Course · 3 Lessons · ~45 min

Build production-grade sites
the right way.

A practical course covering Astro static sites, Cloudflare Pages edge functions, Clerk auth, analytics, and a zero-friction deploy pipeline — all in a clean, maintainable monorepo.

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_middleware.js

export async function onRequest(({ request, env, next )) {
  const url = new URL(request.url);

  if (!isProtected(url.pathname)) return next();

  const token = getCookie(request, '__session');
  const valid = await verifyClerkToken(token, env);

  return valid
    ? next()
    : Response.redirect('/login');
}

What you'll learn

⚡

Zero-config static builds

Astro with MDX — fast builds, full TypeScript, no runtime surprises.

🔐

Edge auth with Clerk

JWT verification at the Cloudflare edge using native WebCrypto. No npm deps in the middleware.

🚀

One-command deploys

A single script builds and ships any zone to Cloudflare Pages with branch aliasing.

📹

Cloudflare Stream video

Embed course videos with adaptive bitrate streaming, captions, and zero egress cost.

📥

Gated downloads

PDFs, ZIPs, and reference files served through middleware-protected routes.

📊

Privacy-first analytics

Umami self-hosted analytics — GDPR compliant, no cookies, no ad tracking.

Curriculum

1 Welcome & What You'll Build VideoTranscript 8:42
2 Setting Up Your Workspace AudioTranscript2 Downloads 14:17
3 Your First Zone VideoTranscript3 Downloads 22:05

Build production-grade sites the right way.