detect your website and understand its purpose.

  1. gatsby-plugin-offline, gatsby-plugin-manifest

2 Steps for making your website Progressive Web App:

  • gatsby-plugin-manifest:

https://www.gatsbyjs.org/docs/progressive-web-app/#it-must-include-a-web-app-manifest Gatsby provides a plugin interface to add support for shipping a manifest with your site.

  • gatsby-plugin-offline:

https://www.gatsbyjs.org/docs/progressive-web-app/#it-must-implement-a-service-worker Gatsby also provides a plugin interface to create and load a service worker into your site

๐Ÿ’ฏ Lighthouse Score

Lighthouse Score

๐Ÿ–ผ Screenshot and Design

๐ŸŽจ Theming

Themes

Syntax highlighting with Code copy

SyntaxHighlight

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๐Ÿ’„ Styles

  1. Mostly are Styled Components
  2. Filterbox: react-select, Theme Toggle: react-switch, Icons: react-icons
  3. Some pure css styles

๐Ÿš€ Deploy

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