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15	Mentions	244
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6.8	Activity	9.3
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gatsby-source-sanity

Posts with mentions or reviews of gatsby-source-sanity. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-09-06.

Prismic CMS Limitations/Bugs?
3 projects | /r/gatsbyjs | 6 Sep 2022

I mentioned in another reply that the issue with images was within rich text, using the Portal text package. As I out described in my issue, it's not an issue of docs. GatsbyImageData is not output in the graphql, just a _ref which appears to be the filename without any path or domain. GatsbyImageData is used to process the image so if a content editor throws in a 2000px wide image, I can use that output to make a smaller image.
What CMS system do you use for E-com sites or blogs.
2 projects | /r/reactjs | 1 Jun 2021

I'm currently building a site with React and Next.js, and I'm having a good experience with Sanity so far.
Form validation with Yup
3 projects | dev.to | 21 Apr 2021

In this article, we will build a small application that allows customers to leave product reviews for an e-commerce website. We will build the web application with React while the content (and back end) will be hosted on Sanity. Communication between the web application and back end will be via Graph-Relational Object Queries (GROQ).
Can anybody recommend a headless CMS for a full stack vue/node project?
3 projects | /r/vuejs | 10 Apr 2021
Why Typescript and Svelte are a match made in heaven
7 projects | dev.to | 2 Apr 2021
Note: If you want to follow along with styling, you can replace public/globals.css with the full example code, and also pull contents from individual component, like this one.

Render (Static) Inaction Cards

To bring it to life on the home page, adjust the default intro copy and render a few inactions from the main src/App.svelte component.
```

 import InactionCard from "./components/InactionCard.svelte";



 To Don't List
 class="intro">Here is a list of things I'm not going to do:

 
 title="Return VHS to Blockbuster"
 notes="You've had it since 1998. What's the rush?"
 />
 
 title="Fix the hole in the wall"
 notes="Keeping it where it is adds character and nostalgia."
 />
 
 title="Do the dishes"
 notes="Someone else will probably get to them. Just leave them in the sink."
 />
```
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Take a look back at your browser and you should see the list! (Refresh if you don't.)

There we go! We have a (very simple) Svelte app with just HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

Adding TypeScript to a Svelte project

Now, suppose we wanted to add a due date. It's not too difficult in this example, right? Let's do it!

We add a new property to the Inaction Card component:
```

 export let title, notes, dueDate;


 class="inaction">
 class="title">{title}
 class="due-date">{dueDate}
 class="notes">{notes}
```
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And to the inactions we render, we can add the new prop:
```
 title="Return VHS to Blockbuster"
 dueDate={new Date("1992-02-29")}
 notes="You've had it since 1998. What's the rush?"
/>

 title="Fix the hole in the wall"
 dueDate={Date.now()}
 notes="Keeping it where it is adds character and nostalgia."
/>

 title="Do the dishes"
 dueDate={new Date("2024-02-29")}
 notes="Someone else will probably get to them. Just leave them in the sink."
/>
```
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Then jump back over to your browser:

Notice anything weird? I do. Two things, actually:
1. The first and the third inactions display an unnecessarily-long date. That could have been easily formatted, but we're not going to worry about that here.
2. The second date is a number. That's a bigger issue, and I'll explain why.
What if, we rendered the type of dueDate instead? (i.e. typeof dueDate)

We get number for the second one! Even with this small of an application that could absolutely be an issue. Suppose you wanted to better control the formatting of the date. You'd have to first introspect the type of date and then format appropriately. It'd be much easier if we know (with confidence) what type to expect.

TypeScript Saves the Day!

We can use TypeScript to tell our application exactly what we expect in dueDate.

Since our Svelte app is still largely untouched, we can use the built-in utility to convert it to TypeScript. Shut down your development server (ctrl+c), and then run the following commands:
```
$ node scripts/setupTypeScript.js
$ npm install
```
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This made several changes, but the most important one is that you now need to specify the language in your </code> tags as <code>ts</code>. Take a look at the change in <code>src/App.svelte</code>: <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight html"><code> <script lang="ts"> </code></pre> <div class="highlight__panel js-actions-panel"> <div class="highlight__panel-action js-fullscreen-code-action"> <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20px" height="20px" viewbox="0 0 24 24" class="highlight-action crayons-icon highlight-action--fullscreen-on"><title>Enter fullscreen mode</title> <path d="M16 3h6v6h-2V5h-4V3zM2 3h6v2H4v4H2V3zm18 16v-4h2v6h-6v-2h4zM4 19h4v2H2v-6h2v4z"></path> </svg> <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20px" height="20px" viewbox="0 0 24 24" class="highlight-action crayons-icon highlight-action--fullscreen-off"><title>Exit fullscreen mode</title> <path d="M18 7h4v2h-6V3h2v4zM8 9H2V7h4V3h2v6zm10 8v4h-2v-6h6v2h-4zM8 15v6H6v-4H2v-2h6z"></path> </svg> </div> </div> </div> Make this change to your Inaction Card component. <h3> <a name="dry-up-inactions" href="#dry-up-inactions" class="anchor"> </a> DRY Up Inactions </h3> To make this adjustment process smoother, let's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_repeat_yourself">DRY up</a> our code. Adjust your <code>App.svelte</code> to loop through an array of inactions that we create in the <code><script></code> section. <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight html"><code> <script lang="ts"> import InactionCard from "./components/InactionCard.svelte"; let inactions = [ { title: "Return VHS to Blockbuster", dueDate: new Date("1992-02-29"), notes: "You've had it since 1998. What's the rush?", }, { title: "Fix the hole in the wall", dueDate: Date.now(), notes: "Keeping it where it is adds character and nostalgia.", }, { title: "Do the dishes", dueDate: new Date("2024-02-29"), notes: "Someone else will probably get to them. Just leave them in the sink.", }, ]; 
To Don't List class="intro">Here is a list of things I'm not going to do: {#each inactions as inaction} title={inaction.title} dueDate={inaction.dueDate} notes={inaction.notes} /> {/each}

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Define Inaction Type

TypeScript is really all about types. (It's in the name, after all!) To add types in a Svelte project, we'll want a separate .ts file. Let's put our types in a types directory, just to stay organized.
```
// src/types/Inaction.ts
export interface Inaction {
 title: string;
 dueDate: Date;
 notes: string;
}
```
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This tells us that when we set an object as an Inaction, we expect it to have title and notes as a string, and dueDate as a Date.

To use it, import the type and then note it. The syntax is a little goofy at first, but you'll get the hang of it.
```
lang="ts">
 import type { Inaction } from "./types/Inaction";
 import InactionCard from "./components/InactionCard.svelte";

 // inactions should be an array of items with the Inaction type.
 let inactions: Inaction[] = [
 {
 title: "Return VHS to Blockbuster",
 dueDate: new Date("1992-02-29"),
 notes: "You've had it since 1998. What's the rush?",
 },
 {
 title: "Fix the hole in the wall",
 dueDate: Date.now(),
 notes: "Keeping it where it is adds character and nostalgia.",
 },
 {
 title: "Do the dishes",
 dueDate: new Date("2024-02-29"),
 notes:
 "Someone else will probably get to them. Just leave them in the sink.",
 },
 ];

```
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After I restarted my code editor (VS Code), it told me something was wrong!

This says dueDate on the second inaction is the wrong type!

The power in this is great! VS Code told me there's an issue with the code without having to open up the browser!

If that's useful even on this small scale, imagine how helpful it would be in a large application where Inaction may be used dozens or hundreds of times!

Validating Types

Aside from the code editor adding little squiggles, nothing would actually appear wrong during the Svelte build. Fortunately, Svelte gives us a tool to make sure everything is okay, svelte-check.

Try running the following command:
```
$ npx svelte-check
```
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I see an error and three warnings:
```
Loading svelte-check in workspace: .../to-dont-list
Getting Svelte diagnostics...
====================================

.../to-dont-list/src/App.svelte:13:7
Error: Type 'number' is not assignable to type 'Date'. (ts)
 title: "Fix the hole in the wall",
 dueDate: Date.now(),
 notes: "Keeping it where it is adds character and nostalgia.",

.../to-dont-list/src/components/InactionCard.svelte:2:14
Hint: Variable 'title' implicitly has an 'any' type, but a better type may be inferred from usage. (ts)

 export let title, notes, dueDate;


.../to-dont-list/src/components/InactionCard.svelte:2:21
Hint: Variable 'notes' implicitly has an 'any' type, but a better type may be inferred from usage. (ts)

 export let title, notes, dueDate;


.../to-dont-list/src/components/InactionCard.svelte:2:28
Hint: Variable 'dueDate' implicitly has an 'any' type, but a better type may be inferred from usage. (ts)

 export let title, notes, dueDate;
```
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You can wire up this command to your build process so you don't send invalid typed code to production. Amazing!

I hope this validates (😉) the use of TypeScript and Svelte enough to entice you to try it out for yourself! But before we go, let's take a look at wiring this up to Sanity so that we can pull in data dynamically from an external source.

Wiring up Sanity to a Svelte project

To get Sanity up and running, begin by installing the CLI and bootstrapping a new project.
```
$ npm install -g @sanity/cli
$ sanity init
```
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After authenticating, choose the appropriate items to get your project started. These were my choices:
- Select project to use: Create a new project
- Your project name: To Not Do
- Use the default dataset configuration? Yes
- Project output path: (Use recommendation)
- Select project template: Clean project with no predefined schemas
That will install dependencies and prepare a Studio project. You should now be able to change into the new directory Sanity created for you and start the Studio.
```
$ cd path/to/new/directory
$ npm start
```
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By default, the Studio will be available in your browser at http://localhost:3333/. You'll have to sign in again. And when you do, you should see that you have an empty schema.

Add Data Model

Let's create our data model, which Sanity calls a document type. If you're not familiar with Sanity, here's a nice overview of content modeling.

To add our model, we're going to edit the (nearly) blank schema file Sanity gave us. This file lives in schemas/schema.js. It should look something like this:
```
// First, we must import the schema creator
import createSchema from "part:@sanity/base/schema-creator";

// Then import schema types from any plugins that might expose them
import schemaTypes from "all:part:@sanity/base/schema-type";

// Then we give our schema to the builder and provide the result to Sanity
export default createSchema({
 // We name our schema
 name: "default",
 // Then proceed to concatenate our document type
 // to the ones provided by any plugins that are installed
 types: schemaTypes.concat([
 /* Your types here! */
 ]),
});
```
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We're going to put our type in the types object. Let's create an inaction model with the proper fields:
```
import createSchema from "part:@sanity/base/schema-creator";
import schemaTypes from "all:part:@sanity/base/schema-type";

export default createSchema({
 name: "default",
 types: schemaTypes.concat([
 {
 title: "Inaction",
 name: "inaction",
 type: "document",
 fields: [
 { title: "Title", name: "title", type: "string" },
 { title: "Notes", name: "notes", type: "text" },
 { title: "Due Date", name: "dueDate", type: "date" },
 ],
 },
 ]),
});
```
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Notice that if you go back to your browser, Studio already picked up your changes! (Science! Or something?)

Use your new model to recreate the static content from src/App.svelte.

Pull in Data Dynamically

Once that content is in place, we can pull it into project. First, install Sanity's JavaScript client.
```
$ npm install @sanity/client
```
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Then we can make some changes to the </code> in our <code>App.svelte</code> component to fetch our inactions from the Sanity API. <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight html"><code> <script lang="ts"> import { onMount } from "svelte"; import sanityClient from "@sanity/client"; import type { Inaction } from "./types/Inaction"; import InactionCard from "./components/InactionCard.svelte"; // Create a client to connect to the Sanity datastore. const sanity = sanityClient({ apiVersion: 'v2021-03-25', projectId: "...", dataset: "production", useCdn: false, }); // Initialize our inactions as an empty array. let inactions: Inaction[] = []; // Fetch the inactions from Sanity, and replace the array. async function fetchInactions() { const query = '*[_type == "inaction"]{ _id, title, notes, dueDate }'; inactions = await sanity.fetch(query); } // Run the fetch function when the component is ready (mounted). onMount(fetchInactions); 

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And now you are reading dynamic data for the list of things you're never going to have to do!

Next Steps

I hope you are intrigued enough by this to to tinker with these super cool tools! And if you want to keep going with this example, here are some ideas on where to go next:
- Add a form to submit new Inaction objects to Sanity. (The demo and its code have a working example.) Note: If you go this route, you'll want to start thinking about authenticating your API requests.
- Deploy the project to a build and hosting service, like Vercel.
- Deploy Sanity Studio so you can make edits in Sanity, without having to run the Studio locally.
I'd love to learn where you choose to take your project. The things we can build with Svelte, TypeScript, and Sanity are endless! Let's chat!

Last, here are a few other resources for further reading on Svelte + TypeScript:
- Svelte and TypeScript - Together at last! (Scott Logic)
- TypeScript support in Svelte (MDN)
- Integrating TypeScript with Svelte (CSS-Tricks)
- Svelte <3 TypeScript (Svelte)
Sanity Backup Function with GitHub Actions and Artifacts
4 projects | dev.to | 2 Apr 2021

Sanity.io is a platform to build websites and applications. It comes with great APIs that let you treat content like data. Give your team exactly what they need to edit and publish their content with the customizable Sanity Studio. Get real-time collaboration out of the box. Sanity.io comes with a hosted datastore for JSON documents, query languages like GROQ and GraphQL, CDNs, on-demand asset transformations, presentation agnostic rich text, plugins, and much more.
On the limits of MDX
9 projects | dev.to | 1 Apr 2021

I get it. I get the tangibility of flat files. I get that it feels good to take your coding skills into your prose. But it's not the best way to work with content. Text editors with familiar affordances that produce typed rich text that can be queried and serialized into whatever you need are better. Where developers can define the data structures they need, and editors get easy-to-use tools to get their work done. Like what we're building at Sanity with Portable Text.
GraphQL vs REST: which API is better for your web app?
2 projects | dev.to | 30 Mar 2021

Sanity.io offers an open-source query language called GROQ (Graph-Relational Object Queries). It allows us to describe what information we want in our application, join data from different documents, and generate a response with only the information that is needed.
I made a site that makes it easier to understand when lockdown restrictions are being eased in the UK. I would love some feedback / suggestions on what you think could be made better.
2 projects | /r/nextjs | 16 Mar 2021

The content is hosted in https://www.sanity.io and I'm hoping to add preview mode soon.
Zola, A fast static site generator in a single binary
11 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 5 Mar 2021

There are starting to appear lots of interesting tools in that space.
See e.g. https://www.sanity.io/ or https://www.contentful.com/

eleventy 🕚⚡️

Posts with mentions or reviews of eleventy 🕚⚡️. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-04-17.

Converting BlogCFC blog to Eleventy
4 projects | dev.to | 17 Apr 2024

This post outlines the steps for migrating an existing BlogCFC blog to a JamStack, with a focus on using Eleventy.
Ask HN: What's the simplest static website generator?
10 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 29 Mar 2024

I suggest you to try out eleventhy (https://www.11ty.dev/)
Quite simple to start, and a nice system to add some scripting and styles without the requirement of bringing in a framework.
Eleventy - Create a global production flag
3 projects | dev.to | 19 Feb 2024

A production flag enables you to run activities in dev or production such as minifying assets, showing draft posts, etc. There isn't a built-in flag or function that comes with eleventy (11ty) specifically for this. However we have this info at our fingertips.
Ask HN: Looking for lightweight personal blogging platform
35 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 6 Feb 2024

I can't recommend Eleventy enough!
https://www.11ty.dev
I converted my WordPress blog to Eleventy 4 years ago and never looked back, it's been delightful!
https://www.joshcanhelp.com/taking-wordpress-to-eleventy/
Removing React is just weakness leaving your codebase
6 projects | dev.to | 31 Jan 2024

It’s 2024, and you are about to start a new project. Do you reach for React, a framework you know and love or do you look at one of the other hot new frameworks like Astro, Enhance, 11ty, SvelteKit or gasp, plain vanilla Web Components?
VS Code - Fix a task automation issue - `The terminal process failed to launch (exit code: 127`
1 project | dev.to | 18 Jan 2024

The "dev" script is running the eleventy server in dev mode. The details of the script are not important for this discussion, but to round out the background here is an abbreviated version of my package.json:
Eleventy vs. Next.js for static site generation
4 projects | dev.to | 14 Dec 2023

Eleventy is a fast and powerful SSG that really shines when it comes to pure static site generation because it does not require the loading of a client-side JavaScript bundle in order to serve content.
You don't need JavaScript for that
3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 2 Dec 2023

The irony is using a JavaScript-based static site generator to make the site: https://www.11ty.dev
Why You Should Write Your Own Static Site Generator
10 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 3 Nov 2023

https://doublejosh.com/post/186193119278/metalsmithjs-is-sti...
Then two years ago I needed a more robust SSR system based on React, so I went with GatsbyJS. It's insanely mature and intuitive, but as we all know that community and business is now drying up too. But the framework is still great.
Now everyone sings the praises of NextJS, which can be used for SSR but is intended for applications and active server endpoints. But more complexity doesn't mean better.
I'm keen to try other simple frameworks when the result is a static site. I may give https://www.11ty.dev a shot.
From Jason: my custom digital garden in 11ty
4 projects | /r/DigitalGardens | 1 Nov 2023

11ty is a lightweight static site generator. I chopped up my HTML and used the 11ty starter template called eleventy-base-blog as the structural foundation for the site.

What are some alternatives?

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Hugo - The world’s fastest framework for building websites.

next-sanity - Sanity.io toolkit for Next.js

SvelteKit - web development, streamlined

mdx - Markdown for the component era

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mdx-deck - ♠️ React MDX-based presentation decks

Directus - The Modern Data Stack 🐰 — Directus is an instant REST+GraphQL API and intuitive no-code data collaboration app for any SQL database.

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Compare gatsby-source-sanity vs eleventy 🕚⚡️ and see what are their differences.

gatsby-source-sanity

eleventy 🕚⚡️

gatsby-source-sanity

Render (Static) Inaction Cards

To Don't List

Adding TypeScript to a Svelte project

TypeScript Saves the Day!

To Don't List

Define Inaction Type

Validating Types

Wiring up Sanity to a Svelte project

Add Data Model

Pull in Data Dynamically

Next Steps

eleventy 🕚⚡️

What are some alternatives?