Even-Keeled - 03: Static Sites with Gatsby (ft. Jacob Hebert & Matt McGee of Headway)

03: Static Sites with Gatsby (ft. Jacob Hebert & Matt McGee of Headway)

01/04/21 • 38 min

In this episode, Jon chats with Jacob Hebert and Matt Mcgee from the Headway development team about creating static sites with Gatsby. They dive into their experience with Gatsby on client projects and solutions they’ve found most helpful for CMS integration, styling, SEO, and more.

Even-Keeled is a podcast by Headway, a digital product agency.

https://www.headway.io/

Even-Keeled is a podcast by Headway, a digital product agency.

https://www.headway.io/

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Even-Keeled is a podcast by Headway, a digital product agency.
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