Alvin Bryan talks with John about what's new in Astro 2.5, why he enjoys using Astro, and how easy it is to use Astro alongside another framework like Svelte.

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Recording date: May 23, 2023

John Papa @John_Papa

Ward Bell @WardBell

Dan Wahlin @DanWahlin

Craig Shoemaker @craigshoemaker

Alvin Bryan @AlvinBnet

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Resources:

Alvin Bryan’s website
Astro Docs
Episode 215 of Web Rush on Lighthouse scores with Astro
Astro 2.5 release that includes references:
Astro Islands
Multi-Page Applications (MPAs) with Astro
UI Frameworks that Astro supports
Svelte
React
Content Collections in Astro
Hugo
11ty
Markdown
YAML
HAML
Astro 2.5 release notes
Data Collections and references in Astro

Timejumps

00:26 Welcome
01:20 Guest introduction
02:01 What is the Astro framework?
04:57 What's the benefit of using Astro?
06:03 What if you want dynamic content with Astro?
07:00 Sponsor: Ag Grid
08:02 How do you know if you need a runtime or not?
09:51 What are common scenarios where you don't need the runtime?
14:24 Sponsor: IdeaBlade
15:29 What do you like about Astro?
20:56 How much of Astro do I need to learn to use Astro with another framework?
21:48 What are some of the features of Astro 2?
24:22 Final thoughts

Podcast editing on this episode done by Chris Enns of Lemon Productions.

Episode 236: Astro 2.5 with Alvin Bryan

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