Astro Weekly #2

Greetings and a warm welcome to the second edition of Astro Weekly!

The reception to the launch issue exceeded all expectations, so a huge thank you to everyone who played a part in spreading the word.

For those just joining, why not catch up on the first issue? Now, without further ado, let's dive into this week's updates!

This week in Astro ✨

Astro @ ViteConf 2023 ⚡️

Team Astro joined the stellar lineup of speakers at ViteConf last week, participating in talks alongside other amazing projects within the Vite ecosystem.

For those who missed it live, all the talks are available for replay online!

If you’re just interested in jumping straight to the Astro goodness, I’ve got you covered with timestamps below:

• Introducing Volar, a common framework for language tooling — Erika Moreau

• Stop writing docs; Start helping — Sarah Rainsberger

• View Transitions: Fact vs. Fiction — Fred Schott

• Community Panel — w/ Sarah Rainsberger

Coffee Chat ☕️

But wait, there’s more! If four talks from ViteConf didn't fill up your watchlist for the week, Astro Co-Creator Matthew Phillips joined Jan-Niklas Wortmann of JetBrains for a live stream to discuss all things Astro 3.0.

Astro Community 🧑‍🚀

Notion + Astro 📝

Michael Jolley has published a great written breakdown of integrating a Notion database with an Astro site.

It covers everything you need to know from getting started with the Notion API to using Notion data in your Astro components.

Roll your own analytics with Astro 📊

Ever wondered how to roll your own version of Google Analytics using Astro, Vercel Edge Functions, and Neon? Of course, you have.

Paul Scanlon, Developer Advocate at Neon, is on hand to explain the whole process, with some really nice data visualisations thrown in for good measure.

Source code: https://github.com/PaulieScanlon/neon-edge-analytics-astro-sample

Have you something you’d like to share with the community? Get in touch just like Paul did on X, or drop me a line at [email protected]

Astro Showcase 🌠

Take a trip down memory lane with Yonic Corner.

This rather unique blog oozes nostalgia, with animated GIFs, table layouts, and text marquees, all while running perfectly on Internet Explorer 5.5 for Windows and Classilla for Mac OS 9. Now who said Astro was for the modern web?

Have something you’d like to showcase in the future? Let me know at [email protected] or DM me on X

Beyond the Astrosphere 🪐

What caught my eye outside of Astro this week…

• Frontend at Scale — level up your frontend architecture skills with this newsletter by Maxi Ferreira

• Wind Waker JS — Three.js meets Zelda (seriously, check this one out)

• Payload — open-source TypeScript headless CMS + app framework

That’s it for this week, folks!

Please continue to share any suggestions you may have about what you’d like to see in Astro Weekly, or if you have something you’d like to contribute for publication in the future, please drop me an email at [email protected] or reach out on X.

Have a great week, Astronauts!

– Nathan 🧑‍🚀