Crystallize Gatsby Boilerplate

Overview:

The Crystallize Gatsby Boilerplate is a frontend boilerplate designed for building React ecommerce experiences with a focus on frontend performance. It is a skeleton project that provides the necessary components to get a frontend up and running on the Crystallize headless ecommerce and GraphQL-based product Information Management service. With this boilerplate, users can leverage the structured PIM engine in Crystallize to power their product catalogue and deliver rich ecommerce content. The boilerplate is open-source and MIT licensed, allowing users to customize and modify it to suit their specific needs.

Features:

• React Commerce with Gatsby: The boilerplate is built with React and Gatsby, providing a solid foundation for building ecommerce experiences.
• Frontend Performance: This boilerplate prioritizes frontend performance, ensuring a better ecommerce experience for users and complying with the ecommerce SEO checklist.
• Rich Content-driven Experiences: By leveraging the super structured PIM engine in Crystallize, users can create rich content-driven ecommerce experiences that form the foundation for a content strategy aimed at exponential growth marketing.

Installation:

To get started with the Crystallize Gatsby Boilerplate, follow these steps:

1. Install the Crystallize CLI by running the following command (Node 8 or above required):

npm install -g crystallize

2. Use the Crystallize CLI to bootstrap a project with the Gatsby + React boilerplate:

crystallize create my-project

3. Follow the prompts to specify your tenant, choose the Gatsby.js + React template, and add additional features like Netlify.

4. Once your project has been created, navigate into your project’s directory:

cd my-project

5. Start up the development server:

npm start

This will start the server on http://localhost:8000 for development.

Summary:

The Crystallize Gatsby Boilerplate is a frontend boilerplate designed for building React ecommerce experiences with a focus on frontend performance. It provides a solid starting point for developers to create rich content-driven ecommerce experiences using the structured PIM engine in Crystallize. The boilerplate is open-source and MIT licensed, allowing for customization and modification to meet specific project requirements. With its emphasis on frontend performance and rich content, this boilerplate enables users to create compelling ecommerce experiences and establish a strong content strategy for exponential growth marketing.