This page is listing updates and enhancements added since 1.3.x version, and that will be available for the 1.4 version.

Release date: still in development

• new jApp::config() method, to retrieve the configuration and new jApp::loadConfig() to load the configuration. $gJConfig is deprecated.
• new jApp::coord() method, to retrieve the coordinator and new jApp::setCoord() to set the coordinator into the Jelix environment. $gJCoord is deprecated.
• new autoload system. Classes to autoload can be indicated into module.xml file of your modules. the autoload system support the PSR0 specification
• virtual templates
• new API to support HTTP cache
• new classes to read Atom and RSS feeds
• new class, jPref, to set and get dynamic/functionnal configuration options. An interface is available to allow a webmaster to manage these preferences.
• modules can provide their own response object and indicate them directly into the configuration
• modules can provide their own CSS and JS file without copying them into the www directory
• Jelix-scripts now searches a .jelix-scripts.ini in the current directory and its parent directories, before searching in the home directory
• New jDb driver using the mysqli API (FlorianLB)

• READ THE MIGRATION TUTORIAL. (not available yet)

• your entrypoints should be changed:
  • the coordinator should be set into the jApp object.
  • the configuration file should be indicated with jApp::loadConfig() instead of the coordinator.
  • See a template in lib/jelix-scripts/templates/www/index.php.tpl
• you are encouraged to replace all your $gJConfig/$gJCoord use by jApp::config() and jApp::coord().

• Core
  • the global variable $gJConfig is now deprecated. You should use jApp::config() instead, to retrieve the configuration. Entry points should indicate the configuration file with jApp::loadConfig(), not with the coordinator.
  • the global variable $gJCoord is now deprecated. You should use jApp::coord() instead, to retrieve the coordinator. Entry points should store the coordinator into jApp, not into $gJCoord.
  • New HTTP cache API on response object: cleanCacheHeaders(), setExpires(), setLifetime(), isValidCache(). @FlorianLB
  • jXmlResponse allow now to specify your own mime type. @Thomas PT
  • in the configuration, we can indicate a response class which is in a module. Syntax: {responsetype}=module:{modulename}:{classname}. And the response class should be store into a {modulename}/responses/{classname}.class.php.
  • Methods isModuleEnabled and getModulePath have been moved from jCoordinator to jApp. These methods are still availabled on jCoordinator but deprecated
  • new class jAutoloader, to be used as a class autoloader
  • support of new elements into module.xml to indicate classes (or class pattern) for the autoloader.
  • rework the errors/exceptions handlers
  • Short error message is now displayed on the error page at startup
  • New coordintor plugin to trace execution (FlorianLB)
  • actions in controllers can be implemented with __call (flav)
• jUrl
  • new method getRootUrl($keyword) (and a jTpl plugin) to associate some urls to keywords. @bricet #1073
• jTpl:
  • virtual templates. You can use jTpl with simple strings (not readed from files): jTpl::fetchFromString(). @doubleface, @laurentj, #545
  • new meta instructions: meta_if, meta_else, meta_endif. @bricet
  • plugins: added support of IE8 and IE9 in meta_html
• jDao:
  • new method jDaoRecordBase::save. (Sid-Ali Djenadi)
• jAuth:
  • new hash function bcrypt() using blowfish algorithm. @FlorianLB
• jAcl, jAclDb and jAcl2Db use the new autoload system. All jAclDb* and jAcl2Db* classes, and coord plugins acl and acl2, have been moved into their respective modules.
• Utils:
  • new classes to retrieve and parse Atom and RSS feeds: jAtom10Reader and jRSS20Reader. Compatible with responses that generates Atom and RSS feeds. @FlorianLB #23
  • jIniFileModifier: new methods getValues and setValues
• new class jPref : a system to store dynamic configuration options (not system options for the framework). An interface is available to allow a webmaster to manage these preferences. It uses jKVDb as storage backend.
• Jelix-scripts:
  • now searches a .jelix-scripts.ini in the current directory and its parent directories, before searching in the home directory
  • createapp now generates a .gitignore file and .dummy files in empty directories so they can be included into a repository
  • the debugbar is activated by default on new application created with the createapp command

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