Add a 'New this week' list to the beginner hub

scripts/radar.py

@@ -1321,6 +1321,9 @@ def _write_beginner_page(
     return True
 
 
+NEW_THIS_WEEK_LIMIT = 15
+
+
 def render_beginner_hub(
     languages: dict[str, str],
     topics: dict[str, str],
@@ -1384,6 +1387,21 @@ def links(entries: list[tuple[str, str, int]]) -> list[str]:
         '      <p><a href="../">Search everything on the live site</a> · <a href="../feeds/">RSS feeds</a></p>',
         "    </section>",
     ]
+    # Issues opened in the last 7 days, so returning visitors see what changed.
+    week_ago = (iso_to_datetime(generated_at) - dt.timedelta(days=7)).date().isoformat()
+    fresh = sorted(
+        (i for i in beginner if i.get("created", "") >= week_ago and i.get("url")),
+        key=lambda i: i["created"],
+        reverse=True,
+    )[:NEW_THIS_WEEK_LIMIT]
+    if fresh:
+        page += ['    <h2 id="new">New this week</h2>', "    <ul>"]
+        page += [
+            f'      <li><a href="{html.escape(i["url"], quote=True)}">{html.escape(i["title"])}</a> '
+            f'<span class="muted">{html.escape(i["repo"])}, opened {i["created"]}</span></li>'
+            for i in fresh
+        ]
+        page += ["    </ul>"]
     if language_entries:
         page += ["    <h2>By language</h2>", "    <ul>", *links(language_entries), "    </ul>"]
     if topic_entries:

scripts/test_radar.py

@@ -2117,6 +2117,41 @@ def test_hub_links_every_page_with_counts_and_is_in_sitemap(self):
         self.assertLess(hub.index('href="cpp/"'), hub.index('href="go/"'))
         self.assertIn("<loc>https://tanbirramim.github.io/open-source-radar/beginner/</loc>", sitemap)
 
+    def test_new_this_week_lists_recent_beginner_issues(self):
+        import tempfile
+
+        repositories = {"a/b": {"language": "Go", "buckets": []}}
+        issues = [
+            {
+                "repo": "a/b",
+                "level": "beginner",
+                "created": "2026-11-07",
+                "title": "Fresh <one>",
+                "url": "https://github.com/a/b/issues/1",
+            },
+            {
+                "repo": "a/b",
+                "level": "beginner",
+                "created": "2026-10-20",
+                "title": "Old one",
+                "url": "https://github.com/a/b/issues/2",
+            },
+            {
+                "repo": "a/b",
+                "level": "help-wanted",
+                "created": "2026-11-07",
+                "title": "Hard one",
+                "url": "https://github.com/a/b/issues/3",
+            },
+        ]
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp, patch.object(radar, "ROOT", Path(tmp)):
+            radar.render_beginner_hub({"go": "Go"}, {}, repositories, issues, "2026-11-08T10:00:00Z")
+            hub = (Path(tmp) / "site" / "beginner" / "index.html").read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+        self.assertIn('<h2 id="new">New this week</h2>', hub)
+        self.assertIn("Fresh &lt;one&gt;", hub)
+        self.assertNotIn("Old one", hub)
+        self.assertNotIn("Hard one", hub)
+
     def test_no_hub_without_pages(self):
         import tempfile