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let title = 'Astro Demo Day September Edition';
let description = 'Astro September Demo Day was today and we had 4 amazing talks, including one with big announcements on the future direction of Astro.';
let publishDate = 'September 20, 2021';
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**Astro Demo Day** was today! We had **4** amazing talks, including one big announcement on the future direction of Astro. If you missed the livestream, fear not! You can see the full event [on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ExcBJrXOd8) or watch the talks in any order by visiting the links below. Subscribe to the [Astro YouTube channel](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeFjmvZEK-MoefuYXptnX6A) to make sure you don't miss our next demo day. Today's demos were:
* [Developing the Astro VSCode extension](https://youtu.be/-ExcBJrXOd8?t=109) 🧑💻 from [Matthew Phillips](https://twitter.com/matthewcp)
* [Integrating a CMS - Astro+Forestry+Netlify](https://youtu.be/-ExcBJrXOd8?t=763) 🌳 from [Tony Sullivan](https://twitter.com/navillus_dev)
* [The Astro SEO component](https://youtu.be/-ExcBJrXOd8?t=1384) 🗃 from [Jonas Schumacher](https://twitter.com/jonasmerlin1)
* [Astro's v2 Compiler and a Surprise](https://youtu.be/-ExcBJrXOd8?t=2070) 🪄 from [Drew Powers](https://twitter.com/drwpow) and [Nate Moore](https://twitter.com/n_moore)
As always, our Discord community brought the hype:
## The next Astro release
Astro's next release will be our biggest ever, featuring a new WASM-powered compiler plus a new Vite-powered runtime. You can expect a preview release on [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/package/astro) later today or tomorrow. Over the next few weeks, we will continue to polish the new code as we prepare for its official release!
If you haven't already, follow [@astrodotbuild](https://twitter.com/astrodotbuild) on Twitter for more news and announcements, and [join our Discord](https://astro.build/chat) to learn how you can try out the new previous release.
## The next Astro release
Astro's next release will be our biggest ever, featuring a new WASM-powered compiler plus a new Vite-powered runtime. You can expect a preview release on [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/package/astro) later today or tomorrow. Over the next few weeks, we will continue to polish the new code as we prepare for its official release!
If you haven't already, follow [@astrodotbuild](https://twitter.com/astrodotbuild) on Twitter for more news and announcements, and [join our Discord](https://astro.build/chat) to learn how you can try out the new previous release.