Astro Weekly #37

Greetings Astronauts,

Wow, can you believe it's the last day of June already? What a month it's been! In today's newsletter, we've got a roundup of everything you might have missed.

Plus, we've got some tips to help you supercharge your Astro applications with search, emails, and role-based access control.

And guess what? We've added a fun new feature to Astro Weekly—polls! Dive in to cast your vote in our very first one. We'll reveal the results next week!

This week month in Astro ☄️

What’s new in Astro - June 2024 🆕

It’s been a pretty calm week in the world of Astro, which is a nice change of pace after such a hectic month. It's the perfect time to take a breather!

The release of Astro 4.10 with experimental type-safe environment variables, custom 500 page improvements with Astro 4.11, and of course, The Future of Astro dropping three huge announcements.

It’s all covered, and more, in What’s new in Astro - June 2024.

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Adding search to static Astro sites 🔎

Ever tried finding a needle in a haystack? Well, searching for content on a large static site can feel just like that! Enter Pagefind, a fully static search library that performs well on large sites without hosting any infrastructure.

With Pagefind, you can effortlessly add a powerful search function to your Astro project, as covered by Thomas Ledoux.

Send emails with Astro and Resend 📬

Setting up email notifications for any project can be a hassle, but using Resend with the power of Astro’s hybrid rendering capabilities and Netlify simplifies it.

This guide by Netlify shows you how to set up an Astro project to send emails using Resend, including templating for reusability.

What else I’ve been reading this week 🤓

Check out these great posts from the Astro Community ↓

• 🪧 How to Make an Aside Component in Astro

• 🔑 How to Implement RBAC (Role-Based Access Control) in Astro

• 🏞️ Build your own Reverse Image Search in Astro

If you have something awesome you’d like to share with the Astro community, you can reach me at [email protected] or via DM on X

Astro on X 💫

What’s happening on Twitter X this week…

Direct link for web version:
https://x.com/LfbvrFlo/status/1806573234604675411

Astro Showcase 🤩

Check out these awesome projects from your fellow Astronauts.

Would you like your work to be featured in our Astro Showcase? Get in touch at [email protected] or DM me on X

That’s all for this week’s transmission, Astronauts.

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Have a great week!

– Nathan 🧑‍🚀