In this episode of Syntax, Scott and Wes talk with Jason Lengstorf from the Gatsby team about Gatsby themes, and the future of Gatsby in general. LogRocket - Sponsor LogRocket lets you replay what users do on your site, helping you reproduce bugs and fix issues faster. It’s an exception tracker, a session re-player and a performance monitor. Get 14 days free at LogRocket. Freshbooks - Sponsor Get a 30 day free trial of Freshbooks at Freshbook and put SYNTAX in the “How did you hear about us?” section. Show Notes 2:18 - Jason Lengstorf - What do you do? 9:37 - Gatsby refresher Gatsby is statically generated gatsby-config.js file determines which plugins you use gatsby-node.js allows us to hook into Gatsby at different points and do things like source content and dynamically create pages gatsby-browser.js contains code that should hook into browser events 13:54 - Gatsby themes Layouts in Gatsby are done the same way in React - simply create a component with children How is this different than a plugin? Is it a collection of plugins? How do you share themes? Can they include functionality (plugins?) Like Markdown rendering? What about a theme that needs a UI once activated? What about custom fields for Gatsby? Do you foresee a marketplace like WordPress themes? Are there some themes already out there? What will come for themes soon? 34:07 - Questions about Gatsby What do you think about WordPress? E-commerce? How do you make money? Suggested way of doing dynamic things What is the future of Gatsby? Links Gatsby Jason Lengstorf Livestream Progressive Disclosure of Complexity Gatsby Themes Sanity Gatsby + Sanity.io Snipcart Axios Algolia Netlify Airtable Hope in Source - Henry Zhiu ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Jason: Kamado Joe Grill Scott: Zojirushi Hybrid Water Boiler and Warmer Wes: Waterproof Digital Instant Read Meat Thermometer Shameless Plugs Jason’s Weekly Live stream Scott’s Courses Wes’ Courses - Use the coupon code ‘Syntax’ for $10 off! Tweet us your tasty treats! Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets