Astro is the open-source content-first web framework launched in 2021 by Fred K. Schott and team that pioneered islands architecture, the pattern of shipping mostly-static HTML with selective hydration of interactive components only where dynamic...
Tag: Islands Architecture
Islands architecture is the frontend pattern that ships mostly-static HTML with selective hydration of interactive components (‘islands’) only where dynamic behavior is actually needed. Pioneered by Astro and adopted by other frameworks (Marko, Eleventy with Is-Land, others), the pattern dramatically reduces JavaScript shipping for content-heavy sites. Articles cover the architectural pattern and the frameworks that implement it.
