Community Call Agenda: 2024-04-09

# Community Call Agenda: 2024-04-09   Welcome! ## How to keep on top of events - [Astro Community Google Calendar](https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=c_g6re3u5gkl0mug3ktn1dibqhfk%40group.calendar.google.com) - never miss an event! - opt in to `@notify-events` (and/or `-updates` for releases, `-announcements` for general announcements) - Also all calendar entries available in the Discord Events sidebar. Click "interested" to be notified on a per-event basis. ## Core Update - Matthew or Ben    - Quick recap of 4.5 with help of Blog post which was published during launch week - 4.6 is coming up - First release since launch week (4 weeks already!) - Toolbar positionning is coming (bottom left / center / right) - Adds a data attribute to pre elements on the Code component - Adds options when deleting cookies - i18n manual routing: pretty big feature. makes it more customizable by letting you handle routing yourself - starlight supporting core i18n soon - csrf protection support being worked on - upgrade minimum node version following a policy version update (will solve a few sharp issues) - Ben talked about roadmap proccess and showed his form action discussion ### The Astro Technology Company news (Someone give an intro re: difference between Astro open source project TATC -- Sarah has written on Discord about this publicly a few times) https://twitter.com/matthewcp/status/1777395439605620810 BEN: Can we share your promotion, too??? **(CWO???)** ### Helpful Core Links [Astro CHANGELOG](https://github.com/withastro/astro/blob/refs/heads/main/packages/astro/CHANGELOG.md) - see the latest version and what's new [Next "Milestone"](https://github.com/withastro/astro/milestones/) - see what we expect to release in the next minor version [Roadmap](https://github.com/withastro/roadmap/discussions/) where you can find and participate in RFC Discussions ### Bens Cloudflare demo - Explains the runtime feature of adapter v10 - Build a Soundboard - https://github.com/withastro/roadmap/discussions/871 - `simple-form` - https://github.com/bholmesdev/womp-with-studio ## Starlight Update ### Releases #### 0.21.4 - Support for custom titles in nested asides - Fixed a bug passing translations to Expressive Code #### 0.21.5 (today) - Fixes translations for single-language sites using a locale prefix - Fixes an accessibility bug in the `<Tabs>` component - Fixes some TypeScript errors - Adds an icon for the Apple Pkl file format ### Support for hybrid builds is coming - https://github.com/expressive-code/expressive-code/pull/187 - https://github.com/withastro/starlight/pull/1720 ### Starlight Links [Starlight](https://starlight.astro.build) [Starlight CHANGELOG](https://github.com/withastro/starlight/blob/main/packages/starlight/CHANGELOG.md) ## Talking & Doc'ing (every Thursday, 8 a.m. ET) On last week's Talking & Doc'ing we . . .  https://m.webtoo.ls/@astrodocs/112235457237278697 ### Docs Links [Follow @astrodocs on the Fediverse](https://m.webtoo.ls/@astrodocs/) Learn how to contribute at [Astro Docs Docs (AD²) ](https://contribute.docs.astro.build) ## Maintainer/Guests (Demos, interviews, announcements) ### Enabling View Transitions for a Starlight Site :handbag: :sparkles: (Martin) Have you ever wished your Starlight website had a little more SPA-like look and feel? The Bag of Tricks for Astro's View Transitions includes support for enabling view transitions when navigating through Starlight pages! http://events-3bg.pages.dev/jotter/starlight/ - animations! - sounds! ### Astro Integration Kit (Florian) - What's new since last time (a billion breaking changes): [changelog](https://github.com/florian-lefebvre/astro-integration-kit/blob/main/package/CHANGELOG.md#070) - Interested in live coding? And what? - What's next - `defineIntegration` being migrated to `astro` / `@astrojs/kit` - Write tests and guides ### Astro When & other inox-tools updates (Luiz) - https://inox-tools.vercel.app/astro-when - Demo time - How does it fit in Astro: - [Skipping middleware on static/prerendered routes](https://github.com/withastro/roadmap/discussions/867) - [Middleware on request-time for prerendered routes](https://github.com/withastro/roadmap/discussions/869)  ### Astro Theme Provider (Bryce) - [Introduction](https://github.com/BryceRussell/astro-theme-provider) - Quick demo (< 5min) - Announce as part of Astrolicious / Call for help ### Inter-integration API proposal (Luiz) - [The Proposal](https://github.com/withastro/roadmap/discussions/884) ### Astro Conf Check out the Discord thread where we're asking for your feedback on what Astro Conf could/should look like! There are 3 questions for you to answer, including: If Astro conf did _____ I would absolutely cancel any existing plans to make sure I watched! Give us some creative fill in the blanks there! Thread link: https://discord.com/channels/830184174198718474/1204452872666882069 ## Community Showcase Content (Alex)   ### Blogs/Articles/Videos etc.  - 📄 [Astro DB: Migrating my analytics data from Vercel Postgres](https://www.thomasledoux.be/blog/astro-db-migrating-analytics-postgres) by @tledoux - 📄 [The View Transitions API](https://frontendmasters.com/blog/the-view-transition-api/) by @cassidoo - 📄 [Astro + PhotoSwipe](https://dev.to/petrovicz/astro-photoswipe-549a) by @Petrovicz - 📄 [Fetching Latest YouTube Videos with RSS](https://techsquidtv.com/blog/astro-fetching-youtube-videos-with-rss/) by ? - 📄 [Thoughtworks 2024 Technology Rader](https://www.thoughtworks.com/radar/languages-and-frameworks/summary/astro) by thoughtworks - 📄 [How to use Astro-Font](https://banneryear.notion.site/How-to-Use-Astro-Font-to-Optimize-Local-Font-Loading-in-Astro-and-Tailwind-Projects-d5ddc5f4e13e4182b81208f81a0c61ff) by ? - 📄 [Step-by-step guide to a custom newsletter form with Astro, React, and ConvertKit](https://www.robcipolla.co.uk/blog/step-by-step-guide-to-building-a-custom-newsletter-subscription-form-with-astro-react-and-convertkit) by @robcipolla - 📄 [Django to Astro: Migrating a Django Portfolio to Astro.js](https://blogthedata.com/post/migrating-portfolio-from-django-to-astro-js/) by @jsolly - 📄 [How to create a Tab component with Tailwind CSS and AlpineJS](https://lexingtonthemes.com/tutorials/how-to-create-a-tab-component-with-tailwind-css-and-alpinejs/) by @mike_andreuzza - 📄 [How to create a Theme toggle with Tailwind CSS and AlpineJS](https://lexingtonthemes.com/tutorials/how-to-create-a-theme-toggle-with-tailwind-css-and-alpine-js/) by @mike_andreuzza - 📄 [How to deploy Astro to AWS Elastic Beanstalk](https://www.launchfa.st/blog/deploy-astro-aws-elastic-beanstalk) by @rishirajjain ### Tips and Tools  - https://github.com/hkbertoson/astro-turnstile by @chaosbite - a simple way to add a turnstile to your Astro site ### Templates/Themes  - https://astro.build/themes/details/agency02/ by @alpeshnakrani ### Personal/Professional/Project Sites  { url: 'https://www.siddharth.codes', title: '@siddharthsuresh'}, { url: 'https://e-csoport.hu/', title: '@petrovicz'}, { url: 'https://vrtuedigital.com/', title: '@nenadvr'}, { url: 'https://teneightstudios.net/', title: '@hallux'}, { url: 'https://space.rolandfranke.nl/' title: '@rol4nd909'}, { url: 'https://www.sweenystudio.com/', title: '@mac.dev'}, { url: 'https://www.sobstvennoai.dev/', title: '@soslan117'}, { url: 'https://sbirb.netlify.app/', title: '@sarah11918'}, { url: 'https://shankarux.com/', title: '@shankarux'}, { url: 'https://portfolio.quinck.io/', title: '@samuvello'}, { url: 'https://vanitysuds.com/', title: '@e92jonah'}, { url: 'https://textquery.app/tools/visualize/', title: '@ShubhamJain'}, { url: 'https://lets-play-alpha.netlify.app/', title: '@ryanjames1729'}, { url: 'https://www.launchfa.st/free-tools/markdown-live-preview-generator', title: '@rishirajjain'}, { url: 'https://deno.re/', title: '@boywithkeyboard'}, { url: 'https://faith.tools/', title: '@cameronpak'}, ### Starlight in the wild  { url: 'https://docs.fontawesome.com/', title: 'Fontawesome'}, { url: 'https://schematics.pbuilder.dev/frameworks/astro/', title: 'Schematic Docs'}, { url: 'https://schalkneethling.github.io/html-comprehensive-guide/', title: '@schalkneethling'},  ***Want to be on this list next month? Post your Astro websites, projects, apps, tools, blog posts, demos, and videos in our `#showcase` channel!*** -----