Is Astro ready for your blog?

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Webpack

Comparison: Eleventy has no built-in asset pipeline, so crafting one is pretty much left to the user. Gatsby and Next.js process assets by building in the venerable webpack bundler, thus taking on all the advantages and disadvantages thereof. Hugo has its own asset pipeline, Hugo Pipes.

#Web Application Bundler #JS Build Tools #Module Bundler 219 social mentions

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Vite

Astro began life with Snowpack as its asset pipeline, which makes perfect sense given that the two projects came originally from the same development team. However, the developers soon reached the decision that Astro would be a better product if it used the impressive Vite package, instead. While the resulting switchover was a breaking change with a capital BC when it occurred, the capabilities it unlocked have proven the exceptional wisdom of this choice.

#Software Development #Web Frameworks #Developer Tools 373 social mentions

3

Tailwind CSS

Astro has no built-in support for Sass1 or Tailwind CSS, but accepts the usual packages to provide either. You can, of course, use vanilla CSS with no add-ons whatsoever.

#Developer Tools #Design Tools #Website Design 864 social mentions

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Sass

Astro has no built-in support for Sass1 or Tailwind CSS, but accepts the usual packages to provide either. You can, of course, use vanilla CSS with no add-ons whatsoever.

#Developer Tools #Design Tools #Javascript UI Libraries 131 social mentions

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Next.js

Remember that Astro is still in beta, although the Astro team announced earlier this month that they plan for version 1.0 to go to general availability in June. For each item, I’ll assess Astro’s associated compliance or performance vs. That of a few other platforms I’ve used: in alphabetical order, Eleventy, Gatsby, Hugo, and Next.js.

#Developer Tools #Web Frameworks #JavaScript Framework 919 social mentions

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GraphQL

Comparison: There are similar ways to do this with Eleventy, Gatsby, Hugo, and Next.js. While I would argue that it’s somewhat easier with Astro than with the others (Next.js’s data-fetching methods and related code are the most similar to Astro’s), that’s really subjective—with one notable exception. Gatsby’s use of GraphQL makes its data-fetching powers impressive but overly complex to use, and its dependence on GraphQL for so many capabilities reminds me of the old saw that "if all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.".

#Developer Tools #Web Frameworks #JavaScript Framework 223 social mentions

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Hugo

Remember that Astro is still in beta, although the Astro team announced earlier this month that they plan for version 1.0 to go to general availability in June. For each item, I’ll assess Astro’s associated compliance or performance vs. That of a few other platforms I’ve used: in alphabetical order, Eleventy, Gatsby, Hugo, and Next.js.

#Static Site Generators #Blogging #Blogging Platform 353 social mentions

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GatsbyJS

Remember that Astro is still in beta, although the Astro team announced earlier this month that they plan for version 1.0 to go to general availability in June. For each item, I’ll assess Astro’s associated compliance or performance vs. That of a few other platforms I’ve used: in alphabetical order, Eleventy, Gatsby, Hugo, and Next.js.

#CMS #Blogging #Blogging Platform 14 social mentions

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Markdown by DaringFireball

SSG-based blogs almost always have you add content mainly through use of Markdown, so how a platform handles that is particularly important. Astro incorporates both the well-known Remark Markdown parser and rehype tool, and uses plugins from both. Some Remark plugins aren’t compatible with the latest version but, often, a rehype plugin can make up for that. Be sure to check for your specific use case. Also, notably, Astro allows you to put components in the Markdown (I’ll get to components further down). For example, if you’ve already imported an ImageBox.astro component as ImageBox, you could have Markdown like this:.

#Markdown Editor #Text Editors #Office & Productivity 79 social mentions

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Eleventy

Remember that Astro is still in beta, although the Astro team announced earlier this month that they plan for version 1.0 to go to general availability in June. For each item, I’ll assess Astro’s associated compliance or performance vs. That of a few other platforms I’ve used: in alphabetical order, Eleventy, Gatsby, Hugo, and Next.js.

#Blogging #Static Site Generators #CMS 35 social mentions