#2: Gatsby & headless CMS, including Strapi, Drupal, and Oracle Content & Experience

With @robertdouglass, Pierre Burgy (CEO, Strapi), Dustin Schau (Gatsby), and Preston So (Oracle).

Harness the power of Gatsby with your headless CMS

The monolithic approach to content management, where you have two parts, the backend and the frontend, has been shifting. Now the “headless” CMS paradigm, where the frontend and the backend are separated, and an API replaces the frontend, is front-and-center. Pierre Burgy, co-founder & CEO of Strapi defines headless as a “CMS without a frontend.”

Adding Gatsby to the headless mix changes the direction of web development

A headless CMS offers many benefits, like more seamless omnichannel and future-proofing content for marketers, and easier scaling and more power for developers.

Adding these benefits to Gatsby, a static site generator, is a powerful combination. Through source plug-ins, Gatsby decouples application resources from headless CMS options like Strapi, Drupal, and Oracle, providing benefits for developers, marketers, and end users like:

• Faster performance -- By automating code-splitting, lazy-loading, and prefetching resources, the end result is that Gatsby is fast, which makes for a huge difference in the end user experience. Dustin Schau, Head of Product at Gatsby, says, “The idea is to source content at build time, let servers do the hard work, and don’t offload that cost to the end user.”
• More robust security -- Security issues are common in popular content management systems. But the frontend and backend separation in a headless system means only the API is exposed, so your site is less attractive to hackers. Gatsby can help greatly minimize security vulnerabilities for a much more airtight site.
• Active open source community -- Gatsby is based on React.JS, a popular JavaScript library. This makes it much easier for developers to onboard themselves, learn, and share with each other. Gatsby's open source community is very active and welcomes new developers.

The combination of headless and Gatsby can take your site in a whole new direction

It’s tough to hit the right balance for your marketers, developers, and end users. Gatsby makes a strong case for itself with its large community, high security, easier scaling, and fast performance, along with its ability to support headless CMS options, like Strapi, Drupal, and Oracle.

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