Installation

I. Set up Dev environment

To set up our development server, we need to install Node.js, Git, and Gatsby CLI.

If you’re using Mac, I recommend installing Node using Homebrew.

brew install node

For other operating systems, please check Node documentation for more information.

brew install git

Gatsby CLI tool lets us quickly create new Gatsby-powered sites and run commands.

To install Gatsby CLI globally

npm install -g gatsby-cli

To check a list of command and options, run:

gatsby --help

After installing Gatsby CLI, change into the directory where you want to store the project and run the following command

gatsby new <PROJECT NAME> <STARTER THEME>

For example

gatsby new my-gatsby-project https://github.com/gatsbyjs/gatsby-starter-hello-world

If we leave out the starter theme, Gatsby will use the default starter. Check more Gatsby Starter themes.

Then, navigate into your site’s directory and start

cd my-gatsby-project
gatsby develop

Here is a list of useful commands