Community Call - 23-10-10

# 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 - (Nate!) #### `3.3` is coming this week - [Picture Component PR](https://github.com/withastro/astro/pull/8620) - [Picture Component RFC](https://github.com/withastro/roadmap/pull/715) - [WIP `<Picture />` docs](https://deploy-preview-4866--astro-docs-2.netlify.app/en/guides/images/#picture-) - [Move from `shiki` to `shikiji`](https://github.com/withastro/astro/pull/8502) #### Latest version(s): `3.2.4` [Astro CHANGELOG](https://github.com/withastro/astro/blob/refs/heads/main/packages/astro/CHANGELOG.md) #### Upcoming/roadmap stuff [Roadmap discussions](https://github.com/withastro/roadmap/discussions/) - [Incremental Builds](https://github.com/withastro/roadmap/issues/698) - See [project diagrams](https://www.tldraw.com/r/BNJz3OqQn-4KiagBmoXiF?viewport=-109%2C-772%2C5110%2C2829&page=page%3AQXvL28r7NlPqTZ6d9nhJo) - [Fragments RFC](https://github.com/withastro/roadmap/pull/721) - [Draft Implementation PR](https://github.com/withastro/astro/pull/8755) ### Starlight `0.11` *Ask Chris or Hideoo to speak on Starlight* Starlight `v0.11.0` has been released: - https://twitter.com/astrodotbuild/status/1711391413630329009 - https://github.com/withastro/starlight/releases/tag/%40astrojs%2Fstarlight%400.11.0 One of the most anticipated features is the ability to override components: - https://starlight.astro.build/guides/overriding-components/ - Demo video - Really easy to use but also very powerful - Already used for example by starlight-blog integration to override the UI with all the features required by a blog - New huge feature so feel free to share what you come up with! - Other changes: - [Vietnamese UI translation](https://github.com/withastro/starlight/pull/807) - [New configurable `titleDelimiter` option](https://starlight.astro.build/reference/configuration/#titledelimiter) - [Sidebar accessibility and UI improvements](https://github.com/withastro/starlight/pull/756) - [Support for custom HTML attributes to sidebar links](https://github.com/withastro/starlight/pull/774) Also _huge_ community effort to translate the new doc guides and references for component overrides ([more than 20+ i18n pull requests](https://github.com/withastro/starlight/pulls?q=is%3Apr+sort%3Aupdated-desc+i18n+created%3A%3E2023-10-06) since the last release) ### Hacktoberfest Sarah will speak briefly! [Hacktoberfest contributing guide](https://github.com/withastro/docs/blob/main/.github/hacktoberfest.md) ### Docs Sarah will speak! 1. Speaking of contributing to docs... You can currently find links to all our contributing guides on one page in docs: https://docs.astro.build/en/contribute/#contributing-to-docs We are experimenting with making this its own mini-site, a Starlight site of course: https://astro-docs-docs.netlify.app/ We already have a ton of new content drafted for: - [first-time contributors](https://astro-docs-docs.netlify.app/first-time/2-good-first-contributions/) - explaining the process for [adding documentation along with a new feature](https://astro-docs-docs.netlify.app/guides/new-feature-docs/) you add to Astro itself - [guidance for how to review a PR](https://astro-docs-docs.netlify.app/reviewers/1-reviewing-prs/) (all Sarah's editing tips and tricks!) for maintainers and Team Docs members who want to contribute by "Editing a PR like Sarah does" and learn more about technical writing and editing. 2. New Extend the tutorial mini-tutorials in the works! - PR: https://github.com/withastro/docs/pull/4876 - Preview: - View Transitions: https://deploy-preview-4876--astro-docs-2.netlify.app/en/extend/add-view-transitions/ - Content Collections: https://deploy-preview-4876--astro-docs-2.netlify.app/en/extend/add-content-collections/ ## Around the Community ### Announcement post Weekly post on friday in the #announcement channel on our Discord Last week: https://discord.com/channels/830184174198718474/845451793495752714/1159955103839686676 ### Community Awards! - 🍾 itsmatteomanf - $250 - for the amazing effort in translation our docs to Italian. - 🎉 alexanderniebuhr - $250 - For all the work put into the Cloudflare adapter. - 🥳 Hideoo - $250 - For all amzing additions and maintenance of Starlight. - 🎈 oliverspeir - $250 - With the regards and approvement of all people they helped in #support. - 🎊 arshxcx - $500 - You know why! ### ViteConf - Blogpost: https://astro.build/blog/viteconf-2023/ - [Replay talks here](https://viteconf.org/23/replay) - Fred, Erika and Sarah all had talks ### Astro Peeps (People on streams, conferences etc.) ### Tips and Tools (libraries, tools, themes, templates that people can use in their Astro projects; look in `#showcase` and social media for posts) ### Personal/Professional/Project Sites (Websites built with Astro from community members/individual peeps) - https://astronvim.com/ *// this probably fits in "tools"? It's an astro site, but FOR a specific cool astro utility! Maybe even cool enough to feature separately like Dark Matter from last post?* - Homepage built with Astro by @uzaaft - https://www.minov.studio/en/ - Web design agency with Astro and Solid by @suhaylmv - https://www.linwood.dev/ - by @codedoctor - https://shamann.dev/ - Another port from Gatsby to Astro by @sylvhama - https://paualbert.netlify.app/ - Personal website built in Astro by @akond ### Starlight in the wild - https://twitter.com/jmeistrich/status/1710415105303982387 *// this is probably cool enough to feature like we did Dark Matter last time?*(Starlight) - Legend-State docs preview with editable live examples - https://docs.cataclysmbn.org/en/ (Starlight) - Doc for an open-source roguelike video game with sci-fi elements set in a post-apocalyptic world. - https://www.reatom.dev/ (Starlight) - State manager documentation - https://zsh-test-runner-docs.vercel.app/ - Documentation for a zsh (Unix shell) test runner with coverage support - https://ngxtension.netlify.app/getting-started/introduction/ (Starlight) - Angular library documentation - https://skyscript.js.org/ (Starlight)