StackBlitz September 2021 Update

Welcome to the September 2021 update for StackBlitz! There are a lot of great upgrades & fixes in this version that we hope you will like, some of the key highlights include:

• New frameworks supported
• Database support in WebContainer
• DX & compatibility improvements/fixes

Want to try new features as soon as possible? Come join our Discord community and try the latest updates as soon as they are available.

Now, without further ado:

New frameworks and tooling support

• Added the official NuxtJS starter to the homepage and the dashboard
• Added support for Parcel 1.x
• Added minimal support for SQLite3
• Added support for Astro

DX & compatibility improvements and fixes

Expanded configuration in .stackblitzrc

• Added the env property to the .stackblitzrc config file to allow defining environment variables
• Added opt-in support for the dynamic imports in CJS by setting ENABLE_CJS_IMPORTS environment variable to true

Editor upgrades

• Added zenmode=1 query param support for starting with minimalistic UI in embeds
• Added dedicated icons for the .mdx, .astro, .sql, and .sqlite files
• Added the Monaco grammar and emmet support for Astro file format
• Upgraded Prettier to from 1 to 2.4
• Enabled Prettier for more file types, including HTML, Markdown, JSON and Vue
• Improved title handling for GitHub importer to better describe imported projects

Shell improvements

• Added cp command to JSH (terminal)
• Properly handle exit in the terminal [issue]
• Added the link to the documentation page with a more in-depth description to the unsupported browser message

Platform upgrades & bug fixes

• Improved platform JavaScript performance and reduced bundle size by 6% by compiling for modern browsers only
• Fixed issues with forking webcontainer-based projects
• Fixed TypeScript language service failing to find files with special characters (e.g. src/app/[id].ts)
• Fixed an issue with Turbo not updating package.json correctly
• Fixed binary files inference, and added debounce to their upload
• Auto-open preview for URLs for port of lower number than the current one. This fixes an issue when e.g. a preview was being displayed for a HMR port instead for an actual app.
• Lots of improvements to our documentation – including the Getting Started section
• Reduced size of Turbo installations

Thank you!

Last but not least, a huge thank you to all of our community members and StackBlitz core team members who made this month’s release possible! ❤️

We have some big announcements coming out over the next few months so stay tuned for the latest on our Twitter @stackblitz and our Discord community. See you there!