Strapi tutorial part 1, we will look at what we will build and set up our initial Strapi project.
👉 Learn more about Strapi: https://strapi.link/learn-more
👉 Lesson Notes: https://www.codingafterthirty.com/dashboard/strapi-5-crash-course-2025/getting-started-with-strapi-5-1
This is the only Strapi 5 tutorial you will ever need.
🚀 Strapi Course Overview – What You’ll Learn
Strapi is a powerful open-source headless CMS that allows you to fully control your content and APIs. This course is designed to help you understand how Strapi works and how to use it effectively in real-world projects.
What We’ll Cover:
- Setting up Strapi from scratch
- Creating and structuring content with collections, single types, and components
- Connecting Strapi to a frontend like Next.js or Astro
- Customizing Strapi to fit specific project needs
- Deploying and maintaining a Strapi project
Why use Strapi
Core Functionality
Strapi 5 is a headless CMS that represents content as API endpoints for front-end access, enabling non-technical users to manage website data through Dynamic Zones and blocks.
The Dynamic Pages feature empowers users to easily add new pages to the frontend by creating blocks with specific data types, facilitating the expansion of an Astro website.
Content Management
Strapi's blocks concept allows developers to create various components with specific data types, enabling flexible content management for non-technical users through the Strapi admin interface.
Dynamic Zones break down each section of a page, allowing for easy management and updates through the Strapi admin, enhancing content flexibility.
API Integration
Strapi exposes API endpoints for seamless front-end access, which is demonstrated by making a GET request to the landing page endpoint for data rendering.
User-Friendly Interface
The content manager facilitates easy website data management by creating collections of different data types, such as Global and Landing Pages, with blocks representing various content elements.
By the end of this course, you'll have a solid grasp of Strapi’s core features and how to integrate them into your workflow. Whether working on a personal project, building for clients, or scaling a larger application, this course will give you the tools you need.p