Uploaded October 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Tired of modern web frameworks with way too much JavaScript? Try Astro, a static site generator without all the JavaScript. Build components in React, Vue, and Svelte, but only load in the JavaScript that's absolutely necessary. Remember when the internet used to be fast? With Astro, you get the nice developer experience without making life miserable for your users on slower connections.
Astro docs: https://docs.astro.build/
0:00 What's different about Astro?
4:17 Installing Astro
5:21 Astro components
8:49 Adding client-side JavaScript
12:22 Creating a basic blog
14:55 Further reading
15:08 Is Astro overkill?
Tired of modern web frameworks with way too much JavaScript? Try Astro, a static site generator without all the JavaScript. Build components in React, Vue, and Svelte, but only load in the JavaScript that's absolutely necessary. Remember when the internet used to be fast? With Astro, you get the nice developer experience without making life miserable for your users on slower connections.
Astro docs: https://docs.astro.build/
0:00 What's different about Astro?
4:17 Installing Astro
5:21 Astro components
8:49 Adding client-side JavaScript
12:22 Creating a basic blog
14:55 Further reading
15:08 Is Astro overkill?
