Optimize loading images with WordPress and Gatsby
November 26th, 2019 | 4 min read | Gatsby, GraphQL, ReactDisplaying embedded images within WordPress posts using Gatsby is officially unsupported, but in this tutorial we’ll explore alternatives.
👋Hey there,I'm Dimitri
I like trying out new frameworks and writing about them. Below you can find the latest articles I wrote.
Adding reading time with Gatsby
November 12th, 2019 | 4 min read | Gatsby, GraphQL, ReactPopular online blogging platforms like Medium add an estimated reading time to each post. In this tutorial we’ll achieve the same thing by using Gatsby.
Working with Gatsby and pagination
October 29th, 2019 | 8 min read | Gatsby, GraphQL, ReactGatsby is an awesome static site generator, and in this tutorial I’ll look at how to implement pagination using Gatsby.
Creating pages with Gatsby
October 15th, 2019 | 4 min read | Gatsby, GraphQL, ReactGatsby has a large set of APIs, and one of them is to programmatically create new pages. In this tutorial we’ll use this API to create detail pages for each blogpost.
Using Gatsby with WordPress as a headless CMS
September 17th, 2019 | 6 min read | Gatsby, GraphQL, JavaScript, ReactIf you want to use WordPress as a headless CMS with Gatsby, I’ll demonstrate how you can achieve this in this tutorial.
Using Apollo GraphQL with Vue
September 11th, 2018 | 6 min read | apollo, GraphQL, JavaScript, vueLast time, I wrote a simple Vue application using dummy data in our components. Today, we’re going to link it to the Apollo GraphQL API that I wrote earlier. As said before, Apollo has both a server-component that can integrate with Express, but also a client component that can integrate with Angular, React but also […]
Using custom scalar types with GraphQL and Apollo
July 31st, 2018 | 3 min read | apollo, Express, GraphQLLast time, we created a GraphQL API with Node.js, Express, Mongoose and Apollo. However, one of the fields we tried to use was the createdAt date. Since GraphQL doesn’t come with a date-based scalar type, we used a simple String. However, the result of that is that it calls the Date.prototype.toString() function which returns a […]
Writing a GraphQL API with Node.js, Express and Apollo
July 17th, 2018 | 12 min read | apollo, Express, GraphQL, Node.jsA while back, I wrote a tutorial about creating a GraphQL API using Java, followed by a web application using Angular and Apollo. Back then, I also mentioned that Apollo has a server-side part as well, which allows you to create GraphQL API’s on Node.js. And today, we’re going to explore that option!
Writing GraphQL mutations with Spring boot
May 8th, 2018 | 9 min read | GraphQL, Java, Spring bootA few weeks ago, we created a beautiful API using GraphQL. We only had one problem… the application was completely read-only and no updates were allowed. This time, we’re about to change this, and implement our own mutations with GraphQL.
Using Apollo GraphQL with Angular
April 24th, 2018 | 6 min read | angular, apollo, GraphQLLast time, we wrote a GraphQL API using Spring boot and the graphql-java library. Today, we’ll write a simple frontend application using Angular. As mentioned in my previous article, there are few JavaScript libraries out there that we can use. Facebook, which is also behind the idea of GraphQL, wrote a library called Relay. Additionally, […]