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PROJECT
Build a Blog Website with Astro, Hygraph, and GraphQL
In this project, we’ll learn how to create a blog website using the Astro framework to display the posts, Hygraph CMS to host the content, and GraphQL to query the content and display it.
You will learn to:
Practice static site generation with Astro.
Use Astro pages and components for routing and reusable code.
Use dynamic routing in a modern JavaScript framework.
Fetch data using GraphQL in Astro.
Skills
Web Development
Web Frameworks
MVC Architecture
Prerequisites
Basic understanding of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
Intermediate knowledge of JavaScript
Familiarity with GraphQL principles
Basic knowledge of the GraphQL-based content management system
Technologies
HTML
GraphQL
JavaScript
Project Description
Astro is an emerging beginner-friendly JavaScript framework that allows us to create content-based websites like blogs and documentation websites. Combining Astro with an API tool like GraphQL and a CMS like Hygraph can help us build a scalable and easy-to-maintain blog site.
In this project, we’ll use Astro, Hygraph, and GraphQL to build a powerful, SEO-optimized blog. The content will be sourced from Hygraph CMS, and we’ll use GraphQL to query the content and display it on our blog. We’ll use Marked and Highlight.js to highlight the code snippets in our blog posts and Astro Sitemaps to generate sitemaps for our blog for better optimization.
The final version of the blog will contain posts and their text, syntax highlighting for code snippets, and a Hygraph account where we can manage our existing blog posts and create new ones.
Project Tasks
1
Introduction
Task 0: Get Started
2
Layouts, Pages, and Components in Astro
Task 1: Create the Astro Layout File
Task 2: Create the Header and Footer Components
Task 3: Add the Layout Component to the Page Files
3
Managing Content with Hygraph
Task 4: Add a Project on Hygraph
Task 5: Create a Schema on Hygraph
Task 6: Create Fields for Post, Author, and Tag Models
Task 7: Reference the Author and Tag for the Post Model
Task 8: Create Content for the Models
Task 9: Add Permissions for the Hygraph Content API
4
Displaying Posts with the Hygrah GraphQL API
Task 10: Create the Hygraph Content API Environment Variable
Task 11: Fetch Posts from Hygraph
Task 12: Display the Recent Posts on the Home Page
Task 13: Display All Posts on the Blog Page
5
Implementing Dynamic Routing, Syntax Highlighting, and Pagination
Task 14: Statically Generate Each Post Content
Task 15: Display Tags and Tags Posts with Tags Schema
Task 16: Add Syntax Highlighting
Congratulations!
Relevant Courses
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