This project is a funny way to compare different vendors in the Headless CMS space.
To do this, we will implement different vendors serving the same purpose, compare and rate how they perform. We're using Gatsby.JS because it provides a great API to work with various data sources using GraphQL, and because production-ready plugins are already available to circumvent the spaghetti code.
Today we're going to review the following CMSes:
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Contentful
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DatoCMS
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Wordpress
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Drupal
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GhostCMS
We will focus on the features and both Developer and Editor experience.
• Pricing
• Versatility
• Documentation & SDKs
• Editing features (drafts, approval, rollbacks, publish)
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Install dependencies
Fork this repository, clone it locally and Use
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Configure and deploy project
Gatsby utilizes Env variables. We will use them to store the various URLs and API keys required.
See https://www.gatsbyjs.org/docs/environment-variables/#client-side-javascript
Optionally, create a new project in Netlify and set the required environment vaiables as well.
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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
headless-cms-comparatordirectory in your code editor of choice and editsrc/pages/index.js. Save your changes and the browser will update in real time!
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-browser.js
├── gatsby-config.js
├── gatsby-node.js
├── gatsby-ssr.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: Gatsby is licensed under the MIT 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.