This page is listing updates and enhancements added since 1.1.x version, and that are available in the 1.2beta1 version.

Changelog updated as of : abb1b07f531c

• new module management
• new install and upgrade system
• new wizard system (configurable) to install a jelix application
• Improved the performance and the flexibility of jDb profiles
• new jCache class to store all you want in a cache, and where you want (memcache, files..)
• support of nosql database with jKVDb
• possibility to put an application offline easily
• updated TCPDF to 4.5.015
• updated Wikirenderer to 3.1.2

Read the corresponding chapter in the manual of Jelix 1.2.

• New modules management.
  • ticket #821: Improve the policy management module. see above.
• ticket #31/#263: new installation/update system
  • a module should provide a class which should inherit from jInstallerModule. For upgrades, a module can provides a file for each version which needs to do things to upgrade to this version.
  • ticket #965: moved jInstallCheck to installer/ and unified message reporters between jInstallCheck and jInstaller. The same interface is used now.
• ticket #1048: support of nosql database with jKVDb
• jDb and jDao
  • Improved the performance and the flexibility of jDb profiles. Now a profile name can be an alias or a real name. If a profile doesn't exist, the default profile is used. So, if an external module needs a specific profile name, we don't have to setup a profile. We just have to set an alias.
  • ticket #590: make PDO/sqlite database path specification relative.
  • new method jDbConnection::tools, and jDb::getTools is now deprecated.
  • new jDbSchema object to create and manage tables. only mysql driver for the moment.
  • ticket #799: experimental jdb driver for mssql
  • ticket #871: jDbTools provides a way to translate any field type.
    • Dao files can now refers to any database field type, although it doesn't support blob fields yet
    • support of a new attribute autoincrement on the property element in jdao
    • better support of long numerical values
    • new properties on jDbField: unifiedType, unsigned, minLength, maxLength minValue maxValue
    • new methods on jDbTools: getTypeInfo, unifiedToPhpType, stringToPhpValue, escapeValue, getBooleanValue, encloseName
    • no more static properties on jDaoCompiler
    • Api of jDaoParser and jDaoGenerator has changed
    • new properties on jDaoProperty: unifiedType, autoIncrement, and the signature of the constructor has changed
    • removed the deprecated method jDb::getProfil and you should use jDb::getProfile instead.
  • ticket #923: jDao, support of insertpattern on primary key not autoincremented. removed also the primary keys into update queries
  • ticket #869: execSQLScript now is able to use the table prefix indicated in a profile
  • ticket #477: support of postgresql schemas in jdb profiles. you can indicate the search_path value
• jForms
  • ticket #784: help messages are not shown anymore with javascript
  • ticket #887: jFormsBase::prepareObjectFromControls supports the new unifiedType
  • ticket #1000: new jFormsBase::getUploads() method
  • ticket #1002: CSS classes added to specify control types in html builders
  • ticket #934: new wikieditor widget for jForms
• Responses
  • ticket #810: we can now change the title of the html response with the jtpl meta plugin
  • ticket #864: improvements on jResponseLatexPdf
    • added a date property
    • added a property outputFileName
    • we can choice the title
    • changes on the command line call
  • Added a property $temporary on redirect and redirecturl responses
  • ticket #737: display of the stack trace with the error message, in responses, if the TRACE keyword is used in the configuration
  • ticket #1063: support of author and generator metas on jResponseHtml
  • ticket #860: possibility to concatene and compress JS and CSS files automatically
• Utils
  • ticket #540: new jCache class.
  • ticket #796: added a new output type FULL_LANG_DATE in jDateTime.
  • ticket #623: new method jDateTime::substract
  • jMailer: added a new type of mailer, file, to store mails into files instead of sending them, to test an application without having connectivity to internet
  • Added a new method isModified on jIniFileModifier and jIniMultiFilesModifier
  • improved jIniFileModifier : removeValue(), supporting comments when removing a value.
  • methods of jCrypt become public.
  • new class jVersionComparator
• core
  • ticket #854: Optimisation of the loading of coord plugins.
  • ticket #903: jUrl, significant engine: multiple modules without action for a unique entrypoint.
  • New method jRequest::getProtocol()
  • ticket #656: better support of PUT for rest controllers.
• jTpl
  • ticket #804: parenthesis were not accepted in foreach statements
  • added a default tpl variable in jTpl: $j_locale, which contains the current locale code
  • added the include plugin for jtpl
  • ticket #808: add break jTpl plugin.
  • ticket #943: cycle_init accepts now arrays as argument
  • ticket #760: new tpl plugin, modifier truncatehtml.
  • ticket #996: meta_html plugin allows now additionnal parameters
  • ticket #1003: new mailto plugin
  • ticket #938: new jfullurl plugin
  • ticket #654: date_format accepts now a timestamp for the default date
  • ticket #1019: new hook plugin, to send events during the content generation
  • ticket #993: new gravatar plugin
• jAcl2
  • ticket #1014: jAcl2db_admin: localized subject instead of the id
  • ticket #1015: new jAcl2DbUserGroup::getPrivateGroup() method
  • ticket #1016: jAcl2Db: support named groups
• jEvents : more flexibility by calling the old method performEvent on listeners
• junittest module: new method jUnitTestsDb::assertTableContainsRecordsByKeys
• Diff lib: table formater generates now better html content and with line numbers. Added also a default css for diff formating.
• ticket #947: master_admin module: add an $order property on masterAdminDashboardWidget
• ticket #934 Added markitup, a wiki editor in javascript
• ticket #1051: additionnal events generated by jAuth: AuthErrorLogin and AuthBeforeLogin
• jUrl
  • Significant url engine: you can now use <entrypoint type=…> instead of <…entrypoint>
  • ticket #767: allowing external files to define significant urls
• jelix-scripts
  • ticket #870: new script to create a business class from a dao
  • ticket #848: createform and createdaocrud create now files for locales
  • ticket #937: commands can now indicate if the application must exist or not to run the command
• remove deprecated classes and members from some classes: jController::processZone, jResponseHtml::_commonProcess, jResponseHtmlFragment::_commonProcess, jResponseXUL::_commonProcess, jFormsBase::getDatas, jTpl::metaFetch, jDateTime::BD_*, interface jIFormDatasource, class jDummyAuthUser

• These release contains all bug fixed in 1.1.x series.

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