At the moment the Ember undertaking is releasing model 3.9 of Ember.js, Ember Knowledge, and Ember CLI. This launch kicks off the three.10 beta cycle for all sub-projects. We encourage our neighborhood (particularly addon authors) to assist check these beta builds and report any bugs earlier than they’re revealed as a closing launch in six weeks’ time. The ember-try addon is a good way to repeatedly check your tasks in opposition to the most recent Ember releases.
You possibly can learn extra about our normal launch course of right here:
Moreover, variations 3.8 of Ember and Ember Knowledge at the moment are promoted to LTS, which stands for Lengthy Time period Assist. An LTS model of Ember continues to obtain safety updates for 9 launch cycles (54 weeks) and bugfixes for six cycles (36 weeks). LTS releases sometimes happen each 4 minor variations. The earlier LTS model for Ember was 3.4.
Ember.js
Ember.js is the core framework for constructing bold net functions.
Modifications in Ember.js 3.9
Ember.js 3.9 is an incremental, backwards appropriate launch of Ember with bugfixes, efficiency enhancements, and minor deprecations. There are zero (0) new options, six (6) deprecations, and eight (8) bugfixes on this model.
New Options (0)
No new options launched in Ember.js 3.9.
Deprecations (6)
Deprecations are added to Ember.js when an API shall be eliminated at a later date. Every deprecation has an entry within the deprecation information describing the migration path to a extra steady API. Deprecated public APIs are usually not eliminated till a significant launch of the framework.
Think about using the ember-cli-deprecation-workflow addon if you need to improve your software with out instantly addressing deprecations.
For extra particulars on modifications in Ember.js 3.9, please evaluate the Ember.js 3.9.0 launch web page.
Computed Property Overridability (1 of 6)
Ember’s computed properties are overridable by default if no setter is outlined. This habits is bug susceptible and has been deprecated. readOnly(), the modifier that forestalls this habits, shall be deprecated as soon as overridability has been eliminated. Please take a look at the deprecations app for extra info on this deprecation.
Computed Property .property() Modifier (2 of 6)
.property() is a modifier that provides further property dependencies to an current computed property. To replace, transfer the dependencies to the principle computed property definition and also you should not see a deprecation warning any extra. For extra info please confer with the deprecations app.
Computed Property Volatility (3 of 6)
.risky() is a computed property modifier which makes a computed property recalculate each time it’s accessed, as a substitute of caching. It additionally prevents property notifications from ever occuring on the property, which is usually not the habits that builders are after. Unstable properties are often used to simulate the habits of native getters, which signifies that they might in any other case behave like regular properties.
To replace, contemplate upgrading to native class syntax and utilizing native getters straight as a substitute. There’s information on how to do that within the deprecations app.
Deprecate @ember/object#aliasMethod (4 of 6)
@ember/object#aliasMethod is somewhat identified and infrequently used methodology that enables person’s so as to add aliases to things outlined with EmberObject. The deprecation warning could be eliminated by refactoring it into having one operate name the opposite straight. To see how to do that, please confer with the deprecations app
Deprecate this.$() in elements (5 of 6)
As a part of the work in making Ember lean by default utilizing this.$() in elements is now deprecated. What’s necessary to note about this deprecations is that this doesn’t imply that we discourage using jQuery in Ember functions. In reality, there are numerous instances the place jQuery continues to be very helpful.
For those who nonetheless want to use jQuery in your software you have to to make use of the @ember/jquery bundle going ahead.
Learn extra about this deprecation in the RFC.
Deprecate Ember.$() (6 of 6)
Utilizing Ember.$() will now throw a deprecation warning.
What’s necessary to note about this deprecations is that this doesn’t imply that we discourage using jQuery in Ember functions. In reality, there are numerous instances the place jQuery continues to be very helpful.
For those who nonetheless want to use jQuery in your software you have to to make use of the @ember/jquery bundle going ahead.
Learn extra about this deprecation in the RFC.
Ember Knowledge
Ember Knowledge is the official knowledge persistence library for Ember.js functions.
Modifications in Ember Knowledge 3.9
New Options (1)
Exchange jQuery with fetch (1 of 1)
As a part of the RFC for eradicating jQuery by default, Ember Knowledge has now changed all inside makes use of of jQuery and changed it with fetch as a substitute.
You possibly can observe the progress of the RFC on the RFC-tracking web page.
Deprecations (0)
No new deprecations launched in Ember Knowledge 3.9.
For extra particulars on modifications in Ember Knowledge 3.9, please evaluate the
Ember Knowledge 3.9.0 launch web page.
Ember CLI
Ember CLI is the command line interface for managing and packaging Ember.js functions.
Upgrading Ember CLI
Chances are you’ll improve Ember CLI utilizing the ember-cli-update undertaking:
npm set up -g ember-cli-update
ember-cli-update
This utility will assist you to replace your app or add-on to the most recent Ember CLI model. You’ll most likely encounter merge conflicts, through which the default habits is to allow you to resolve conflicts by yourself. For extra info on the ember-cli-update undertaking, see the github README.
Whereas it is suggested to maintain Ember CLI variations in sync with Ember and Ember Knowledge, this isn’t required. After updating ember-cli, you may hold your present model(s) of Ember or Ember Knowledge by modifying bundle.json to revert the modifications to the traces containing ember-source and ember-data.
Modifications in Ember CLI 3.9
There are two (2) new options and one (1) bugfix.
New Options (2)
ember-welcome-page up to date to make use of angle bracket invocation syntax (1 of two)
The welcome web page that’s generated in new Ember apps is now transformed to make use of the angle bracket invocation syntax. Which means as a substitute of including {{welcome-page}} to software.hbs we now add <WelcomePage />.
Assist for Node 11 (2 of two)
Ember CLI is now examined in opposition to Node 11. If builders use it for his or her apps and addons, the CLI won’t present a warning anymore.
Bugfixes (1)
Module unification blueprint updates (1 of 1)
The “Module Unification” blueprints have obtained a number of bugfixes and enhancements. For extra particulars take a look at the discharge notes.
Deprecations (0)
No new deprecations launched in Ember CLI 3.9.
For extra particulars on the modifications in Ember CLI 3.9 and detailed improve
directions, please evaluate the Ember CLI 3.9.0 launch web page.
Thank You!
As a community-driven open-source undertaking with an bold scope, every of those releases function a reminder that the Ember undertaking wouldn’t have been potential with out your continued help. We’re extraordinarily grateful to our contributors for his or her efforts.
