New Release ArangoDB 2.4: EcmaScript 6 Support, AQL Speedup and Hypermedia API Builder

[Ingo Friepoertner]

We are proud to announce the Version 2.4 of ArangoDB - ready for download now.

You can now use EcmaScript 6 features like iterators, symbols, maps and sets by default and enable even more ES6 features with ArangoDB start options. The V8 engine upgrade in ArangoDB 2.4 also improves performance and speeds up V8 garbage collections.

The ArangoDB query language (AQL) gets more efficient group count calculation queries, an optional return value for AQL data-modification queries and improved index handling in filtering AQL queries.

Foxx 2.0: The new Foxx-Generator is a framework that enables developers to build Hypermedia APIs easily. Developers can create Web APIs based on a semantic description of entities and transitions using a statechart alike design approach. Additional to the recently added job queues and authentication microservices, Foxx got a new web-frontend to easily create new or install Foxx applications from Github or the ArangoDB Store.

Starting with a new Foxx app has never been easier.

Along with ArangoDB the new light-weight JavaScript driver arangojs 3.0 is ready to use.

Let's start to build your own Foxx apps on ArangoDB 2.4 now and tell us your experience and suggestions for further improvements!

Thanks!

What's new article and full changelog: https://docs.arangodb.com/NewFeatures/NewFeatures24.html