Astro presentation

Last updated on September 01 2022

Astro - exciting web framework

`npm create astro@latest`

June 08, 2021 - alpha release.
April 04, 2022 - v1 beta release.
August 09, 2022 - v1 release.

Ships no javascript by default

It’s not a SPA, every page is rendered on web server. Pure HTML pages are super fast and SEO friendly.

Easy to learn

Uses javascript/typescript for server side code.
Templates language is very html-like, and jsx-like too.
Has its server side components, supports props concept.
Built-in scoped css support.
Files system based routing.

Open framework

Astro is very open web framework, it supports several integrations, such as

React, Vue, Svelte components.
Tailwind css (e.g. npx astro add tailwind).
Images handler.
And few more.

Supports “Islands” web architecture

Controls how much and when javascript is shipped to the client.
Controls when to run javascript.

Built-in markdown support

Supports syntax highlighting. It can work well as a blog or documentation site.