Using Astro and Netlify to build and deploy a web app
Blog post from LogRocket
This text provides a comprehensive tutorial on building a web application using Astro, a static site generator, and deploying it on Netlify, a web hosting platform. The tutorial covers the setup of an Astro project, including creating a project using the Astro CLI, selecting templates, and initializing a Git repository for deployment purposes. It also delves into building a web app featuring a country directory, demonstrating how to implement dynamic routing using Astro by fetching data from an external API and rendering it in components. The guide further explains the process of hosting the application on Netlify, detailing steps like connecting to a Git provider and deploying the site. Additionally, the text highlights LogRocket, a frontend application monitoring solution, which provides tools for error tracking and performance monitoring to enhance user experience by replaying JavaScript errors and reporting on application state during issues.