Finally! I have finished working on the first version of my portfolio and I feel good. I had been thinking to build my portfolio for the last two years but never really worked on it. Last week I started searching for the ways to build it and I came across Gatsby, a framework to build static websites. Of course one can simply use HTML, CSS, and JS to do the job but I wanted to learn something new. I saw people using the word Gatsby a lot online and I wanted to try it. This was the great opportunity and I grabbed it. One more advantage with Gatsby is, it is based on React which meant I could improve my React skills along with finishing my portfolio.
Here is the link to my portfolio: https://portfolio-8b931.firebaseapp.com/ (I don't have a domain yet, but that's next thing on the list)
What I learned
- A new framework, Gatsby
- CSS modules (Component scoped CSS)
- Hosting a website on firebase
- FormCarry, to handle contact me form without backend
What issues I faced
- using CSS modules
There are many ways to add styles to your website but Gatsby recommends CSS Modules for beginners and I took their word for it.
Initially I had issues with styles being not applied to my components until I found this note.
I was using dashes in my CSS class names but was not using them in camelcase format in my components. Once I figured that out everything else went quite smooth.
Please check out my portfolio and feel free to leave any comment here, I would love to get some feedback.
Top comments (8)
Definetly check out .dev domains for dev portfolio's ;) I've got mine on Porkbun, and linked to free cloudflare dash for loads op options 😬
Thank you @joppedc . I will check out Porkbun to get my domain.
There’s a ton of other out there. Its just my personal experience that they’re great. If you have any question about linking it to cloudflare or anything, just let me know!
The site looks fast & responsive, Harshal~
The only thing I've noticed was that the name wasn't aligned in the middel on mobile.
Thank you, Sung. I really appreciate the time you took to review my portfolio. I have written just a single media query to handle responsiveness (I was mostly checking on my iPhone 6s) but I sure need more of them to handle more screen sizes. Thank you for the feedback.
I'm in the same situation. I like your portfolio, my was looking for your resume on your site. I just want to share my website with you as well. chasehoch.io. I have found some issues but I know if I made time I could fix them. Good luck.
The portfolio looks great.
I just want to point out some minor issues, the graphic inside the circles isn't centred properly, the contact me form doesn't have any styling & is left aligned in the desktop version, (IMHO) to keep it consistent center it & apply some styling.
That's pretty great work Harshal. How's the "Tech That I Use" section in rendering? is it from react component or you writing it from markdown page?