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Jumpstart Jamstack Development

You're reading from   Jumpstart Jamstack Development Build and deploy modern websites and web apps using Gatsby, Netlify, and Sanity

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2021
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781800203495
Length 252 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Christopher Pecoraro Christopher Pecoraro
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Table of Contents (17) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Chapter 1: History of the Jamstack 2. Chapter 2: Introduction to Sanity FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 3: Exploring Sanity Studio 4. Chapter 4: Sanity Configuration and Schemas 5. Chapter 5: Sanity's GROQ Language 6. Chapter 6: Sanity's GraphQL Playground 7. Chapter 7: Gatsby – An Introduction 8. Chapter 8: Gatsby and GraphQL 9. Chapter 9: Gatsby Source Plugins 10. Chapter 10: Building Gatsby Components 11. Chapter 11: APIs – Extending Gatsby 12. Chapter 12: APIs – Alexa Skills 13. Chapter 13: Tying It All Together 14. Chapter 14: Deployment Using Netlify and Azure 15. Chapter 15: Conclusion 16. Other Books You May Enjoy

Gatsby.js layout modifications

There are many different ways to incorporate styles into a web page to change the default fonts, colors, backgrounds, and layout. While style and classes can also be created one by one, an easier and more efficient approach is to use a framework to leverage pre-built ideas and design patterns. One of the hottest cascading frameworks at the time of writing is Tailwind CSS. Let's introduce Tailwind and learn why it is used within Gatsby.

Introducing Tailwind CSS

Tailwind CSS is a nice CSS framework that is easy to learn and use. It aims to be unopinionated and is driven toward allow the designer to construct styles from smaller pieces. Let's start by installing the framework so that we can use it.

Installing the Tailwind CSS framework

We will install it and use it to improve the visual appearance of the website:

  1. The first step is to use the Node package manager to install Tailwind CSS. In the terminal, type the following command...
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