An accomplished software developer, Charutha Bandara possesses in-depth knowledge of the open source framework Gatsby.js. As a freelance software engineer, he has been using Gatsby.js to design e-commerce solutions for small businesses. Moreover, as a former lead software engineer for 3D Room Space, Charutha Bandara used Gatsby.js to develop progressive web applications that display data stored in the Firestore Cloud Database.
A static site generator, Gatsby.js is based on Webpack, React.js, and other tools. Gatsby.js uses GraphQL to feed sites with data. One of the primary benefits of using Gatsby.js is speed. Gatsby.js will prefetch resources and compile the ideal Webpack configuration, resulting in sites that are two to three times faster than comparable sites. All this is done by the framework so that developers can focus on other parts of the build.
Since Gatsby.js is based off of React.js, developers can reuse components utilized in React applications. The use of GraphQL allows Gastby.js to fetch data from almost any source without the need for a classic backend. Developers can specify only the data they need instead of leaving the decision to the server.
Charutha Bandara has written a Gatsby.js tutorial that can be accessed on his blog: https://cbandara.com/blog/gatsby.
