My First Blog Post

I wanted a dev journal, per se, to keep track of my learning and progress. There is so much material out there that I lose track of what I have done. I did not want the overhead of one more login on Blogger/WordPress with the ads and pricing structure - simple is best!

So, I looked around on Github to see if there was a way to simply host a blogging framework on Github and deploy it via Netlify and no surprise, there was!

Astro looks for .astro or .md files in the src/pages/ directory. Each page is exposed as a route based on its file name. It works with React/Vue/Svelte/Preact components.

Documenting steps for a straightforward <a href=“https://astro.build/“&gt;Astro&lt;/a> build!

What I like:

1. Component Based: It works well organizationally for content. It is straightforward and simple to organize. It is well-designed for graceful code layouts. The framework makes it easy to understand as well.
2. Easy dynamic routing: Almost effortless. Easiest way to dynamically generate pages, imagine all error and 404 errors are handled by default, out of box!
3. Uses the most common frontend frameworks: Makes migration of current website fairly quick. There is little to relearn and enables quick adaptability.
4. Solid online documentation and tutorial: I had no issues till Unit 5. It is updated. Taking about 3 hrs to cut through 5 units of the tutorial.

What I’ve accomplished

1. Installing Astro: First, I created a new <a href=“https://astro.build/“&gt;Astro&lt;/a> project and set up my online accounts.
2. Making Pages: I then learned how to make pages by creating new .astro files and placing them in the src/pages/ folder.
3. Making Blog Posts: This is my first blog post! I now have <a href=“https://astro.build/“&gt;Astro&lt;/a> pages and Markdown posts!

What’s next

I will finish the <a href=“https://docs.astro.build/en/tutorial” > Astro </a> tutorial, and then keep adding more posts.

Documented Steps:

1. Install Astro in a directory of your choice locally, select yes for Git integration <code>npm create astro@latest — —template minimal</code>
2. Run the following in terminal<br/> <code>cd blog</code><br/> <code>npm run dev</code><br/> <code>astro telemetry disable</code><br/>
3. Test website via: <code>http://localhost:4321/ </code>
4. Set up your <a href=“https://app.netlify.com/login”&gt;Netlify </a> account if you do not have one
5. Debug and fix tags not filtering and displaying properly
6. Added formatted dates to tag filtering and blog posts.