Gatsby
The Dynamic Site Generator
Gatsby
The Ephemeral API Generator
Assumptions
Familiarity with JavaScript/React
Basic Express API understanding
Nice to haves
Basic understanding of SSGs
Created basic Gatsby blog
Basic experience with consuming graphQL
What's covered
Overview of Gatsby
Generating content build time
Fetching dynamic content run time
Fetching dynamic protected content run time
Generating protected content build time
Generating Protected Content
at
BUILD TIME!
Problem
Nifty Gif
Static - fast, build audience
Favourites - cannot be statically built
Special gifs - need to protect them!
Gatsby Overview
Gatsby
Dynamic
Generating Content
Build Time
Fetching Dynamic Content
Run Time
Easy
Fetching Dynamic Protected Content
Run Time
Demo
Generating Protected Content
Build Time
Problem
Maintaining API
Different sources of truth
Markdown is cool
REST APIs are not cool
Demo
Caching
Demo
Summary
Gatsby
Build
Run
API
MongoDB
Build
API
MongoDB
Public
Protected
Blogs
Blogs
Run
API
MongoDB
Public
Protected
Blogs
