Gatsby has become widely popular.

And rightly so. It’s a compelling tool to craft fast static websites, web apps, or PWAs.

As we’re witness to its rising adoption, it’s always thrilling for us when developers reach out to show off their new Gatsby e-commerce projects featuring Snipcart.

Devs like Patrick Faramaz who came up with a cool mix of Gatsby, Snipcart & Netlify Functions for his client’s online store.

We were instantly intrigued and asked him to answer a few questions about his stack, which he gladly accepted :)

Not only this, but Patrick also crafted and shared a Gatsby e-commerce plugin. We’ll also talk about it at the end of this article.

Let’s see what he had to say about Gatsby, Jamstack & e-commerce!

The developer we’re interviewing

Patrick Faramaz has been a web developer for twelve years now. He’s had many work experiences in the field before switching to independent work four years ago. He builds websites & apps primarily for clients in France, his home country, and Swiss. You can find more info about his services on his website (in French).

Patrick has been a full stack developer since the beginning but has kept more of a focus on React in the last five years. This popular JavaScript framework allows him to craft websites with modern & performant UIs enabling top-notch user experiences.

We’ll see an example of that right away!

For French-speakers, Patrick already talked about his experience with Gatsby & Snipcart on this podcast and wrote about it in this blog post.

The client

Mercredi Biscuiterie is a bakery based in Lyon, France. Like many shops around the world, they found themselves in a tricky situation when they were forced to suddenly close its physical shop due to Covid-19 hitting their country.

The situation was particularly hard for small businesses such as Mercredi Biscuiterie that thought of eventually selling online but had no system in place to do so yet. They had to react quickly. After a month of the bakery being closed, they turned to Patrick to come up with a solution to start selling online.

We’ve heard many similar stories in the last few months. It’s a very tough situation for merchants right now, sadly. We like to think we’ve been able to help small businesses get through this in allowing them to enable e-commerce quickly.

Let’s see how Patrick did it for Mercredi Biscuiterie.

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