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Recently, I made a Gatsby theme to see what all the fuss was about. I have to admit, things seemed easier when I first worked out how to build a site off a starter from the Gatsby library. The big…

Part 5 Prerequisites: Successful completion of part 4. Now that we have our data sources hooked up, let's deal with handling large data sets. If we load a large data set in one go, the user may have…

Part 4 Prerequisites: Successful completion of part 3. In part 3, we built our using the Apollo package . This time we'll use the package to build a custom data source, so add that dependency now…

Part 3 Prerequisites: Successful completion of part 1 and part 2. In the last part, we used GraphQL Playground to explore our schema from the browser. Today, we'll hook up one of our data sources, an…

Part 2 Prerequisites: Successful completion of part 1. If you were able to get your Apollo Server up and running, then you should have access to GraphQL Playground. So, go to . Hopefully you see an…

Full Project Prerequisites: Ability to build a full-stack web app using Node and React, and a basic understanding of what GraphQL is. For further info, follow this link: What is GraphQL? Part…

I've updated the tech tags for my Developer Diary Gatsby starter to use svg instead of Font Awesome icons. The main reason was to eliminate the Font Awesome dependency, and a secondary reason is that…

Testing React components with Jest is pretty straightforward if you've started your project using create-react-app. However, if you're using Next.js, things are a bit tricky. To see what I mean, start…

For anyone who uses Visual Studio Code, works with React, and doesn't have Emmet set up for developing with JSX.

Video at YouTube. Using the method in JavaScript to check for matches between a regular expression and a string can lead to unexpected results for newcomers. Consider the following code…

This post assumes some familiarity with Node.js and Express.js. For those new to Node.js and Express, and having been tasked with completing a series of small projects designed to get you used to…

This blog template is made from an official Gatsby starter. In fact, I created that starter, and it's my first official contribution to GatsbyJS. If you'd like to use it, visit the official Gatsby…