An update for Unpoly 2

[randl...@googlemail.com]

Hi everyone,

I wasn't able to release Unpoly 2 in early 2021 as I hoped.

The TLDR is that documenting the new API turned out to be much more time-consuming than I thought. The other reason is that I invested additional time to test with real-world applications.

In early 2021 my work offered the opportunity to port a non-trivial app (140.000 lines of code) from Unpoly 0.62 to Unpoly 2. I had previously only ported a smaller app (~31.000 lines of code) so I was eager to see what I could learn. In retrospect this was a great decision that allowed me to squish many bugs that Unpoly's extensive unit tests didn't catch.

One of the signature changes in Unpoly 2 is that you can configure it to handle *all* links and forms by default. It turned out that a legacy application, built with full page loads in mind, has many edge cases where links did not like being handled by JavaScript. I invested a lot of time to make sure that this transition now works with minimal changes to the application code.

Some of you have noticed that there have already been a number of release candidates published to npm and RubyGems. We're currently on 2.0.0-rc8.

If you would like to play with the pre-releases you can find installation instructions and an unfinished API reference here: https://v2.unpoly.com

The best guide to the API changes is currently this slide deck:

http://triskweline.de/unpoly2-slides

There are no further changes to the API planned. The final version will be released as soon as the documentation is complete.

Best regards

Henning

[szabesz]

Hello Henning,

Thank you for the update and all the hard work you share with us!

I am new to Unpoly and have been waiting for at least this pre-release of v2 to start learning how to use it. Using the CDN (https://v2.unpoly.com/install/cdn) is just enough to get started, correct?

Best Regards,

Szabesz

[adam.me...@gmail.com]

This is fantastic, thanks Henning!

I'm hopeful that I can have the Rack and Roda adapters updated in the next few weeks to support the new API as well, as I'm eager to experiment with it in depth.

Cheers!

[Henning Koch]

Hi Szabesz,

yes, linking against the CDN ist a great way to test drive the library.

This will also work with the V2 pre-releases.

Best regards
Henning

On 06.05.21 17:14, szabesz wrote:
> Hello Henning,
>
> Thank you for the update and all the hard work you share with us!
>
> I am new to Unpoly and have been waiting for at least this pre-release
> of v2 to start learning how to use it. Using the CDN
> (https://v2.unpoly.com/install/cdn) is just enough to get started, correct?
>
> Best Regards,
> Szabesz
>
> On Thursday, May 6, 2021 at 4:59:29 PM UTC+2 randl...@googlemail.com wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> I wasn't able to release Unpoly 2 in early 2021 as I hoped.
>

> The TLDR is that documenting the new API turned out to be *much*

> more time-consuming than I thought. The other reason is that I
> invested additional time to test with real-world applications.
>
> In early 2021 my work offered the opportunity to port a non-trivial
> app (140.000 lines of code) from Unpoly 0.62 to Unpoly 2. I had
> previously only ported a smaller app (~31.000 lines of code) so I
> was eager to see what I could learn. In retrospect this was a great
> decision that allowed me to squish many bugs that Unpoly's extensive
> unit tests didn't catch.
>
> One of the signature changes in Unpoly 2 is that you can configure
> it to handle *all* links and forms by default. It turned out that a
> legacy application, built with full page loads in mind, has many
> edge cases where links did not like being handled by JavaScript. I
> invested a lot of time to make sure that this transition now works
> with minimal changes to the application code.
>
> Some of you have noticed that there have already been a number of
> release candidates published to npm and RubyGems. We're currently on
> 2.0.0-rc8.
>
> If you would like to play with the pre-releases you can find
> installation instructions and an unfinished API reference here:

> https://v2.unpoly.com <https://v2.unpoly.com>

>
> The best guide to the API changes is currently this slide deck:
> http://triskweline.de/unpoly2-slides
> <http://triskweline.de/unpoly2-slides>
>
> There are no further changes to the API planned. The final version
> will be released as soon as the documentation is complete.
>
> Best regards
> Henning
>

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[Иван Грецкий]

Great to hear Unpoly 2 is on its way and will be released well-tested in real world! I know that quite a lot of devs from around the globe are waiting for it. Thanks for your work!