Astro Weekly #19

Hello, Astronauts!

There is reason to celebrate this week, as Astro Weekly has surpassed 500 subscribers. 🎉 Thank you to every one of you for helping Astro Weekly reach this milestone. Here’s to the next 500!

The exciting news doesn’t end there either, as we now have an official release date for the hotly anticipated Astro Studio. Let’s dive right into it!

This week in Astro ✨

Astro Studio launch date 🚀

It’s the news we’ve all been waiting for; Astro Studio has an official launch date.

Ever since it was first announced, the Astro team has been coy about the finer details of its first hosted service, but we’re promised “something entirely new for the web ecosystem.” Thankfully, we don’t have to wait too much longer to find out.

Astro Studio launches March 12, 2024 💫

Be sure to head on over to https://studio.astro.build/ to secure your spot and be notified when Astro Studio launches.

Astro 4.4 released ⚡️

Astro Studio may only be weeks away, but the work elsewhere doesn’t stop as Astro 4.4 is now available.

This update introduces improvements to performance audits inside the Dev Toolbar, faster build times and runtime performance, and something I’m personally excited about, automatically infer dimensions of remote images.

For an in-depth look at each of these new features, check out the official Astro blog for all the details.

Astro Community 🧑‍🚀

Sell products in minutes with Astro 🛒

In the age of side hustles and solopreneurship, it’s never been easier to set up your first online store. And now you can create an e-commerce site and start selling products in minutes with the power of Astro.

Astro Snipcart is a free and open-source e-commerce Astro integration that is built on top of the Snipcart platform.

Demo store: https://astro-snipcart-playground.vercel.app/