Conclusion

In this whirlwind tour of Gatsby’s internals, we walked through some of the most compelling layers of Gatsby’s multifaceted build lifecycle and bundling process. Though it would require a separate app in its own right to comprehensively cover how Gatsby works under the hood, in this section we examined the most important considerations, including key steps in Gatsby’s bootstrap, key concepts in Gatsby’s use of Webpack, and how Gatsby performs code splitting and prefetching.

This final section was intended to offer you, as a Gatsby developer, insight into the internals of how Gatsby works its magic as an SSG for the modern web. Gatsby is evolving all the time and rapidly changing as innovations continue to take shape. One of the most enriching ways you can be a part of that progress is to contribute back to the open source project. Hopefully, this walkthrough has given you a glimpse into some of the areas where the framework can benefit from your contributions and your own invaluable insights!