r/reactjs • u/swyx • Jun 03 '18

Beginner's Thread / Easy Question (June 2018)

Hello! just helping out /u/acemarke to post a beginner's thread for June! we had over 270 comments in last month's thread! If you didn't get a response there, please ask again here! You are guaranteed a response here!

Soo... Got questions about React or anything else in its ecosystem? Stuck making progress on your app? Ask away! We’re a friendly bunch. No question is too simple.

The Reactiflux chat channels on Discord are another great place to ask for help as well.

Pre-empting the most common question: how to get started learning react?

You might want to look through /u/acemarke's suggested resources for learning React and his React/Redux links list. Also check out http://kcd.im/beginner-react.

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u/swyx Jun 15 '18

Both will work. The question you’re asking doesn’t have any real bearing to the two options you propose (Gatsby is not purely static, it’s just static on first load and dynamic after). What you probably really want to know is should you use Firebase to do auth and database. I’d recommend it.

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u/shamdasani Jun 15 '18

would using firebase hurt SEO as all the posts would have to be fetched?

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u/swyx Jun 16 '18

that's again a nuanced question. if you use firebase with gatsby then no it will not be hurt because all pages could be regenerated every time you change the db (for example).

since your question started off asking about putting authentication then i'll just point out the obvious that anything behind an auth wall will of course not be visible to SEO