It's the 6th edition of the Astro monthly newsletter! Strap in for some exciting updates about Astro, Starlight, and a recap of everything you might have missed from the last month including a brand new feature for managing environment variables in Astro!
Notable Releases
Astro 4.11 & 4.10 are both out now! Astro 4.11 introduces astro:env (experimental) to help you manage your environment variables with type safety and validation built-in.
Starlight 0.24 — Adds support for Astro’s built-in i18n routing and a brand new Badge component!
PS: 🎂 Happy Birthday, Starlight!
Community Updates
Last month we welcomed @florian-lefebvre to the project as our newest Astro core maintainer! Welcome to the team, Florian!
We also awarded over $1,000 of our OSS sponsorship funds to standout community contributors who went above and beyond this month: @LorenzoLewis, @SzymonChmal, @sasoria, and @Arknoodle.
The Top 10
Here’s what caught our attention this month around the internet:
📊 #1 most adopted… #1 in developer retention… #1 in developer interest… See how Astro stacked up in the State of JS 2023 developer survey!
[Article] Live Preview for Storyblok’s Astro Integration with live preview support for Storyblok’s Visual Editor! Benefit from real-time, instantaneous feedback reflecting changes as you build with Astro!
[Video] Did Astro fix environment variables? See @notrab in action using the new astro:env feature for configuring API keys for Stripe.
[Article] If you build an Astro theme, integration, or tool, you might be interested in learning why Astrolicious might be a community for you, or your project!
[Tutorial] Strapi released a 3-part Astro & Strapi Website tutorial and Video crash course on YouTube. Stay tuned for more details: our own @bholmesdev will stream live with Strapi developers Tuesday July 16th at 10 am CST.
[Video] The problem with server actions by @bholmesdev
[Video] Astro Starlight and emoji-blast with Chris Swithinbank by @JoshuaKGoldberg
[Video] My First Impressions (to Future of Astro) by @CodinginPublic
[Video] Adding a Guestbook to my Websites by @nebojsa_cookie_duster
[Video] Icons made easy with Astro Icon by @notrab
[Bonus Article!] Using React Query with Astro: A Step-by-Step Guide by @mihos8146
Theme of the Month - StarFunnel
See more new themes and templates →
Astro in the Wild: Domaine
See more new websites built with Astro →
That’s a wrap! 👋
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