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title: This week in Astro - week 45
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# This week in Astro - week 45

## 🚀 Astro core

### Astro 3.5 is out!

- i18n Routing (experimental)
- Prefetch
- Content Collections build cache (experimental)
- `<form>` support in View Transitions
- Image optimization improvements
- Integration hooks to add middleware
- Multiple code themes (experimental)
- [Qwik integration](https://www.builder.io/blog/astro-qwik)

Read more about [the release on the Astro Blog](https://astro.build/blog/astro-350/)

The full list of RFC's and their details can be found on [our Roadmap repository](https://github.com/withastro/roadmap/issues?q=is:issue+is:open+sort:updated-desc)

## 👀 Showcase

Here's a selection of items shared on the Community Call this week!

### 🎤 Conferences & Videos

- [Elian at CityJS Berlin](https://youtu.be/jOZonLbLfsE?t=28365)
- [Storyblok x Astro workshop at CityJS Berlin](https://youtu.be/fwSxIbezWzM?t=7714)
- [Baptiste](https://twitter.com/BDevessier/status/1722734749951672702) did [a talk on Astro & e-commerce](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YG8bsKwf9ZU)

### 🧑‍💻 Personal Sites

- [flayks.com](https://flayks.com/) by @flayks
- [ownclock.app](https://ownclock.app/) by @igloczek.
- [lucfreelance.com](https://www.lucfreelance.com/) by @lucfreelance
- [eastgatedigital.co.uk](https://eastgatedigital.co.uk/) by @.neilbee

### 🐻 Starlight in the wild

- [docs.no550.com](https://docs.no550.com) by @j3fftw
- [knope.tech](https://knope.tech) by @dbanty
- [rec.danmuji.org](https://rec.danmuji.org) by @genteure
- [setup.md](https://www.setup.md)

*Want to be in this list next week? Post your Astro websites, projects, apps, tools, blog posts, demo's and videos in ⁠#showcase!*
