Astro (JavaScript)

Essays and updates on product, engineering, and AI by Chase Adams.

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Astro (website: astro.build) is a JavaScript framework for building websites.

It's optimized for static generation and it strips as much JavaScript out of the site for runtime as it can.

It's highly customizable with integrations for UI frameworks such as React (JavaScript), Preact, Vue to name a few.

It also has great Markdown/MDX support, making it a great framework for developers who want a simple way to design and build a website and continue to write in Markdown formats.

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<slot /> component is effectively children from React

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