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Building Static Pages with Astro for Perfect Core Web Vitals
Gain insights into building high-performing static pages with Astro. Learn about setting up projects, optimizing performance, SEO, accessibility, and adding interactivity using Astro Islands.
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44 Lessons
20h
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- An understanding of Astro, its syntax, project structure, and configuration files
- Hands-on experience implementing file-based routing and dynamic routing in Astro
- An understanding of advanced SEO strategies and techniques for search engine rankings to enhance the visibility and discoverability of your web page
- The ability to create reusable components in Astro
- Familiarity with the concepts of interactivity and event handling in Astro
- The ability to improve your CSS skills by building responsive components
Learning Roadmap
1.
Introduction
Introduction
Get familiar with building static blogs using Astro for optimal Core Web Vitals.
2.
Getting Started with Astro
Getting Started with Astro
Look at Astro's syntax, project structure, configuration, and integration with third-party frameworks.
3.
Setting Up the Home Page
Setting Up the Home Page
12 Lessons
12 Lessons
Work your way through creating an effective and well-optimized home page with Astro.
4.
Setting Up Individual Posts
Setting Up Individual Posts
7 Lessons
7 Lessons
Apply your skills to set up dynamic routes, custom 404 pages, and implement SEO enhancements in Astro.
5.
Setting Up the Contact Page
Setting Up the Contact Page
5 Lessons
5 Lessons
Build trust with EEAT, structured contact page, author component, and interactive contact form.
6.
Building Astro
Building Astro
6 Lessons
6 Lessons
Tackle Astro build process, SEO strategies, RSS feeds, postbuild scripts, and PWAs.
7.
Conclusion
Conclusion
2 Lessons
2 Lessons
Build on Astro best practices and celebrate your completion, ready for advanced exploration.
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ABOUT THIS COURSE
Astro is a framework-agnostic, all-in-one web framework designed to create high-performing websites. Its island architecture helps create these websites.
In this interactive course, you’ll learn how to set up and build a static blog with perfect performance, SEO, and accessibility by following best practices and using Astro. You’ll also learn the differences between different rendering paradigms, such as SSR and SSG, and the differences between the MPA and SPA architectures. Additionally, you’ll learn how to work with routes and create API endpoints for data fetching, and how to add interactivity to pages with the help of Astro Islands.
By the end of this course, you’ll have a solid foundation in setting up new projects in Astro and building high-performing components with a minimal JavaScript footprint.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Ferenc Almasi
💻 Frontend dev with a passion for beautiful code • 🐦 Tweets webtips on twitter • ✍️ Writes on webtips.dev
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