Ebook: Elevating React Web Development with Gatsby 4: Build performant, accessible, interactive web applications with React and Gatsby.js

Learn how to create SEO-friendly, powerful websites using Gatsby by harnessing the power of React

Key Features

• Understand how to use Gatsby to build, test, and deploy an end-to-end website and manage SEO
• Build reusable templates to streamline your workflows
• Create plugins, add authentication, and work with real-time data

Book Description

Gatsby is a powerful React static site generator that enables you to create lightning-fast web experiences. With the latest version of Gatsby, you can combine your static content with server-side rendered and deferred static content to create a fully rounded application. Elevating React Web Development with Gatsby 4 provides a comprehensive introduction for anyone new to GatsbyJS and will help you get up to speed in no time.

Complete with hands-on tutorials and projects, this easy-to-follow guide starts by teaching you the core concepts of GatsbyJS. You'll then discover how to build performant, accessible, and scalable websites with the GatsbyJS framework. Once you've worked through the practical projects in the book, you'll be able to build anything from your personal website to large-scale applications with authentication and make your site rise through those SEO rankings.

By the end of this Gatsby development book, you'll be well-versed with every aspect of the tool's performance and accessibility and have learned how to build client websites that your users will love.

What you will learn

• Understand what GatsbyJS is, where it excels, and how to use it
• Structure and build a GatsbyJS site with confidence
• Elevate your site with an industry-standard approach to styling
• Configure your GatsbyJS projects with search engine optimization to improve their ranking
• Get to grips with advanced GatsbyJS concepts to create powerful and dynamic sites
• Supercharge your site with translations for a global audience
• Discover how to use third-party services that provide interactivity to users

Who This Book Is For

This book is for web developers who want to use GatsbyJS with React to build better static and dynamic client-side apps. Prior experience of working with React basics is necessary. Knowledge of Node.js fundamentals will help you to get the most out of this web development book.

Table of Contents

1. An Overview of Gatsby.js for the Uninitiated
2. Styling Choices and Creating Reusable Layouts
3. Sourcing and Querying Data (from Anywhere!)
4. Creating Reusable Templates
5. Working with Images
6. Improving Your Site’s Search Engine Optimisation
7. Testing and Auditing Your Site
8. Web Analytics and Performance Monitoring
9. Deployment and Hosting
10. Creating Gatsby Plugins
11. Creating Authenticated Experiences
12. Using Real Time Data
13. Internationalization and Localization