© Alex Libby 2021
A. LibbyGatsby E-Commercehttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6692-2_2

2. Laying the Foundations

Alex Libby1  
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RUGBY, UK
 

We’ve got our tools in place, and we’ve worked out what we’re going to build – so it’s time to get into creating our shop!

As I am sure, anyone will say that laying solid foundations is essential; throughout this chapter, we will set up our site and start to add in the key elements such as page structure, header, footer, and theme for the site.

I do, however, have a confession to make – you may well find that the code won’t appear to work fully, at least until we get to Chapter 4. Don’t worry – this is deliberate. The focus of this chapter is about getting the foundations in place so that we can then supplement ...

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