Astro Starter Kit: Basics

npm create astro@latest -- --template basics

🧞 Commands

All commands are run from the root of the project, from a terminal:

Command	Action
npm install	Installs dependencies
npm run dev	Starts local dev server at localhost:4321
npm run build	Build your production site to ./dist/
npm run preview	Preview your build locally, before deploying
npm run astro ...	Run CLI commands like astro add, astro check
npm run astro -- --help	Get help using the Astro CLI

Architecture

• Entry point: src/pages/index.astro - Main page composing all sections
• Layout: src/layouts/Layout.astro - Base layout with Header, Background, and MetaLayout
• Components: src/components/ - Feature components (Presentation, Experience, Projects, Skills, Footer, Header, Background)
• UI Components: src/components/ui/ - Reusable components (Card, Chip, SocialPill)
• Icons: src/icons/ - Technology/brand icon components (each is an Astro component)
• Models: src/models/enums.ts - TypeScript enums for type safety
• lib: src/lib/ - Utility libraries (e.g., supabase.ts for Supabase client)

🚀 Project Structure

Inside of your Astro project, you'll see the following folders and files:

/
├── public/
│   └── favicon.svg
├── src/
│   ├── components/
│   │   └── Card.astro
│   ├── layouts/
│   │   └── Layout.astro
│   └── pages/
│       └── index.astro
└── package.json

Astro looks for .astro or .md files in the src/pages/ directory. Each page is exposed as a route based on its file name.

There's nothing special about src/components/, but that's where we like to put any Astro/React/Vue/Svelte/Preact components.

Any static assets, like images, can be placed in the public/ directory.