Effect Website 2.0 (Release)
We are very excited to unveil the newly rebuilt Effect website - a major step forward in both functionality and performance! This update represents an exciting milestone as we transition to using Astro, a change that will allow us to deliver a better experience to our growing community of developers.
Over the past year, the Effect website has grown significantly, becoming the go-to source for everything Effect — from in-depth documentation to key announcements and beyond. This growth has been invaluable to the community, providing a wealth of resources on Effect. However, as the site expanded, maintaining and updating the site’s content has become one of our biggest challenges.
Our previous content management solution relied on a patchwork mixture of disparate tooling, resulting in progressively slower build times as our content grew. The inability of our system to scale with our content became especially problematic as we began to consider adding more use-case driven examples and interactive tutorials to the site.
Switching to Astro has provided us with a unified, streamlined set of tools that has dramatically improved our workflow. Astro’s optimized approach to content management allows us to iterate, build, and deploy faster, supporting our commitment to creating an accessible, responsive, and continually evolving hub for Effect’s developer community.
The newly rebuilt Effect website comes with several enhancements to improve the developer experience:
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Better Support for Shiki Twoslash in Code Snippets
High-quality code snippets are essential in any technical documentation, and with enhanced support for Shiki Twoslash, we’re making our code examples more interactive and informative. Shiki Twoslash provides detailed, in-line type information and error hints directly within the snippets, helping developers grasp concepts faster.
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Improved Site-Wide Search
Our new and improved search functionality enables you to find relevant content quickly and effortlessly. Whether you’re looking for specific functions, blog posts, or other content, you’ll now enjoy a faster, more intuitive search experience across the site.
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RSS Support for the Blog
Stay updated on all things Effect with RSS support! Now you can follow our latest posts, announcements, and tutorials directly from your RSS feed.
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Faster Load Time for the Effect Playground
The Effect Playground is an invaluable tool experimenting with the library, and now it’s even faster! You’ll experience reduced load times, so you’ll do less waiting and more coding.
…and many improvements that we don’t have room to list here!
This release is just the beginning. The Effect team is actively working on new, use-case-driven documentation as well as hands-on tutorials to accelerate your onboarding experience.
Our goal is to make the Effect ecosystem as approachable as possible, empowering developers at all levels to quickly gain proficiency and confidence.
We hope you enjoy the new Effect website! Dive in, explore the features, and let us know what you think. Your feedback is invaluable in helping us shape the future of Effect.
The Effect Team