July office hours recap, and our next session
Thanks to everyone who joined the July App Development Office Hours! If you missed it, the recording is up and here's a quick rundown of what we covered: new features for app builders, the latest design-system additions, and questions from the community. The next session is Tuesday, September 8.
New for app builders
- Custom page titles—set a descriptive browser-tab title with the
usePageTitlehook, so users can tell multiple open tabs apart. See Page titles. - Lazy loading—a deeper guide on code splitting, route- and view-based lazy loading, when not to split, and how to parallelize a chunk download with its Grail query. See Understand lazy loading.
From the Strato design system
- PageLayout—the new, more flexible replacement for
Page, with composable slots and a split-or-overlay details panel. See the PageLayout component and its migration guide. - Accessibility foundation—a new design-foundation page covering what you need to build inclusive apps — WCAG 2.2 AA, and what Strato handles for you. See Accessibility.
- TimeframeSelector—from
@dynatrace/strato-componentsv3.1+, it shows users their recently used timeframes automatically — no code changes required. See TimeframeSelector. - XYChart—a low-level, composable option for charts the ready-made components can't build — heatmaps, scatterplots, and more. See XYChart.
From the community
One thread we highlighted: a user asked whether they could set a custom page title in a Dynatrace app. It was on the roadmap then, and it's now shipped, with the usePageTitle hook above. Your questions genuinely feed what we prioritize.
Next session
The next App Development Office Hours is Tuesday, September 8, 16:00 CEST / 10:00 EDT. We'll post the sign-up link on Dynatrace's LinkedIn closer to the date, so follow along there to register.
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