Episode 236: Astro 2.5 with Alvin Bryan
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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)

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- 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).