At one time or another, we have all seen the "building an image gallery with Gatsby tutorial." Well, it's time to up your game and build a video gallery tutorial!! In this workshop, you will learn how to create video gallery pages with Gatsby using all three of these modern video solutions — Strap in for an amazing workshop!
Have another more specific idea? You may want to check out our vibrant collection of official and community-created starters.
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Create a Gatsby site.
Use the Gatsby CLI (install instructions) to create a new site, specifying the default starter.
# create a new Gatsby site using the default starter gatsby new my-default-starter https://github.com/gatsbyjs/gatsby-starter-default -
Start developing.
Navigate into your new site’s directory and start it up.
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Open the source code and start editing!
Your site is now running at
http://localhost:8000!Note: You'll also see a second link:
http://localhost:8000/___graphql. This is a tool you can use to experiment with querying your data. Learn more about using this tool in the Gatsby Tutorial.Open the
my-default-starterdirectory in your code editor of choice and editsrc/pages/index.js. Save your changes and the browser will update in real time!
Deploy this starter with one click on Gatsby Cloud:
A quick look at the top-level files and directories you'll see in a Gatsby project.
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├── node_modules
├── src
├── .gitignore
├── .prettierrc
├── gatsby-config.js
├── gatsby-node.js
├── LICENSE
├── package-lock.json
├── package.json
└── README.md
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/node_modules: This directory contains all of the modules of code that your project depends on (npm packages) are automatically installed. -
/src: This directory will contain all of the code related to what you will see on the front-end of your site (what you see in the browser) such as your site header or a page template.srcis a convention for “source code”. -
.gitignore: This file tells git which files it should not track / not maintain a version history for. -
.prettierrc: This is a configuration file for Prettier. Prettier is a tool to help keep the formatting of your code consistent. -
gatsby-browser.js: This file is where Gatsby expects to find any usage of the Gatsby browser APIs (if any). These allow customization/extension of default Gatsby settings affecting the browser. -
gatsby-config.js: This is the main configuration file for a Gatsby site. This is where you can specify information about your site (metadata) like the site title and description, which Gatsby plugins you’d like to include, etc. (Check out the config docs for more detail). -
gatsby-node.js: This file is where Gatsby expects to find any usage of the Gatsby Node APIs (if any). These allow customization/extension of default Gatsby settings affecting pieces of the site build process. -
gatsby-ssr.js: This file is where Gatsby expects to find any usage of the Gatsby server-side rendering APIs (if any). These allow customization of default Gatsby settings affecting server-side rendering. -
LICENSE: This Gatsby starter is licensed under the 0BSD license. This means that you can see this file as a placeholder and replace it with your own license. -
package-lock.json(Seepackage.jsonbelow, first). This is an automatically generated file based on the exact versions of your npm dependencies that were installed for your project. (You won’t change this file directly). -
package.json: A manifest file for Node.js projects, which includes things like metadata (the project’s name, author, etc). This manifest is how npm knows which packages to install for your project. -
README.md: A text file containing useful reference information about your project.
A quick look at the top-level files and directories you'll see in a Gatsby project.
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├── src
├── components
├──── header.js
├──── layout.css
├──── layout.js
├──── player.js
├──── seo.js
├──── videojs.css
├── images
├── pages
├──── 404.js
├──── index.js
├──── page-2.js
└── templates
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/components: This directory contains components that you will be using on your actual pages. -
/header.js: This is the header that will be used throughout the site. -
/layout.css: This is the global css used to design the site. -
/layout.js: This implements items globally, such as the layout.css or adding the header component on each page. -
/player.js: This is the code to create the player for video.js. It is also setting the options for the player. -
/seo.js: This is querrying the website's metadata and implementing them on original graph (og) tags to display info when the site is shared. -
/videojs.css: This is the design of the video.js player. -
/images: A folder where you can store images to be used later. -
/pages: A folder where you will create files for each additional page of the site. -
/404.js: This is the page that will be displayed if you navigate to a page that does not exist on the site. -
/index.js: This is the homepage of the site. -
/page-2.js: This is an example second page that can be navigated to on the website. You can copy or modify this page for additional pages you create.
Looking for more guidance? Full documentation for Gatsby lives on the website. Here are some places to start:
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For most developers, we recommend starting with our in-depth tutorial for creating a site with Gatsby. It starts with zero assumptions about your level of ability and walks through every step of the process.
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To dive straight into code samples, head to our documentation. In particular, check out the Guides, API Reference, and Advanced Tutorials sections in the sidebar.
Looking for more information about imgix? Find out more about our image optimization and video APIs on our website. Here are some places to start:
- To see our documentation. In particular, check out the Gatsby Library.
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