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ANT Stack - Getting Started

Prerequisites: This guide assumes that the reader has a basic understanding of HTML and HTTP, including Forms and GET and POST request methods. For a refresher on those concepts, you may check w3schools HTML and mdn HTTP Requests. Also, this guide has been used with students that already know a bit of another programming language (e.g. JavaScript or Java) so it might gloss over some of the minutia of how to program.

What is the ANT Stack?

Section titled “What is the ANT Stack?”

The ANT Stack is a modern web development stack with Astro, NGINX, and Tailwind.

  • Astro is a modern website framework that enables the seamless integration of many frontend technologies without sacrificing the speed of static websites.
  • NGINX is a HTTP server used for serving websites over the internet in production.
  • Tailwind is a flexible approach to styling websites with utility-first CSS classes.