--- title: Getting Started With Astro With Ben Holmes | daily.dev description: Ben Holmes from Astro joined a live stream to discuss building content-driven websites using Astro JS, a framework ideal for marketing blogs, e-commerce sites,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/qzotczajz twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Getting Started With Astro With Ben Holmes | daily.dev og:description: Ben Holmes from Astro joined a live stream to discuss building content-driven websites using Astro JS, a framework ideal for marketing blogs, e-commerce sites,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/qzotczajz og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/QzotCZaJZ.png og:image:alt: Post cover image og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Getting Started With Astro With Ben Holmes **[Headless CMS & eCommerce](https://daily.dev/sources/headless)** · [@olegproskurin](https://daily.dev/olegproskurin) · 17 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary Ben Holmes from Astro joined a live stream to discuss building content-driven websites using Astro JS, a framework ideal for marketing blogs, e-commerce sites, and personal portfolios. Key topics include getting started with Astro, using content collections, server-side scripting, component-based layouts, experimental features for dynamic functionalities, and integrating Astro with Strapi for seamless content fetching and rendering. A live demo and a sneak peek at an upcoming loaders feature were also featured. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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