Gatsby and React

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Create a static content-oriented website using React on Gatsby

React Hooks Handbook

Intro to React Hooks

3:39

Create your first React app

4:23

React Component

2:54

Styling in React

5:06

Styles and Props

2:22

Understanding Hooks

3:21

useState Hook

2:54

useEffect Hook

3:41

useRef Hook

3:00

Props

3:11

Conditional Rendering

4:21

Load Local Data

4:04

Fetch Data from an API

5:40

Toggle a state

4:05

useInput Hook

6:04

Gatsby and React

6:44

NextJS and React

5:24

React TypeScript Part 1

8:19

React TypeScript Part 2

7:35

useScrollPosition Hook

4:26

useOnScreen hook

8:08

useContext Hook

8:32

Fragments

2:43

Lazy Loading

4:05

React Suspense

3:13

Environment Variables

4:43

Reach Router

5:31

URL Params

4:04

SEO and Metadata

6:47

Favicon

3:03

Dynamic Favicon

2:14

PropTypes

3:54

Custom PropTypes

3:58

useMemo Hook

4:05

forwardRef Hook

3:28

Handling Events

5:44

Spread attributes

3:35

useMousePosition Hook

4:55

useReducer with useContext Part 1

7:33

useReducer with useContext Part 2

6:48

useReducer with useContext Part 3

5:43

Netlify

5:08

Gatsby Cloud

6:19

Gatsby Plugin Image

8:11

useOnClickOutside Hook

6:32

useWindowSize Hook

4:14

usePageBottom hook

4:48

useLocalStorage Hook

5:27

Three.js in React Part 1

17:33

Three.js in React Part 2

11:18

Set up

Before using Gatsby, you need to make sure that you have Homebrew, Xcode Command Line Tools and Node installed on your Mac.

If you're using Windows, you can head over to Gatsby's documentation to learn how to set up your computer to use Gatsby.

For Mac users, in the Terminal, check if you have Homebrew:

brew -v

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If no version is printed in the Terminal, install Homebrew by following the instructions here.

Install Xcode Command Line Tools by running this command in the Terminal:

xcode-select --install

Check if you have Node:

node -v

If no version is printed, install it:

brew install node

Install Gatsby CLI

Run the following command to install the Gatsby CLI:

npm install -g gatsby-cli

Create your first Gatsby application

Go into the folder under which you want to save your project. For me, I'll save it under the Downloads folder.

cd ~/Downloads

Create your first Gatsby application by running the following command. It'll take Gatsby's Hello world template, copy it, and create the folder on your computer. The my-default-starter part, right after new, is the name you'll give to your project.

gatsby new my-default-starter https://github.com/gatsbyjs/gatsby-starter-default

Open your code editor

Go into your project folder.

cd my-default-starter

If you use Visual Studio Code, you can open the code editor from the Terminal with:

code .

Every time you edit the code in the src folder, it'll automatically reload and update your website.

Start the server

Starting the server for Gatsby is very easy:

gatsby develop

Your website will be live at localhost:8000. You'll see something like this:

You can test your app for production with:

gatsby build && gatsby serve

Your production website will be live at localhost:9000.

To stop the server, in your Terminal, simply do Control (^) + C on your keyboard.

Your project folder's structure

When you open your hello-world project in your code editor, you'll see the following structure.

The first folder, node_modules, is greyed out because you don't need to touch. It's contains all the dependencies in your application. Once you run your application, other greyed out folders will be added, but don't worry about them. They are greyed out because they are configuration or cache folders that you don't need to worry about.

Next, we have a src folder. This is the main folder that contains all subfolders where you can add all your components, images, pages, etc. Gatsby automatically creates new pages for you every time you add a file in the src/pages folder. For example, if you create a contact.js file inside of that folder, you can access the page /contact page on your application automatically! Isn't that amazing?

In the root folder, you can see four JavaScript files (gatsby-browser.js, gatsby-config.js, gatsby-node.js and gatsby-ssr.js). They are configuration files for your website. For example, you can edit your site metadata in the gatsby-config.js file. The only required file is the gatsby-config.js file. If you're not using the three other ones, you can delete them.

Plugins

Gatsby also comes with more than 2500 plugins. Plugins lets you add more functionality to your application by simply adding it to your project. For example, if you have content in Contentful, you can simply add the Contentful plugin in your Gatsby project to fetch your entries.

Further learning

Gatsby is super powerful and lets you create an application very quickly. You can also head over to Gatsby's documentation to learn even more about all the awesome features that this framework offers.

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Intro to React Hooks

An overview of React Hooks and the frameworks you can use to build your React application blazingly fast

3:39

Create your first React app

Create your first React project from the Terminal and save it on your local computer

4:23

React Component

Create your first JSX component using React

2:54

Styling in React

How to style your React components using inline styling, separate stylesheets or styled-components

5:06

Styles and Props

Render different styles depending on different properties passed to your component

2:22

Understanding Hooks

Learn about the basics of React Hooks, which introduced at React Conf 2018

3:21

useState Hook

Use the useState hook to manage local state in your React component

2:54

useEffect Hook

Manage with your component's lifecycle with the useEffect hook

3:41

useRef Hook

Learn about the useRef hook, which replaces the JavaScript getElementById way

3:00

Props

Learn about props in React to pass data from parent to child components

3:11

Conditional Rendering

Render different UIs depending on different conditions and states

4:21

Load Local Data

Load local JSON data into your React application

4:04

Fetch Data from an API

Learn the basics of asynchronous functions and promises by fetching data from an API using fetch, useEffect and useState

5:40

Toggle a state

Learn how to toggle a state from true to false and back again

4:05

useInput Hook

Create a hook to get the value and the onChange event of input fields

6:04

Gatsby and React

Create a static content-oriented website using React on Gatsby

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NextJS and React

Create your first NextJS React application

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React TypeScript Part 1

Learn how to create a React TypeScript application using the Create React App, Gatsby and NextJS methods

8:19

React TypeScript Part 2

Learn the basics of TypeScript and how to use TypeScript in a React component

7:35

useScrollPosition Hook

Create a custom hook to listen to the current window position of the user

4:26

useOnScreen hook

Create a custom hook to listen to when an element is visible on screen

8:08

useContext Hook

Manage global states throughout the entire application

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Fragments

Group multiple children together with React Fragments

2:43

Lazy Loading

Lazy Load heavy components to improve performance

4:05

React Suspense

Wait for data with React Suspense and React.lazy

3:13

Environment Variables

Make environment variables secret with a .env file

4:43

Reach Router

Create a multiple-pages React application with Reach Router

5:31

URL Params

Create unique URL with URL Params

4:04

SEO and Metadata

Optimize a React application for search engines with React Helmet

6:47

Favicon

Add an icon to a React website

3:03

Dynamic Favicon

Change the favicon's fill color depending on the user's system appearance

2:14

PropTypes

Implement props type-checking with PropTypes

3:54

Custom PropTypes

Create a custom PropType using a validator function

3:58

useMemo Hook

Prevent unnecessary re-renders when the component stays the same

4:05

forwardRef Hook

Forward a ref to a child component

3:28

Handling Events

How to handle events in React

5:44

Spread attributes

Learn how to make use of the spread operator

3:35

useMousePosition Hook

Detect the user's mouse position on a bound element

4:55

useReducer with useContext Part 1

Create a reducer to be used in a context

7:33

useReducer with useContext Part 2

Incorporate useReducer with useContext

6:48

useReducer with useContext Part 3

Connect the context and reducer with the frontend

5:43

Netlify

Deploy to production using Netlify

5:08

Gatsby Cloud

Deploy to production using Gatsby Cloud

6:19

Gatsby Plugin Image

Use gatsby-plugin-image for automatic image resizing, formatting, and higher performance

8:11

useOnClickOutside Hook

Toggle a modal visibility with a useOnClickOutside hook

6:32

useWindowSize Hook

Create a hook to determine the width and height of the window

4:14

usePageBottom hook

Detect if the user scrolled to the bottom of the page

4:48

useLocalStorage Hook

Store an item in a browser's local storage

5:27

Three.js in React Part 1

Bring your website to life with beautiful 3D objects

17:33

Three.js in React Part 2

Bring your website to life with beautiful 3D objects

11:18

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