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Re: Astro: Ship Less JavaScript

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Post by exacube »

fks wrote: post #2

:wave: Hey everyone, one of the Astro creators here! Happy to talk Astro or answer any questions you have about what we're building. Our README has a bunch more info that we couldn't fit into the release post: https://github.com/snowpackjs/astro

Thanks for all the hard work and open sourcing it!

Are there benchmarks/numbers for how Astro improves page load / page download size for a relatively complicated web app? I wasn't able to find it on the website or the README.

Re: Astro: Ship Less JavaScript

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Post by jacobsimon »

fks wrote: post #2

:wave: Hey everyone, one of the Astro creators here! Happy to talk Astro or answer any questions you have about what we're building. Our README has a bunch more info that we couldn't fit into the release post: https://github.com/snowpackjs/astro

Hey! Do you have any live demos or real(ish) apps made with Astro that we could check out?

Re: Astro: Ship Less JavaScript

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Post by qbasic_forever »

fks wrote: post #2

:wave: Hey everyone, one of the Astro creators here! Happy to talk Astro or answer any questions you have about what we're building. Our README has a bunch more info that we couldn't fit into the release post: https://github.com/snowpackjs/astro

How well do web components fit into astro pages? Do you get the same kind of partial hydration/load on first view semantics with them as it looks like you can do with React/Vue/Svelte components?

Re: Astro: Ship Less JavaScript

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Post by zanethomas »

fks wrote: post #2

:wave: Hey everyone, one of the Astro creators here! Happy to talk Astro or answer any questions you have about what we're building. Our README has a bunch more info that we couldn't fit into the release post: https://github.com/snowpackjs/astro

very interesting, i'm going to try it out with a vue project soon

Re: Astro: Ship Less JavaScript

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Post by superjan »

fks wrote: post #2

:wave: Hey everyone, one of the Astro creators here! Happy to talk Astro or answer any questions you have about what we're building. Our README has a bunch more info that we couldn't fit into the release post: https://github.com/snowpackjs/astro

Hi, looks like a great development for developers and users alike. But I am curious how you intend to make money from this. Or is this a not for profit initiative?

Re: Astro: Ship Less JavaScript

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Post by whelming_wave »

fks wrote: post #2

:wave: Hey everyone, one of the Astro creators here! Happy to talk Astro or answer any questions you have about what we're building. Our README has a bunch more info that we couldn't fit into the release post: https://github.com/snowpackjs/astro

How does this compare to Elder.js[1] which released a little while ago? You seem to have similar goals - mostly static site with small amounts of interactivity, minimum JS to achieve that - but Astro supports multiple frameworks, while Elder.js is restricted to Svelte. Are there any other big differences?

[1]: https://elderguide.com/tech/elderjs/

Re: Astro: Ship Less JavaScript

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Post by fks »

exacube wrote: post #3
fks wrote: post #2

:wave: Hey everyone, one of the Astro creators here! Happy to talk Astro or answer any questions you have about what we're building. Our README has a bunch more info that we couldn't fit into the release post: https://github.com/snowpackjs/astro

Thanks for all the hard work and open sourcing it! Are there benchmarks/numbers for how Astro improves page load / page download size for a relatively complicated web app? I wasn't able to find it on the website or the README.

No benchmarks yet, but I'll look into adding some. In the meantime there are a few sites in the wild already built with Astro that you can check out:

- https://www.snowpack.dev/

- https://divriots.com/

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