Version 4.0.0-beta.1

Release Date: Not released

Highlights:

  • New View Layouts provide simple way to create site site view templates.
  • Fixed user guide CSS for proper wide table display
  • Converted UploadedFile to use system messages
  • Numerous database, migration & model bugs fixed
  • Refactored unit testing for appstarter & framework distributions

New messages:

  • Database.tableNotFound
  • HTTP.uploadErr...

App changes:

  • app/Config/Cache has new setting: database
  • app/Views/welcome_message has logo tinted
  • composer.json has a case correction
  • env adds CI_ENVIRONMENT suggestion

The list of changed files follows, with PR numbers shown.

  • app/
    • Config/
      • Cache #1719
    • Views/
      • welome_message #1774
  • system/
    • Cache/Handlers/
      • RedisHandler #1719, #1723
    • Config/
      • Config #37dbc1
      • Services #1704, #37dbc1
    • Database/
      • Exceptions/DatabaseException #1739
      • Postgre/
        • Builder #1733
      • SQLite3/
        • Connection #1739
        • Forge #1739
        • Table #1739
      • BaseBuilder #36fbb8, #549d7d
      • BaseConnection #549d7d, #1739
      • Forge #1739
      • MigrationRunner #1743
      • Query #36fbb8
      • Seeder #1722
    • Debug/
      • Exceptions #1704
    • Files/
      • UploadedFile #1708
    • Helpers/
      • date_helper #1768
      • number_helper #1768
      • security_helper #1768
      • text_helper #1768
      • url_helper #1768
    • HTTP/
      • Request #1725
    • Language/en/
      • Database #1739
      • HTTP #1708
      • View #1757
    • Router/
      • RouteCollection #1709, #1732
      • Router #1764
    • Test/
      • ControllerResponse #1740
      • ControllerTester #1740
      • DOMParser #1740
      • FeatureResponse #1740
    • Validation/
      • Rules #1738, #1743
      • Validation #37dbc1, #1763
    • View/
      • View #1729
    • Common #1741
    • Entity #6e549a, #1739
    • Model #4f4a37, #6e549a, #37dbc1, #1712, #1763
  • tests/system/
    • Database/
      • BaseQueryTest #36fbb8
      • Live/
        • SQLite3/AlterTableTest #1739, #1740
        • ForgeTest #1739, #1745
        • ModelTest #37dbc1, #4ff1f5, #1763
      • Migrations/MigrationRunnerTest #1743
    • Helpers/
      • FilesystemHelperTest #1740
    • I18n/
      • TimeTest # 1736
    • Test/
      • DOMParserTest #1740
    • Validation/
      • ValidationTest #1763
    • View/
      • ViewTest #1729
    • EntityTest #6e549a, #1736
  • user_guide_src/
    • _themes/.../
      • citheme.css #1696
    • changelogs/
      • v4.0.0-alpha.5 #1699
    • database/
      • migrate #1696
    • dbmgmt/
      • forge #1751
    • installation/
      • install_manual #1699
      • running #1750
    • intro/
      • psr #1752
    • libraries/
      • caching #1719
      • validation #1742
    • models/
      • entities #1744
    • outgoing/
      • index #1729
      • view_layouts #1729
    • testing/
      • controllers #1740
    • tutorial/
      • static_pages #1763
  • composer.json #1755
  • .env #1749

PRs merged:

  • #1774 Housekeeping for beta.1
  • #1768 Helper changes - signatures & typos
  • #1764 Fix routing when no default route has been specified. Fixes #1758
  • #1763 Ensure validation works in Model with errors as part of rules. Fixes #1574
  • #1757 Correct the unneeded double-quote (typo)
  • #1755 lowercase 'vfsStream' in composer files
  • #1752 Fixed typo preventing link format
  • #1751 Guide: Moving misplaced text under correct heading
  • #1750 Remove reference to Encryption Key in User Guide
  • #1749 Adding environment to .env
  • #1745 Updated composite key tests for SQLite3 support. Fixes #1478
  • #1744 Update entity docs for current framework state. Fixes #1727
  • #1743 Manually sort migrations found instead of relying on the OS. Fixes #1666
  • #1742 Fix required_without rule bug.
  • #1741 Helpers with a specific namespace can be loaded now. Fixes #1726
  • #1740 Refactor test support for app starter
  • #1739 Fix typo
  • #1738 Fix required_with rule bug. Fixes #1728
  • #1737 Added support for dropTable and modifyTable with SQLite driver
  • #1736 Accommodate long travis execution times
  • #1733 Fix increment and decrement errors with Postgres
  • #1732 Don't check from CLI in Routes. Fixes #1724
  • #1729 New View Layout functionality for simple template
  • #1725 Update Request.php
  • #1723 Log an error if redis authentication is failed
  • #1722 Seeder adds default namespace to seeds
  • #1719 Update Cache RedisHandler to support select database
  • #4ff1f5 Additional tests for inserts and required validation failing (#1717)
  • #549d7d Another try at getting escaping working correctly both when in and out of models
  • #1712 Minor readability changes
  • #37dbc1 Ensure Model validation rules can be a group name
  • #1709 Fix resource routing websafe method order checking
  • #1708 Language for UploadedFile
  • #36fbb8 BaseBuilder should only turn off Connection's setEscapeFlags when running a query...
  • #6e549a Provide default baseURL that works with the development server for easier first time setup (Fixes #1646)
  • #1704 Fix viewsDirectory bug (#1701)
  • #4f4a37 remove debugging from Model.
  • #1699 Fix install link in user guide
  • #1696 Fix page structure etc
  • #1695 Tidy up code blocks in the user guide