Community Call - 23-09-19

## Repos We're done with our planning sprint! ### Astro Core - (Matthew) #### Latest version(s): 3.1.0 [Astro CHANGELOG](https://github.com/withastro/astro/blob/refs/heads/main/packages/astro/CHANGELOG.md) #### New RFC's *Matthew will talk about the RFC's* - Incremental build - <Picture /> component - i18n routing - built-in SVG support - partials - Container APIs 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) ### Maintainers and Core had a hackathon last week! Theme was around GitHub maintenance. *Ask people who wants to showcase their submission* - Hideoo has built an amazing i18n VSCode extension ([demo video](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1150662388773826631/1152227211894587392/demo.mp4) - *note: looks like it auto download the video*) - Preview available on the [Visual Studio Marketplace](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=hideoo.starlight-i18n) and the [Open VSC Registry](https://open-vsx.org/extension/hideoo/starlight-i18n) - Nate is working on `@astrojs/upgrade` - Erika worked on a11y linting with our LSP - Tony worked on a social feed theme - Otterlord worked on a `/ask` command to help support squad out - Otterlord and Fred have worked on Astro & Docs SEO - Bjorn worked on an Astro based slidedeck system #### Upcoming/roadmap stuff [Roadmap discussions](https://github.com/withastro/roadmap/discussions/) ### Starlight 0.10 *Hideo will speak on Starlight* - [Starlight CHANGELOG](https://github.com/withastro/starlight/blob/main/packages/starlight/CHANGELOG.md) - Coming soon — so much! https://github.com/withastro/starlight/pulls ### Docs *Sarah not speaking today, Elian will pick it up* - Hacktober fest is coming soon :wink: - Talking and Doc'ing... see the Astro Community calendar and Discord Events - [Issues labelled "help wanted"](https://github.com/withastro/docs/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+sort%3Aupdated-desc+label%3A%22help+wanted%22) - [Contributor guides](https://docs.astro.build/en/contribute/) ## Around the Community ### Astro Peeps (People on streams, conferences etc.) - Elian won't do call 26th September - Elian speaking in Lille ### Tips and Tools (libraries, tools, themes, templates that people can use in their Astro projects; look in `#showcase` and social media for posts) - **[Darkmatter](https://getdarkmatter.dev) launched!** ### Personal/Professional/Project Sites (Websites built with Astro from community members/individual peeps) - https://www.noobscience.rocks/ - https://gantoreno.com/ - https://certs.msfthub.wiki/ - a knowledge hub for Microsoft Certifications (Starlight) - https://docs.corsace.io/en/ - Documentation for services to run osu! tournaments (Starlight) - https://aoi.js.org/ - Discord library docs to easily create Discord bots (Starlight) ## OUTSIDE the community! In the world! (Less community, more huge "Look At who's using, talking or blogging about Astro!" - streams, blog posts, big name sites etc.)  ---  # WIP: This week in Astro! (announcement post) Hey Astronauts! We're experimenting with a new concept of "**this week in Astro**" (and no, it's not Fuzzy's TWIA!). So, what happened this week in Astro? ## RFC's for Astro 4.0 - Incremental build - <Picture /> component - i18n routing - built-in SVG support - partials - Container APIs 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) ## Maintainer & Core's hackathon Last week was next to Core's planning, a hackathon week. The hackathon had "GitHub and open-source maintenance" as a theme. Here's a list of what our participants came up with: https://www.figma.com/file/CXAoKz6CtRIOUCM0c7j5D3/Q3-2023-Hackathon?type=whiteboard&node-id=0%3A1&t=y3ChL0SP7P82tzj4-1 **🥇 Winner: `@astro/upgrade` by Nate** 🥈 Starlog Changelog Template by Mark 🥈 Volii Slides Framework by Bjorn 🥈 i18n VS Code Extension by Hideoo 🥉 Social Feed Template by Tony - **Otterlord & Fred**: SEO improvements on astro.build and Astro Docs - **Nate**: Worked on a new package called `@astrojs/upgrade` - **Mark**: Automatisation and design of changelog releases - **Hideoo**: i18n VSCode extension for Starlight ## Starlight Starlight `v0.10` was released, which features: - Pagefind upgrade to v1 - Russian language support - Some patches and bugfixes ## Showcase - Darkmatter launched today: https://getdarkmatter.dev/ - https://www.noobscience.rocks/ - https://gantoreno.com/ - https://certs.msfthub.wiki/ - a knowledge hub for Microsoft Certifications (Starlight) - https://docs.corsace.io/en/ - Documentation for services to run osu! tournaments (Starlight) - https://aoi.js.org/ - Discord library docs to easily create Discord bots (Starlight) *Want to be in this list next week? Make sure you post your Astro websites in #showcase!*