Astro Weekly #66

Astro springs into action with new animation library support, monetize Astro with just a few lines of code, Cloudflare's docs get an upgrade

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Nathan Lawson
January 19, 2025

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Hello, Astronauts.

This week, big moves in the Astro world!

Cloudflare’s docs just got a major upgrade, a new Astro adapter is making monetization easier than ever, plus smooth CSS animations made simple with Motion.

Curious how these updates can supercharge your Astro project? Keep reading! 🚀

What’s new with Astro 🗞️

Cloudflare is forecasting faster docs

Cloudflare docs receive Astro upgrade ☁️

Cloudflare has given its developer documentation a boost by migrating from Hugo to Astro, making their docs faster, easier to navigate, and more flexible.

With Astro’s Starlight theme, they’ve added better tagging, cross-referencing, and embraced a more modern, developer-friendly workflow.

For the full technical breakdown of their move to Astro, check out the Cloudflare blog.

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Astro springs into action

Animate Astro with Motion ✨

Motion now supports Astro, allowing developers to create spring animations directly in CSS. Using Motion's spring() function, you can easily define transitions in Astro by setting the spring as a CSS variable and referencing it in your styles.

This integration simplifies the process of adding dynamic animations while keeping performance efficient, with support for both server-side and client-side rendering.

Making checkouts a breeze

Polar release Astro adapter 🐻‍❄️

Polar, the rising monetization platform for developers, has launched an official adapter for Astro.

This new integration allows developers to easily sell SaaS, manage customer portals, and handle incoming payment webhooks within Astro—all with just a few lines of code.

What else I’ve been reading this week 🤓

Check out these great posts from the Astro Community ↓

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 Showcase 🤩

Check out these impressive projects built with Astro!

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That’s it for this week’s Astro updates!

Got a cool Astro project or contribution? Share it with us at [email protected] or via DM on X, and you might just be featured in a future edition.

Until next week, peace out space nerds.

– Nathan 👨‍🚀