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Discussion summary

Astro 7.0 introduces build speed improvements but still faces some bottlenecks, especially with mixed JavaScript and Rust components. Users discuss its integration with tools like Hono and AstroCMS, and consider upgrade implications.

What the discussion says

  • Build times are still a concern, especially with mixed language components.
  • Hono is seen as a modern, TypeScript-friendly backend framework.
  • Astro is favored for site building, with some considering upgrading from earlier versions.
“Build time improvements are always welcome, great job!”
— mordras
“Hono is a de-facto new express with proper TypeScript support.”
— brachkow

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  • I have been trying to convince my marketing department to replace there archaic wordpress with an Astro build with AstroCMS and markdown for there needs.

    I have build several sites using Astro 6, and i am finding the ease of building the sites amazing and exceptional in SEO as well.

    by stevoo
  • I don't understand what this is, based on this statement:

    "Astro supports every major UI framework. Bring your existing components and take advantage of Astro's optimized client build performance."

    But isn't Astro a framework itself? And then apparently you need Node as well. The frameworks upon frameworks in Web development are baffling.

    by MoonWalk
  • The AI Enhancements section was interesting. I've been wondering about the best practices for agents interacting with long-running dev servers, and Astro 7's approach (run in background and have a logs command) seems like a good model.
    by AgentME
  • The switch to strict HTML compilation is just not cool, and actively prevents upgrading sites which need to deal with remote content that is not written in strict HTML.

    I also wish there could be a general purpose content processing API so I can plug a different format than markdown (such as typst)

    by microflash
  • "The .astro compiler has been rewritten in Rust.".

    I'm personally awaiting the rewrite to assembly.

    by keepupnow
  • It's very cool to see the JS ecosystem reducing dependencies and I hope this trend continues.

    Astro has gone from 247 deps in v6 to 190 in v7.

    https://node-modules.dev/#install=astro@7.0.6

    https://node-modules.dev/#install=astro@6.0.0

    by pier25
  • I probably only use 1 % of Astro's features, but I like how it's enabled me to build static sides as back in the days, but with a build pipeline.

    So I can use components, reuse stuff, include stuff etc, basically what I would do with PHP back in the days, but now it spits out a compiled page I can host for cheap (often even free). And easy to add in some interactivity when needed. Like I render a list as a component, and very easy to ship some dynamic filtering on the frontend using the same code, but the content is still statically in the html, so served fast and good SEO.

    by matsemann
  • I made the Rust compiler and the Rust Markdown pipeline (https://satteri.bruits.org) in this, let me know if you have any questions, glad to answer anything!
    by Princesseuh

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