Back to articles
πŸ“¦ I Built 3 Astro Integrations and Shipped Them to npm β€” Here's What They Do

πŸ“¦ I Built 3 Astro Integrations and Shipped Them to npm β€” Here's What They Do

via Dev.to WebdevAlvin Bellero

I've been building with Astro for a while now, and the same pain points kept showing up across projects. I got tired of patching around them and just built integrations instead. Three packages. All on npm. All open source. 🎯 What's an Astro Integration, anyway? If you've never built one, an Astro Integration is a package that hooks into Astro's build lifecycle or dev toolbar. You return a name and a hooks object, and Astro calls your callbacks at the right moments. export default function myIntegration (): AstroIntegration { return { name : ' my-integration ' , hooks : { ' astro:build:done ' : ({ pages }) => { // runs after build } } } } That's basically it. It's how @astrojs/react , Tailwind, Partytown, and most of the ecosystem slot into your config without you wiring anything up yourself. πŸ“¦ @shiftescape/astro-bundle-budget You build your site, ship it, and two weeks later someone notices a page is pulling in 400KB of JS. No warnings. No CI failure. Just a slow page and a mild sense

Continue reading on Dev.to Webdev

Opens in a new tab

Read Full Article
6 views

Related Articles