New carllundin.se site with GatsbyJS

2019-07-04

It was time to update my carllundin.se site and it seems as if React won the frontend javascript war between React and Angular (and Vue), therefore it seemed like a good idea to learn it.

There has also been a movement to use static javascript sites using e.g. GatsbyJs. To get faster load times and search engine optimization. So carllundin.se now runs as a Gatsby site on Netlify which is a free SPA service with Github integration. The deployment is automatic after you push a new commit of the site to Github.

The site has a WordPress blog as a content backend. This is nice since I can create blog posts easily on desktop or Android from anywhere.

I can also very easily add new pages with functionality that I want. For instance, I created a “deploy” page where I can force a reload of the site on Netlify and another where I can start a Minecraft server.

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