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title: Community Call - 30-01-24
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# Community Call

## Repos

*We noticed that the more people speak, the more fun the calls get, so try to include a lot of people*

### Astro Core

#### Latest version(s): `4.2`

Read [the latest blogpost](https://astro.build/blog/astro-420/)

[Astro CHANGELOG](https://github.com/withastro/astro/blob/refs/heads/main/packages/astro/CHANGELOG.md)

We're looking for your help! https://github.com/withastro/astro/issues/9873

### Starlight

Two new versions since the last community calls: [`v0.17.0`](https://github.com/withastro/starlight/releases/tag/%40astrojs%2Fstarlight%400.17.0) and [`v0.17.1`](https://github.com/withastro/starlight/releases/tag/%40astrojs%2Fstarlight%400.17.1).

- [New `disable404Route` config option](https://github.com/withastro/starlight/pull/1389) by Connor 
- [Fix rare `font-family` issue](https://github.com/withastro/starlight/pull/1420) by Abdelhalim
- [Fix Pagefind search result links when using `trailingSlash: 'never'`](https://github.com/withastro/starlight/pull/1365/files) by @kevinzunigacuellar 
- [New Expressive Code `<Code/>` component](https://github.com/withastro/starlight/pull/1395) and [improved support for `ec.config.mjs` configuration files](https://github.com/withastro/starlight/pull/1437) by @hippotastic

*Potential Hippo demo of the new `<Code/>` component*

## Around the Community

### Talking & Doc'ing

On last week's Talking & Doc'ing, we set out to tackle some docs file/URL structure organization! Filepaths, and internal links, and redirects... Oh my! We all jumped into a shared Gitpod workspace of the docs repo to do some tidying, saw some "hidden pages" that we haven't yet had the heart to delete, and got a sneak peek at the new Community Resources docs section which is now live!

- https://docs.astro.build/en/community-resources/content/
- https://docs.astro.build/en/community-resources/talks/

You can always find Talking and Doc'ing in the Discord Events, or on the [Astro community calendar](https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=c_g6re3u5gkl0mug3ktn1dibqhfk%40group.calendar.google.com). We never know what we'll be doing week-to-week, so you'll just have to show up to find out! 

**And if you're on the Fediverse, you can follow the [Astro Docs Mastodon account](https://m.webtoo.ls/@astrodocs/111834060827125926) for fun and frolic!**

### Even more Talking about Docs!

Join Sarah for ["Effective Documentation in Open Source Projects" live on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abw7-BfApMk) this Friday!

This is a presentation/workshop as part of the [Distribute Aid Open Source Explorers program](https://distributeaid.org/tech/oss-explorers/): a 3-month introduction to open source so that developers, designers, writers, translators, and people who can contribute to other areas (e.g. accessibility, security etc.) can learn about open-source and how to effectively (and helpfully!) contribute to humanitarian and philanthropic projects and causes.

Sarah received permission for our community to also watch (so be on your best behaviour! Sarah vouched for you!) and in turn, the Explorers will also be joining Talking and Doc'ing the following week.

Sign up for the Discord event to be reminded, or add the calendar event to your own calendar!

### Newsletter is live!

 - https://astro.build/
 - https://astro.build/newsletter/signup

### Video/content

- 📄 [Using HTMX with Astro Partials](https://blog.trevfox.dev/posts/htmx-and-astro-partials/) by @vxoblope
- 📄 [Sending mails with Astro and Nodemailer](https://oliverspeir.dev/garden/nodemailer/) by @oliverspeir
- 📄 [Create a web application with Astro and Drupal](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/gambinovincenzo_create-a-web-application-with-the-astrojs-activity-7156645583347236865-YLDR/) by @vincenzogambino
- 📄 [Astro API tutorial](https://www.ceos3c.com/astro/astro-api-tutorial/)
- 📄 [Astro Kwesforms with Rive](https://www.sitepoint.com/astro-kwesforms-rive/)
- 📄 [Take a Qwik break from React with Astro](https://thenewstack.io/take-a-qwik-break-from-react-with-astro/)


### Tips and Tools

(libraries, tools, themes, templates that people can use in their Astro projects; look in `#showcase` and social media for posts)

- [Unpic: Astro image service](https://unpic.pics/blog/unpic-astro-image-service/) by @ascorbic.
- [Lucia 3.0](https://github.com/lucia-auth/lucia) by @pilcrowonpaper
- [igloczek/astro-electron](https://github.com/Igloczek/astro-electron) by @igloczek.
- [astro-devtoolbar-tailwind](https://github.com/futurethemes/astro-devtoolbar-tailwind/tree/main) by @Jumper#8174
- [The Bag of Tricks for View Transitions](https://events-3bg.pages.dev/) by @martrapp

### Templates

- [Astro spotlight theme (WIP)](https://github.com/ak0r/astro-spotlight) by @androidak0r
- [Mallen](https://github.com/hyddeos/Mallen) by @.hydde
- [CaribeSky](https://github.com/AlejandroMar/CaribeSky) by @alejostereo
- [drab](https://github.com/rossrobino/drab) by @rossrobino

### Personal/Professional/Project Sites

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(Websites built with Astro from community members/individual peeps, **also tag with their Discord username if possible ❤️**)

- [vighnesh153.dev](https://vighnesh153.dev/) by @vighnesh153
- [netlify.com](https://www.netlify.com/)		
- [corvu.dev](https://corvu.dev/docs/) by @giyomoon
- [fig.moinulmoin.com](https://fig.moinulmoin.com/) by @moinulmoin
- [candost.blog](https://candost.blog/)	by @_candost
- [flurium.com](https://www.flurium.com/) by @koshchei.
- [v-mokhun.com](https://www.v-mokhun.com/)	by @v.mokhun
- [2024.lincolnhack.org](https://2024.lincolnhack.org/)	by @bobson6345
- [xstatebyexample.com](https://xstatebyexample.com/) by @devessier
- [openstove.org](https://openstove.org/) by @soslan117
- [ktym4a.me](https://ktym4a.me/) by @ktym4a_01942
- [lorefrog.com](https://lorefrog.com/) by @evanfuture
- [bloombacker.com](https://bloombacker.com/) by @jumpingback

### Starlight in the wild

- [dotenv.run](https://dotenv.run/) by [chihab](https://github.com/chihab) on GitHub
    - Collection of packages that use `dotenv` to load environment variables in various environments
- [Nacos](https://nacos.io/docs/latest/what-is-nacos/) by [Alibaba Open Source](https://opensource.alibaba.com/)
    - Dynamic service discovery, configuration and service management platform for building cloud native applications
- [Typescript Book](https://gibbok.github.io/typescript-book/) by [gibbok](https://github.com/gibbok) on GitHub
    - A Concise Guide to Effective Development in TypeScript. Free and Open Source.
