Introduction to Netlify
Netlify, to someone who is new to web development, initially looks like a deployment and hosting platform.
In fact, a Netlify website can be a simple static file web host. Using Netlify's drag and drop feature, a folder of web files can be deployed as a real, functional, and hosted website in seconds, as shown:
However, while it is a place to host your website, it is so much more than that.
Firstly, behind the scenes, when we initially created our Sanity and Gatsby-generated website, the code provided by Sanity and Gatsby Blog Template automatically runs it, thereby creating an integration between Sanity and Netlify.
Both Sanity Studio and the Gatsby-generated website were immediately built and hosted on Netlify's server, and new versions of the website could be easily and automatically deployed as often as we wish. Through integration connecting...