Getting Started With Astro With Ben Holmes

In a recent live stream, Ben Holmes from Astro discussed building content-driven websites with Astro JS. The session covered new features in Astro, including forward-looking functionalities and content collections for managing and organizing site content. A live demo showcased starting projects, server-side scripting, and component-based layouts. Additionally, experimental actions for handling dynamic functionalities like forms and buttons were discussed. Integration with Strapi, a popular headless CMS, was also covered. Lastly, an upcoming feature called loaders was previewed, which aims to simplify fetching and caching content from external sources. A crash course on Astro is available for newcomers, along with a tutorial series on integrating Astro with Strapi.