I-As.Dev

The latest major release of Astro includes new features like content collections, hybrid rendering, and a whole lot more. Core maintainer Tony Sullivan joins to show us the latest.

00:00:00 - Welcome
00:00:38 - Who is Tony Sullivan?
00:03:05 - What pushed you to decide on v2 of Astro?
00:05:38 - What are highlights of Astro 2.0?
00:11:17 - What is hybrid rendering?
00:25:47 - How do you see content collections evolving?
00:33:07 - Falling down the indieweb rabbit hole
00:35:45 - Where should I start with content collections in Astro?
00:54:46 - Loading the blogs as a collection
01:10:09 - Performance question with Astro
01:24:23 - What’s xElement in Astro?
01:27:09 - Where to find out more about Astro v2

Repo: https://github.com/learnwithjason/lwj-astro-content-collections

Demo: https://lwj-astro-content-collections.netlify.app/

Links

https://astro.build/blog/astro-2/

https://astro.build/chat

https://twitter.com/tonysull_co

https://docs.astro.build/en/guides/content-collections/

https://nerdy.dev/

https://www.learnwithjason.dev/build-custom-interfaces-using-css-open-props

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This episode was sponsored by:
- Netlify (https://lwj.dev/netlify)
- Nx (https://lwj.dev/nx)
- Backlight (https://lwj.dev/backlight)
- Pluralsight (https://lwj.dev/pluralsight)

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