Astro Weekly #42

Server Islands vs React, Astro 4.13 released, Bun adapter for Astro, exploring actions and request rewriting in Astro

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Nathan Lawson
August 04, 2024

Greetings, Astronauts!

In today’s newsletter, we’ve got details on the latest Astro release, a comparison of Server Islands vs. full-page hydration, a new adapter for deploying your Astro projects, plus our usual Astro Showcase and more.

Let’s take a look!

This week in Astro ☄️

No hiding place for slow pages

Astro 4.13 released ⚡️

Astro 4.13 introduces several key updates, including the stabilization of experimental features like request rewriting and content collections JSON schemas.

The release also enhances logging, making it easier to identify build process bottlenecks by shaming highlighting slower pages in red.

Additionally, the update includes various bug fixes and minor improvements. For full details, check out the Astro 4.13 release notes.

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Because full-page hydration is so last season

Astro Server Islands vs React 🏝️

Server Islands, rolled out in Astro 4.12, are the latest experimental feature that web developers are excitedly exploring. Think of it as a beach vacation for your website’s performance—less JavaScript baggage and more efficiency.

Richard McManus dives into how Server Islands stack up against traditional React frameworks, revealing that Astro’s method might just be the upgrade you didn't know you needed.

Astro has a bun in the oven ⏲️

Bun adapter for Astro 🥖

Bun is a modern JavaScript runtime and toolkit that offers fast execution for JavaScript and TypeScript, with built-in features like a package manager and a bundler, but it lacks an official Astro adapter.

So, with some free time over a weekend, Ben Dixon took matters into his own hands and whipped up a Bun adapter for Astro.

What else I’ve been reading this week 🤓

Check out these great posts/videos from the Astro Community ↓

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And that’s a wrap for another week in Astro.

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Until next time, Astronauts.

– Nathan 🧑‍🚀