Astro Weekly #61

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Greetings, Astronauts.

Welcome to the final regular edition of Astro Weekly of 2024. Read on to see what’s in store over the holiday season.

To close out the year, we’ve got news on an exciting new partnership between Astro and Google, a guide on building a commenting system with Astro’s latest features, plus the thoughts of one of the developer community’s most prominent voices on why they’re feeling hyped about the release of Astro 5.0.

Let’s dive in! 🚀

What’s new with Astro 🗞️

Astro announce Google IDX partnership 🤝

Astro has announced Google IDX as their official online editor partner, offering developers a seamless way to build Astro projects directly in the browser.

Powered by Visual Studio Code and Google Cloud, IDX provides a fast, collaborative development environment without the need for local setup.

Preview Astro starter templates with one click 💫

To kick off the partnership, Astro has refreshed the experience on astro.new, allowing developers to start projects faster. You can now browse previews of Astro’s official starter templates and launch them in your browser with one click.

Additionally, IDX will sponsor $10,000 per month for the ongoing open-source maintenance and development of Astro, ensuring long-term support and benefiting the entire community.

For further details, check out the official announcement blog post.

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Theo reacts to Astro 5.0 🤯

Prominent developer and content creator Theo Browne (aka t3.gg) recently shared his thoughts on the release of Astro 5.0, noting that Astro has “stolen” some of his favorite Next.js features—and he’s here for it.

Theo expressed his excitement for new features such as the Content Layer and Server Islands, reinforcing Astro’s growing appeal inside the developer community.

Build a comments system with Astro DB 💬

In this tutorial, Jamie Barton walks through building a simple yet powerful commenting system using Astro’s latest features.

You’ll learn how to leverage Astro Actions for form handling and Server Islands to progressively enhance interactivity, and host Astro DB with libSQL on Turso.

What else I’ve been reading this week 🤓

Check out these great posts from the Astro Community ↓

• 🎤 Is Astro the ultimate front-end framework? [VIDEO]

• 🌟 Multi-framework docs with Astro Starlight

• 💬 Why I switched my website from Next.js to 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

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Astro on X 💫

What’s happening on Twitter X this week…

Direct link for web version:
https://x.com/marxallski/status/1864701305027219779

Astro Showcase 🤩

Check out these impressive projects built with Astro!

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

And that’s a wrap for both this week—and 2024!

I’ll be back with your regular news update on January 12, 2025.

In the meantime, keep an eye on your inbox each Sunday for special editions of Astro Weekly, starting with a roundup of the best Astro websites of 2024 next week.

Until then, ‘tis the season for side projects.

– Nathan 👨‍🚀