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Thinking in Astro, Coming from React

Astro sites allow you to use React, but they aren’t React, themselves. Understanding the differences between React and Astro can help you get started more quickly, so here are some thoughts on how to think like an Astro-naut!

Getting started with React components in Astro

Yes, you can write and render your React components in your Astro page. But remember, Astro isn’t React, and you might be getting error messages when you totally know your React component should work. It’s not complicated to establish the Astro-React relationship, but you might not be used to doing these things…

Astro is a learner's paradise!

One of Astro’s selling points has been that you can bring your own mix-and-match components… but I didn’t really get the power of that as a learner until just now, listening to Fred K. Schott interviewed on devtools.fm

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