What is Astro?
How Astro revolutionized the way sites are built
Ferenc Almasi • 2023 November 22 • 
11 min readIn this tutorial, you'll learn how Astro works as a static site generator that can be used with any major JavaScript framework.
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Learn how to use Astro with our guided roadmap📚 9 lessons • 📖 1.32 hours read in total
Astro is a UI-agnostic web framework initially created as a static site generator (SSG), but now also supporting other rendering methods, such as SSR, or hybrid rendering, where most pages are static, but some are not pre-rendered.
In this roadmap, you'll learn how to build static, SEO-friendly web pages with the help of Astro. If you are new to HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, be sure to check out our other roadmaps first. If you want to explore more tutorials without a direction, you can filter for the tutorials you are interested in on our search page.
What is covered?
Learn the fundamentals- Astro vs JSX
- CSS and JavaScript in Astro
- File-based routing
- Building static pages
- Best practices
The Structure of Astro Components
How to build components in AstroFerenc Almasi • 2023 November 23 • 6 min readLearn what are the main building blocks of Astro components, and how you can create them from scratch.
Astro vs JSX — What are the Differences?
Comparing two similar syntaxFerenc Almasi • 2023 November 24 • 12 min readLearn how Astro's templating syntax compares to JSX, what are the similarities, and what are the differences.
How to Work With CSS in Astro
Learn the many ways of styling Astro componentsFerenc Almasi • 2023 November 28 • 9 min readLearn what are the possible different ways to use and style your components in Astro.
Event Listeners in Astro
Writing JavaScript in AstroFerenc Almasi • 2023 November 30 • 11 min readLearn how to write JavaScript in Astro components to make them interactive.
Dynamic Routes in Astro
Generating different pages based on server-side dataFerenc Almasi • 2024 January 16 • 9 min readLearn how to dynamically generate pages in Astro using its file-based routing system.
Introduction to Sass in Astro
How to improve CSS with preprocessorsFerenc Almasi • 2024 January 29 • 14 min readLearn why to use Sass and what it has to offer on top of CSS. We'll examine its core concepts and how to use Sass features in Astro.
Astro Best Practices
Learn how you can get the most out of Astro projectsFerenc Almasi • 2024 January 29 • 7 min readLearn how you can get the most out of Astro to improve your project's structure and SEO score.
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From start to finishCheck out our interactive course to master Astro and SEO to learn how to build websites with exceptional SEO scores that helps you rank.
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