Lots of notable releases, community projects, and technical content were released in the DoneJS community last month! This post outlines some of the highlights from December 2016.
Notable releases
Right at the start of the month, we released the new CanJS site. It features a brand new design with lots of new documentation, technical guides, and more!
Later in the month, we announced the release of CanJS 3 and StealJS 1! Check out those blog posts for more info about both projects.
Community projects
The following projects were released by various members in our community.
donejs-typeahead by nriesco is a nifty module that makes it easy to get autocomplete suggestions from a remote server.
eslint-plugin-done-component by imjoshdean is an ESLint plugin that extracts and lints JavaScript in DoneJS’s *.component files.
steal-typescript by phillipskevin makes it easy to load TypeScript modules with StealJS—without requiring a build.
canexpressive by cherifGsoul combines CanJS with Zend Expressive.
marshallswain released a couple modules:
- can-connect-feathers makes it ridiculously easy to use CanJS and Feathers together
- steal-svg makes it simple to use Steal to bundle SVG files with your application
roemhildtg has been publishing a few modules:
- spectre-canjs is a great way to use Sprectre.css with CanJS
- can-restless is a can-connect client for Flask-Restless
- can-geo includes mapping-related components
Blog posts, talks & trainings
We published a blog post on How to Upgrade a DoneJS Plugin to CanJS 3 and hosted a training on it too! If you’re migrating a project from CanJS 2.3 to 3, you’ll enjoy the improved Migration Guide; shout out to Curtis for providing notes from a migration he worked on.
We also hosted a training on how to use can-connect and can-set for real-time functionality.
m-mujica talked about StealJS at JavaScript Chile’s monthly meeting.
James Chesters wrote an article about the CanJS 3 release and how we broke CanJS up into smaller modules.
What’s next
The core team is focused on the DoneJS 1.0 release, which will include CanJS 3 and StealJS 1.
We’ll be hosting a few local meetups:
Additionally, Adam Barrett will hosting a StealJS Walkthrough for Forward Web Summit on January 31st.
Keep up with the latest in the community by following us on Twitter or joining us on our forums or Gitter chat!
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