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.

const podcast = { episode: 236, title: 'Astro 2.0', topics: [ 'framework', 'static site', 'content' ], guest: 'Alvin Bryan' hosts: [ 'John Papa' ]};

Recording date: May 23, 2023

John Papa @John_Papa

Ward Bell @WardBell

Dan Wahlin @DanWahlin

Craig Shoemaker @craigshoemaker

Alvin Bryan @AlvinBnet

Brought to you by

• AG Grid

• IdeaBlade

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.