Building Reusable Astro Components

Building reusable components for an application is essential to keep different parts of the application well separated and easily maintainable. They refer to components that can be reused throughout different pages in the codebase. It helps with keeping the code free of redundancy and makes it easier to make adjustments in the future and update code in only one place.

For example, if we need to modify a menu in a header, we’ll only need to do it in one component, as opposed to updating it on every page. In this lesson, we’ll take a look at how to build the Header and Footer components in Astro.

Create the Header component

For the Header component, we’re going to display a logo along with three navigation items—one link for each static page. They will be displayed as flex items.