Unleashing the Power of Astro

Chapter 4: Getting Started with Content Collections and View Transitions in Astro

In this chapter, we’ll take a look at content collections and view transitions.

One of the notable additions in Astro version 2 was the introduction of content collections. This feature proves particularly valuable when working with .md or .mdx files. Content collections empower us to effectively manage our content while also enabling data validation and TypeScript type safety for all the content within an Astro project.

Since Astro version 3, and with added features in version 4, view transitions are also part of Astro. In fact, Astro was the first framework to implement this new web feature. View transitions serve as a user navigation aid: they enable the seamless ...