---
title: "Dropping Support for Node 8"
date: 2020-03-20
author: Mikhail Novikov
excerpt: "We're dropping support for Node 8 in minor releases of core Gatsby packages."
tags:
  - releases
---

---
title: New schema customization API in Gatsby
date: 2019-03-04
author: Mikhail Novikov
tags: ["graphql", "releases"]
---

### 2.2.0: Schema Customization

#### [2019-03-19](https://github.com/gatsbyjs/gatsby/compare/******@****.***@2.2.0)

    slackUsername: "@biscarch",
  },
  "https://github.com/LekoArts": {
    name: "Lennart Jörgens",
    slackUsername: "@lennart",
  },
  "https://github.com/freiksenet": {
    name: "Mikhail Novikov",
    slackUsername: "@freiksenet",
  },
  "https://github.com/stefanprobst": {
    name: "Stefan Probst",
    slackUsername: "@stefanprobst",
  },
  "https://github.com/davidbailey00": {
    name: "David Bailey",

---
title: Announcing support for natively querying 3rd-party GraphQL APIs with Gatsby
date: 2018-09-25
author: "Mikhail Novikov"
tags: ["graphql", "plugins", "content-mesh", "releases"]
---

When Gatsby was started 3.5 years ago, [GraphQL](https://www.graphql.com/) was still an internal project at Facebook and had yet to be open sourced.

---
title: Improvements to Schema Customization API - Available in Gatsby 2.5.0
date: 2019-05-17
author: Mikhail Novikov
tags:
  - graphql
  - releases
---

Today we are releasing further improvements to the schema customization that [we've released in version 2.2.0](/blog/2019-03-18-releasing-new-schema-customization). You can use them with Gatsby 2.5.0.

---
title: New Schema Customization API - Available in Gatsby 2.2.0
date: 2019-03-19
author: Mikhail Novikov
tags:
  - graphql
---

Two weeks ago, we announced our plans for a [new schema customization API](/blog/2019-03-04-new-schema-customization/). Today we are making this set of new APIs and enhancements available to all in `gatsby`@`2.2.0`.

First, install the latest and greatest version of `gatsby`, like so:

```shell

core community `BlogPost` type with multi-author support. It would be
immediately compatible with any theme that used the `BlogPost` type.

If you're following closely you may have already seen [a blog post by Mikhail
Novikov](/blog/2019-03-04-new-schema-customization/) on
the new schema customization APIs: `createTypes` and `createResolvers`. These
are the primitives we are using to build data abstractions to use with themes.

---
title: "Why Gatsby is better with JavaScript"
date: 2020-01-30
author: Mikhail Novikov
excerpt: "Gatsby sites can work without JavaScript, however they will often be faster when JavaScript is enabled. In addition, adding interactive elements is much easier."
tags:
  - Gatsby
  - JavaScript
  - Performance
  - Accessibility
---

[Kyle](/contributors/kyle-mathews/),...