Site Updates & Opensource

The site is now available opensource on Github.

Improvements #

• JAMstack with Netlify CMS
• Netlify Continuous Deployment
• Git Hooks Using Husky
• ESlint Updates
• Checks js,jsx,ts,tsx pre-commit
• Postbuild Script
• Browser Caching for Fonts

Google Lighthouse #

Performance: 100% Accessibility: 100% Best Practices: 100% SEO: 100% PWA

Frontmatter #

Structured around my old site, some fields are optional.

  slug: -optional-
  title: -required-
  date: -required-
  draft: -required-
  author: -required-
  tags: -optional-
  image: -optional-

Post URLs are created automatically with /YYYY/MM/DD/ & Pages extend from /.

Project Structure #

This is the base folder structure.

    ├── content
    │   ├── pages
    │   └── posts
    ├── node
    ├── src
    │   ├── assets
    │   ├── components
    │   ├── hooks
    │   ├── icon
    │   └── templates
    └── static
        └── media

Markdown files with frontmatter for posts & pages are located in content/.
The node folder has gatsby-node.js functions seperated into files.
Images & media for posts are kept in static/media/.

Components #

Components are each in a single .js file in src/components/
Re-usable micro components are located in src/components/common/

Component specific styles are located in their own .scss files in src/assets/scss/components/

Conditional rendering is done at a component level without any dependance on CSS.

Components use prop-types where required (this is also checked with eslint).

Netlify CMS #

The site uses netlify cms & has custom preview components.

Styles are provided by the postbuild script.
Main cms component src/cms/index.js

Main Features #

• PWA
• Google Workbox Service Worker
• Sitemap
• OpenGraph & Twitter Meta Tags
• Feature Image
• RSS Feed
• Disqus Comments
• Gitalk Comments
• Syntax Highlighting with prismjs
• Pagination
• Netlify CMS
• Github Pages
• Netlify

Development Features #

• ESLint with plugins
• Uses SASS for styles
• Bulma flex grid
• postcss with plugins
• PurgeCSS on build
• Uses gatsby-image
• Uses react prop-types
• Uses react hooks
• Uses react-helmet
• Uses GraphQL
• Husky Git Hooks
• Checks js,jsx,ts,tsx pre-commit
• Postbuild Script

Eslint config #

• Lints JavaScript based on ES6
• Fixes issues using Prettier
• Fixes formatting errors using Prettier
• Lints + Fixes inside of html script tags
• Lints + Fixes React
• Extends airbnb rules
• Checks for react prop-types

The source for the site is available on github.

equk-gatsby