diff --git a/content/home/examples/a-component-using-external-plugins.js b/content/home/examples/a-component-using-external-plugins.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..38ba7292
--- /dev/null
+++ b/content/home/examples/a-component-using-external-plugins.js
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+class MarkdownEditor extends React.Component {
+  constructor(props) {
+    super(props);
+    this.handleChange = this.handleChange.bind(this);
+    this.state = { value: 'Type some *markdown* here!' };
+  }
+
+  handleChange(e) {
+    this.setState({ value: e.target.value });
+  }
+
+  getRawMarkup() {
+    const md = new Remarkable();
+    return { __html: md.render(this.state.value) };
+  }
+
+  render() {
+    return (
+      <div className="MarkdownEditor">
+        <h3>Input</h3>
+        <textarea
+          onChange={this.handleChange}
+          defaultValue={this.state.value}
+        />
+        <h3>Output</h3>
+        <div
+          className="content"
+          dangerouslySetInnerHTML={this.getRawMarkup()}
+        />
+      </div>
+    );
+  }
+}
+
+ReactDOM.render(<MarkdownEditor />, mountNode);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/content/home/examples/a-component-using-external-plugins.md b/content/home/examples/a-component-using-external-plugins.md
index 80908946..f0fc29ec 100644
--- a/content/home/examples/a-component-using-external-plugins.md
+++ b/content/home/examples/a-component-using-external-plugins.md
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 ---
 title: A Component Using External Plugins
 order: 3
-example_name: markdownExample
 ---
 
 React is flexible and provides hooks that allow you to interface with other libraries and frameworks. This example uses **remarkable**, an external Markdown library, to convert the `<textarea>`'s value in real time.
diff --git a/content/home/examples/a-simple-component.js b/content/home/examples/a-simple-component.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3efa5019
--- /dev/null
+++ b/content/home/examples/a-simple-component.js
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+class HelloMessage extends React.Component {
+  render() {
+    return (
+      <div>
+        Hello {this.props.name}
+      </div>
+    );
+  }
+}
+
+ReactDOM.render(
+  <HelloMessage name="Taylor" />,
+  mountNode
+);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/content/home/examples/a-simple-component.md b/content/home/examples/a-simple-component.md
index 1dcfd1f8..84897192 100644
--- a/content/home/examples/a-simple-component.md
+++ b/content/home/examples/a-simple-component.md
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 ---
 title: A Simple Component
 order: 0
-example_name: helloExample
 ---
 
 React components implement a `render()` method that takes input data and returns what to display. This example uses an XML-like syntax called JSX. Input data that is passed into the component can be accessed by `render()` via `this.props`.
 
-**JSX is optional and not required to use React.** Try the [Babel REPL](http://babeljs.io/repl#?babili=false&browsers=&build=&builtIns=false&code_lz=MYGwhgzhAEASCmIQHsCy8pgOb2vAHgC7wB2AJjAErxjCEB0AwsgLYAOyJph0A3gFABIAE6ky8YQAoAlHyEj4hAK7CS0ADxkAlgDcAfAiTI-hABZaI9NsORtLJMC3gBfdQHpt-gNxDn_P_zUtIQAIgDyqPSi5BKS6oYo6Jg40A5OALwARCHwOlokmdBuegA00CzISiSEAHLI4tJeQA&debug=false&circleciRepo=&evaluate=false&lineWrap=false&presets=react&prettier=true&targets=&version=6.26.0) to see the raw JavaScript code produced by the JSX compilation step.
+**JSX is optional and not required to use React.** Try the [Babel REPL](http://babeljs.io/repl#?babili=false&browsers=&build=&builtIns=false&code_lz=MYGwhgzhAEASCmIQHsCy8pgOb2vAHgC7wB2AJjAErxjCEB0AwsgLYAOyJph0A3gFDRoAJ1Jl4wgBQBKPoKEj4hAK7CS0SfIXQAPGQCWANwB8W7XEQo-hABb6I9NsORsHJMC3gBfM0J0B6AxMzaQBueR8ffmpaQgARAHlUelFyCU0_BCQ0DAhsXHdPAF4AIgAVMABPFGES6H9jABp5FmRlEkIAOWRxfjCgA&debug=false&circleciRepo=&evaluate=false&lineWrap=false&presets=react&targets=&version=6.26.0) to see the raw JavaScript code produced by the JSX compilation step.
diff --git a/content/home/examples/a-stateful-component.js b/content/home/examples/a-stateful-component.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..55c9d339
--- /dev/null
+++ b/content/home/examples/a-stateful-component.js
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+class Timer extends React.Component {
+  constructor(props) {
+    super(props);
+    this.state = { seconds: 0 };
+  }
+
+  tick() {
+    this.setState(prevState => ({
+      seconds: prevState.seconds + 1
+    }));
+  }
+
+  componentDidMount() {
+    this.interval = setInterval(() => this.tick(), 1000);
+  }
+
+  componentWillUnmount() {
+    clearInterval(this.interval);
+  }
+
+  render() {
+    return (
+      <div>
+        Seconds: {this.state.seconds}
+      </div>
+    );
+  }
+}
+
+ReactDOM.render(<Timer />, mountNode);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/content/home/examples/a-stateful-component.md b/content/home/examples/a-stateful-component.md
index cf6a2ff0..1919226f 100644
--- a/content/home/examples/a-stateful-component.md
+++ b/content/home/examples/a-stateful-component.md
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 ---
 title: A Stateful Component
 order: 1
-example_name: timerExample
 ---
 
 In addition to taking input data (accessed via `this.props`), a component can maintain internal state data (accessed via `this.state`). When a component's state data changes, the rendered markup will be updated by re-invoking `render()`.
diff --git a/content/home/examples/an-application.js b/content/home/examples/an-application.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7b516861
--- /dev/null
+++ b/content/home/examples/an-application.js
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+class TodoApp extends React.Component {
+  constructor(props) {
+    super(props);
+    this.state = { items: [], text: '' };
+    this.handleChange = this.handleChange.bind(this);
+    this.handleSubmit = this.handleSubmit.bind(this);
+  }
+
+  render() {
+    return (
+      <div>
+        <h3>TODO</h3>
+        <TodoList items={this.state.items} />
+        <form onSubmit={this.handleSubmit}>
+          <input
+            onChange={this.handleChange}
+            value={this.state.text}
+          />
+          <button>
+            Add #{this.state.items.length + 1}
+          </button>
+        </form>
+      </div>
+    );
+  }
+
+  handleChange(e) {
+    this.setState({ text: e.target.value });
+  }
+
+  handleSubmit(e) {
+    e.preventDefault();
+    if (!this.state.text.length) {
+      return;
+    }
+    const newItem = {
+      text: this.state.text,
+      id: Date.now()
+    };
+    this.setState(prevState => ({
+      items: prevState.items.concat(newItem),
+      text: ''
+    }));
+  }
+}
+
+class TodoList extends React.Component {
+  render() {
+    return (
+      <ul>
+        {this.props.items.map(item => (
+          <li key={item.id}>{item.text}</li>
+        ))}
+      </ul>
+    );
+  }
+}
+
+ReactDOM.render(<TodoApp />, mountNode);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/content/home/examples/an-application.md b/content/home/examples/an-application.md
index e886a8de..f6370b0d 100644
--- a/content/home/examples/an-application.md
+++ b/content/home/examples/an-application.md
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 ---
 title: An Application
 order: 2
-example_name: todoExample
 ---
 
 Using `props` and `state`, we can put together a small Todo application. This example uses `state` to track the current list of items as well as the text that the user has entered. Although event handlers appear to be rendered inline, they will be collected and implemented using event delegation.
diff --git a/gatsby-config.js b/gatsby-config.js
index 029197a3..b0b454bb 100644
--- a/gatsby-config.js
+++ b/gatsby-config.js
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ module.exports = {
   plugins: [
     'gatsby-source-react-error-codes',
     'gatsby-transformer-authors-yaml',
+    'gatsby-transformer-home-example-code',
     'gatsby-plugin-netlify',
     'gatsby-plugin-glamor',
     'gatsby-plugin-react-next',
diff --git a/gatsby-node.js b/gatsby-node.js
index 09238a0e..2cbd1ffd 100644
--- a/gatsby-node.js
+++ b/gatsby-node.js
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ exports.onCreateNode = ({node, boundActionCreators, getNode}) => {
       if (!slug) {
         slug = `/${relativePath.replace('.md', '.html')}`;
 
-        // This should (probably) only happen for the index.md,
+        // This should only happen for the partials in /content/home,
         // But let's log it in case it happens for other files also.
         console.warn(
           `Warning: No slug found for "${relativePath}". Falling back to default "${slug}".`,
diff --git a/plugins/gatsby-transformer-home-example-code/gatsby-node.js b/plugins/gatsby-transformer-home-example-code/gatsby-node.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dccdf6b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/gatsby-transformer-home-example-code/gatsby-node.js
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+const {readdirSync, readFileSync} = require('fs');
+const {join, resolve} = require('path');
+
+// Store code snippets in GraphQL for the home page examples.
+// Snippets will be matched with markdown templates of the same name.
+exports.sourceNodes = ({graphql, boundActionCreators}) => {
+  const {createNode} = boundActionCreators;
+
+  const path = resolve(__dirname, '../../content/home/examples');
+  const files = readdirSync(path);
+
+  files.forEach(file => {
+    if (file.match(/\.js$/)) {
+      const code = readFileSync(join(path, file), 'utf8');
+      const id = file.replace(/\.js$/, '');
+
+      createNode({
+        id,
+        children: [],
+        parent: 'EXAMPLES',
+        internal: {
+          type: 'ExampleCode',
+          contentDigest: JSON.stringify(code),
+        },
+      });
+    }
+  });
+};
diff --git a/plugins/gatsby-transformer-home-example-code/package.json b/plugins/gatsby-transformer-home-example-code/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cf9625d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/gatsby-transformer-home-example-code/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+  "name": "gatsby-transformer-home-example-code",
+  "version": "0.0.1"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/pages/index.js b/src/pages/index.js
index aafab570..0df1abcb 100644
--- a/src/pages/index.js
+++ b/src/pages/index.js
@@ -20,17 +20,46 @@ import {babelURL} from 'site-constants';
 import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
 
 class Home extends Component {
+  constructor(props, context) {
+    super(props, context);
+
+    const {data} = props;
+
+    const code = data.code.edges.reduce((map, {node}) => {
+      map[node.id] = JSON.parse(node.internal.contentDigest);
+
+      return map;
+    }, {});
+
+    const examples = data.examples.edges.map(({node}) => ({
+      content: node.html,
+      id: node.fields.slug.replace(/^.+\//, '').replace('.html', ''),
+      title: node.frontmatter.title,
+    }));
+
+    const marketing = data.marketing.edges.map(({node}) => ({
+      title: node.frontmatter.title,
+      content: node.html,
+    }));
+
+    this.state = {
+      code,
+      examples,
+      marketing,
+    };
+  }
+
   componentDidMount() {
-    renderExamplePlaceholder('helloExample');
-    renderExamplePlaceholder('timerExample');
-    renderExamplePlaceholder('todoExample');
-    renderExamplePlaceholder('markdownExample');
+    const {code, examples} = this.state;
+
+    examples.forEach(({id}) => {
+      renderExamplePlaceholder(id);
+    });
 
     function mountCodeExamples() {
-      mountCodeExample('helloExample', HELLO_COMPONENT);
-      mountCodeExample('timerExample', TIMER_COMPONENT);
-      mountCodeExample('todoExample', TODO_COMPONENT);
-      mountCodeExample('markdownExample', MARKDOWN_COMPONENT);
+      examples.forEach(({id}) => {
+        mountCodeExample(id, code[id]);
+      });
     }
 
     loadScript(babelURL).then(mountCodeExamples, error => {
@@ -41,21 +70,14 @@ class Home extends Component {
   }
 
   render() {
-    const {data} = this.props;
-    const title = 'React - A JavaScript library for building user interfaces';
-    const marketingContent = data.marketing.edges.map(edge => ({
-      title: edge.node.frontmatter.title,
-      content: edge.node.html,
-    }));
-    const examplesContent = data.examples.edges.map(edge => ({
-      title: edge.node.frontmatter.title,
-      name: edge.node.frontmatter.example_name,
-      content: edge.node.html,
-    }));
+    const {examples, marketing} = this.state;
 
     return (
       <div css={{width: '100%'}}>
-        <TitleAndMetaTags title={title} ogUrl={createOgUrl('index.html')} />
+        <TitleAndMetaTags
+          title="React - A JavaScript library for building user interfaces"
+          ogUrl={createOgUrl('index.html')}
+        />
         <header
           css={{
             backgroundColor: colors.dark,
@@ -174,7 +196,7 @@ class Home extends Component {
                     whiteSpace: 'nowrap',
                   },
                 }}>
-                {marketingContent.map((column, index) => (
+                {marketing.map((column, index) => (
                   <div
                     key={index}
                     css={{
@@ -240,7 +262,7 @@ class Home extends Component {
             />
             <section css={sectionStyles}>
               <div id="examples">
-                {examplesContent.map((example, index) => (
+                {examples.map((example, index) => (
                   <div
                     key={index}
                     css={{
@@ -256,7 +278,7 @@ class Home extends Component {
                     }}>
                     <h3 css={headingStyles}>{example.title}</h3>
                     <div dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{__html: example.content}} />
-                    <div id={example.name} />
+                    <div id={example.id} />
                   </div>
                 ))}
               </div>
@@ -293,15 +315,13 @@ class Home extends Component {
 
 Home.propTypes = {
   data: PropTypes.shape({
-    marketing: PropTypes.object.isRequired,
+    code: PropTypes.object.isRequired,
     examples: PropTypes.object.isRequired,
+    marketing: PropTypes.object.isRequired,
   }).isRequired,
   location: PropTypes.object.isRequired,
 };
 
-// TODO Improve this temporarily placeholder as part of
-// converting the home page from markdown template to a Gatsby
-// page (see issue #2)
 function renderExamplePlaceholder(containerId) {
   ReactDOM.render(
     <h4>Loading code example...</h4>,
@@ -340,12 +360,25 @@ const CtaItem = ({children, primary = false}) => (
 // eslint-disable-next-line no-undef
 export const pageQuery = graphql`
   query IndexMarkdown {
-    marketing: allMarkdownRemark(
-      filter: {id: {regex: "//home/marketing//"}}
+    code: allExampleCode {
+      edges {
+        node {
+          id
+          internal {
+            contentDigest
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    examples: allMarkdownRemark(
+      filter: {id: {regex: "//home/examples//"}}
       sort: {fields: [frontmatter___order], order: ASC}
     ) {
       edges {
         node {
+          fields {
+            slug
+          }
           frontmatter {
             title
           }
@@ -353,15 +386,14 @@ export const pageQuery = graphql`
         }
       }
     }
-    examples: allMarkdownRemark(
-      filter: {id: {regex: "//home/examples//"}}
+    marketing: allMarkdownRemark(
+      filter: {id: {regex: "//home/marketing//"}}
       sort: {fields: [frontmatter___order], order: ASC}
     ) {
       edges {
         node {
           frontmatter {
             title
-            example_name
           }
           html
         }
@@ -387,157 +419,3 @@ const headingStyles = {
     marginBottom: 20,
   },
 };
-
-// TODO Move these hard-coded examples into example files and out of the template?
-// Alternately, move them into the markdown and transform them during build?
-// This could be done via a new Gatsby transform plug-in that auto-converts to runnable REPLs?
-const name = Math.random() > 0.5 ? 'John' : 'Jane';
-const HELLO_COMPONENT = `
-class HelloMessage extends React.Component {
-  render() {
-    return (
-      <div>
-        Hello {this.props.name}
-      </div>
-    );
-  }
-}
-
-ReactDOM.render(
-  <HelloMessage name="${name}" />,
-  mountNode
-);
-`.trim();
-
-const TIMER_COMPONENT = `
-class Timer extends React.Component {
-  constructor(props) {
-    super(props);
-    this.state = { seconds: 0 };
-  }
-
-  tick() {
-    this.setState(prevState => ({
-      seconds: prevState.seconds + 1
-    }));
-  }
-
-  componentDidMount() {
-    this.interval = setInterval(() => this.tick(), 1000);
-  }
-
-  componentWillUnmount() {
-    clearInterval(this.interval);
-  }
-
-  render() {
-    return (
-      <div>
-        Seconds: {this.state.seconds}
-      </div>
-    );
-  }
-}
-
-ReactDOM.render(<Timer />, mountNode);
-`.trim();
-
-var TODO_COMPONENT = `
-class TodoApp extends React.Component {
-  constructor(props) {
-    super(props);
-    this.state = { items: [], text: '' };
-    this.handleChange = this.handleChange.bind(this);
-    this.handleSubmit = this.handleSubmit.bind(this);
-  }
-
-  render() {
-    return (
-      <div>
-        <h3>TODO</h3>
-        <TodoList items={this.state.items} />
-        <form onSubmit={this.handleSubmit}>
-          <input
-            onChange={this.handleChange}
-            value={this.state.text}
-          />
-          <button>
-            Add #{this.state.items.length + 1}
-          </button>
-        </form>
-      </div>
-    );
-  }
-
-  handleChange(e) {
-    this.setState({ text: e.target.value });
-  }
-
-  handleSubmit(e) {
-    e.preventDefault();
-    if (!this.state.text.length) {
-      return;
-    }
-    const newItem = {
-      text: this.state.text,
-      id: Date.now()
-    };
-    this.setState(prevState => ({
-      items: prevState.items.concat(newItem),
-      text: ''
-    }));
-  }
-}
-
-class TodoList extends React.Component {
-  render() {
-    return (
-      <ul>
-        {this.props.items.map(item => (
-          <li key={item.id}>{item.text}</li>
-        ))}
-      </ul>
-    );
-  }
-}
-
-ReactDOM.render(<TodoApp />, mountNode);
-`.trim();
-
-var MARKDOWN_COMPONENT = `
-class MarkdownEditor extends React.Component {
-  constructor(props) {
-    super(props);
-    this.handleChange = this.handleChange.bind(this);
-    this.state = { value: 'Type some *markdown* here!' };
-  }
-
-  handleChange(e) {
-    this.setState({ value: e.target.value });
-  }
-
-  getRawMarkup() {
-    const md = new Remarkable();
-    return { __html: md.render(this.state.value) };
-  }
-
-  render() {
-    return (
-      <div className="MarkdownEditor">
-        <h3>Input</h3>
-        <textarea
-          onChange={this.handleChange}
-          defaultValue={this.state.value}
-        />
-        <h3>Output</h3>
-        <div
-          className="content"
-          dangerouslySetInnerHTML={this.getRawMarkup()}
-        />
-      </div>
-    );
-  }
-}
-
-ReactDOM.render(<MarkdownEditor />, mountNode);
-`.trim();