From WordPress to Gatsby

With Gatsby, we can easily import our existing data, such as Markdown or Wordpress, and make them into a blazing fast static website using the powers of GraphQL and React. In this talk I’ll turn my own WordPress blog into a Gatsby blog.

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1. From WordPress To Gatsby
2. Hello const dimitri = new Person(); • Dimitri ‘g00glen00b’ Mestdagh • Full-stack developer at Optis • Works with Java and JavaScript • Loves to try out new frameworks • Blogs often about cool technologies • https://dimitr.im
3. How do we usually write blog posts?
4. Traditional blogging • Using a Content Management System • Server-Side Rendering • Content is coupled • Easy usage • Rich ecosystem of plugins, themes, ...
5. However.... • It requires additional resources • Even if content doesn’t change often • It’s a popular target for hackers
6. What could we do?
7. Meet the static site generator • Use a static site generator • Generate rendered HTML at build time • Serve static resources • Content is decoupled
8. Meet Gatsby “Gatsby is a free and open source framework based on React that helps developers build blazing fast websites and apps” — Taken from https://www.gatsbyjs.org/
9. How does it work? CMS Markdown Other APIs and files GraphQL API HTML + CSS + React Gatsby Datasources static-page 2.html static-page 1.html
10. What is GraphQL? “GraphQL is a query language for your API, and a server-side runtime for executing queries by using a type system you define for your data. GraphQL isn't tied to any specific database or storage engine and is instead backed by your existing code and data.” — Taken from https://graphql.org/learn/
11. Why a static site generator?
12. Live coding time!
13. Benefits • Opinionated framework • Static, and thus blazing fast • Hydrates back to a full React app • Headless CMS • Rich ecosystem of plugins • React
14. Concerns • Things working with Markdown don’t necessarily work with other sources • Results can vary between gatsby develop and gatsby build • New content requires complete rebuild
15. Resources Slides https://speakerdeck.com/g00glen00b
16. Resources Code https://github.com/g00glen00b/gatsby-blog
17. Resources Tutorials https://dimitr.im/tag/gatsby
18. Resources Introduction blog post: http://bit.ly/OptisGatsby
19. Thank you!