Astro Weekly #52

Astro 4.16 released, support for concurrent builds inside Astro, build a blog post preview feature with Strapi's Draft and Publish system

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Nathan Lawson
October 13, 2024

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Hello, Astronauts.

This week, we’ve got the details on the latest Astro release which includes support for concurrent builds, how to build a blog post preview feature using Strapi’s Draft and Publish system, plus a guide on implementing a view counter with Astro Server Islands and Astro Actions.

Buckle up, it’s time for another week in Astro.

What’s new with Astro 🗞️

Astro 4.16

Astro 4.16 released ⚡️

Astro 4.16 introduces a new build.concurrency option for controlling parallel page builds, although Astro urges caution when using this new feature.

It’s advisable to keep the default setting unless you’ve tried other optimization techniques, such as caching or task batching. Increasing this value can lead to slower performance due to memory constraints and the single-threaded nature of JavaScript.

For full details on everything shipping in Astro 4.16, check out the release notes.

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Preview like a pro

Build a blog post preview with Strapi and Astro

Looking to enhance your blog workflow? Check out this tutorial on building a blog post preview feature using Strapi’s Draft and Publish system alongside Astro.

Learn how to preview unpublished content with ease, combining Strapi’s powerful headless CMS and Astro’s blazing-fast static site generation.

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Build a view counter with Astro Server Islands and Actions ➕

Thomas Ledoux explains how to use Astro’s Server Islands and Actions to create a view counter for blog posts.

Thomas details implementing the view counter by tracking page views, validating inputs, and using server-side code efficiently, showcasing the advantages of type-safety and simplification of complex setups with Astro’s new features.

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That’s a wrap for this week inside the Astroverse.

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Stay safe out there, Astronauts!

– Nathan 🧑‍🚀