We will hopefully have a beta version for that time. That means you can rely on the foundation but still expect bugs to be found. If you are willing to accept that and to eventually adapt to some changes, then go for 3.0
On Monday, July 7, 2014 12:24:20 PM UTC+2, Jipson Thomas wrote: > > Hi José Lorenzo, > Thank you for the update. We are planning for our new project (scheduled > to start the development in August 2014 - September 2014). Would you please > advise me that the version I can choose for this? I am so much interested > to use Cake 3 for our prestigious work. > > Thanks, > Jipson > > On Wednesday, 25 June 2014 22:00:17 UTC+1, José Lorenzo wrote: >> >> The CakePHP core team proudly announces the first alpha release of >> CakePHP 3.0.0. In the months between 3.0.0-dev3 and this release, we've >> been working really hard at getting more of the remaining parts >> implemented, >> and incorporating all the great feedback we've gotten from the community >> so far. >> >> There are still a few larger features to be completed before we go to a >> beta release, >> most importantly: >> >> - Updated i18n and L10n features. >> - A replacement for CacheHelper based on Edge Side Includes. >> - A new routing API for simpler and faster route declaration. >> >> The alpha releases will focus on getting these key features completed. >> After >> which, we'll start beta releases focusing on polishing up any rough or >> confusing features, improving error messages/help and porting over plugins >> produced by the core team. >> >> We've been truly humbled by the fantastic feedback and support we've >> received >> from the community in the last month. We've had numerous bug reports, pull >> requests and documentation edits that have helped improve 3.0 overall. >> >> This release also comes with complete documentation for the new features >> and >> changes, make sure you check out the new CakePHP 3.0 book to read about >> them in >> detail. >> >> Below is the list of new features and changes that made it into >> 3.0.0-alpha1: >> Reworked Dispatcher Filters >> >> Dispatcher filters have been reworked and expanded to include some of the >> previously 'magic' features of CakePHP. Filters are now registered as >> instances >> instead of through configuration data making it simple to do dependency >> injection. >> >> Dispatcher filters also include a way to restrict when they are applied >> to any >> given request. >> New Session Object >> >> Session management has always been a static class in CakePHP which has >> proven >> to be problematic in a number of ways. For CakePHP 3.0, you can access the >> session from the request object $this->request->session() . >> >> This change also makes the session easier to test, and allows CakePHP >> to use PHPUnit 4.x >> FlashHelper and FlashComponent >> >> Flash messages play an important part in modern web applications. While >> CakePHP >> has always had rudimentary flash messaging support, CakePHP 3.0 gives >> developers even more tools to create and render multiple kinds of >> messages in >> a simple way. To make this happen a separate component and helper were >> created. >> We'd like to thank jadb and bcrowe for making this code happen. >> CookieComponent >> >> CookieComponent has only been able to manage one cookie namespace at a >> time in >> the past. While it offered powerful tools for creating encrypted cookies, >> those >> tools were hard to use consistently and correctly. The redesigned >> CookieComponent makes it much easier to separate the configuration of >> cookie >> namespaces and the handling of cookie data. >> Passwords Default to Bcrypt >> >> Using bcrypt for passwords is a current best-practice. To help steer >> developers >> in the right direction, we've made bcrypt the default password hashing >> system >> in CakePHP, and provided an easy to use FallbackHasher that will allow >> you to >> incrementally update your password hashes from older hashing algorithms. >> Themes and Plugins Merged >> >> For CakePHP 3.0.0, we wanted to make themes more powerful and more >> robust. As >> we looked at ways of improving themes, we realized that what we really >> wanted were >> plugins. To that end, you can now use any plugin as a theme. This makes >> packaging and re-distributing themes easy as they are simply plugins do >> and >> can include helpers and cells. >> App and Plugins share a standard suggested directory layout >> >> To make your experience developing as consistent as possible, we've >> updated >> both the application skeleton and plugin skeletons to use the same >> directory >> structure. This will help make working with plugins feel just like you're >> working in a small modular application. >> ORM Improvements >> >> Several API changes made their way into the new ORM. Now it is simpler to >> specify >> deep associations for saving operations and we have changed a couple >> conventions >> to reduce the learning curve and confusion among new adopters. >> Better Performance >> >> We've taken an initial performance review over the new features in 3.0, >> and >> spent some time removing obvious bottlenecks. We're happy to announce >> that we >> succeeded at making the bootstrap process and several parts of the helpers >> template generation faster. >> >> Additionally, we've identified a way to make the routing process several >> times >> faster. We'll be implementing these new ideas for the following beta >> release. >> >> You can download >> <https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/releases/download/3.0.0-alpha1/cakephp-3.0.0-alpha1.zip> >> the >> release or just use `composer create-project -s dev cakephp/app` to start >> using CakePHP 3.0 today! >> > -- Like Us on FaceBook https://www.facebook.com/CakePHP Find us on Twitter http://twitter.com/CakePHP --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CakePHP" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cake-php+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cake-php@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php. 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