Wow... this a huge release... :) Congratulations to all the team, really amazing stuff!
On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 9:22 PM, Sawyer X <[email protected]> wrote: > The long awaited new version of Dancer2 <https://metacpan.org/pod/Dancer2> > is finally on its way to CPAN mirror near you! > > Why did it take so long, what's changed, and why the big bump in version? > > In short: A new plugin system, reworked from scratch, that is still > (mostly) backwards compatible. > > > *The plugin system* > One of the sore points left in Dancer2 is its plugin architecture. The > idea was to have an easy, comfortable plugin system (similar to Dancer 1) > but much smarter. Unfortunately while the idea was there, and some of the > code was there, the goals were not fully achieved, due to tuit shortage. > > This led to various problems with plugins, most notably, using plugins > within other plugins. This was beyond frustrating for several plugin > developers. The current system was simply insufficient. We decided to > finally tackle this. I have an entire story about that, but I'll leave it > for another time. > > The new plugin system provides each plugin with its own instance, full Moo > <https://metacpan.org/pod/Moo> classes (use attributes, roles, other > plugins, whatever you want), full access to the internal objects (which, as > a plugin developer, you might as well use), and cleanly decouples it from > the user namespace. Despite it being object oriented, we still carefully > try and handle the old keyword-based interface that the previous plugin > system used. In places where it was not possible, we contacted the module > authors, and provided pull requests to implement the new parts. We even > collected statistics on which modules are supported, whether we submitted a > PR, whether it was merged, and whether a new release was made. You can see > this here <https://github.com/PerlDancer/Dancer2/issues/1078>. > > The compatibility layer was incredibly involved and tasking and took > several good developers, and myself, to get it done. Damien Krotkine (dams) > even came back from semi-retirement just to help remove AUTOLOAD usage. He > was missed. :) > > Peter Mottram has worked tirelessly to get everything running as smooth as > possible. He tracked everything, debugged, tested, submitted PRs, contacted > and worked with authors, and basically did the work of about 20 people at > once. > > > *New core plugin* > A beautiful gem that was a result of the second Dancer Conference ( > DancerConf <http://perl.dance/>), Dancer2::Plugin::SendAs > <https://metacpan.org/pod/Dancer2::Plugin::SendAs> is now in core! Most > people do not know about it. It allows you to override the serializer (or > the lack thereof) per response. > > Well, that's not really true. The truth is that we introduced a stronger > version of it with more features! > > > *New keywords* > The original keyword spec for Dancer <https://metacpan.org/pod/Dancer> > and Dancer2 <https://metacpan.org/pod/Dancer2> included header and > push_header. This is only for response, not request. We now introduced > variations explicitly for request and response, namely request_header and > response_header (and more). > > > *Megasplat fix* > We fixed a problem with Megasplat, reported by Miyagawa-san. > > > *Plack support* > We support new Plack <https://metacpan.org/pod/Plack> versions, a > breakage that we marked as a mandatory high-priority issue. > > > *A bit faster* > We've internally moved to Type::Tiny <https://metacpan.org/pod/Type::Tiny> > which will automatically load Type::Tiny::XS > <https://metacpan.org/pod/Type::Tiny::XS>, making your program faster. > > We also moved from Class::Load <https://metacpan.org/pod/Class::Load> to > Module::Runtime <https://metacpan.org/pod/Module::Refresh> to both reduce > dependencies and speed up the framework. > > There had been quite a few more improvements and we would like to thank > everyone who helped make this release such a great one. You can view all > the changes in the Changes > <https://metacpan.org/changes/distribution/Dancer2> log. > > > *Onwards* > Now that we got the new plugin architecture out of the way, we can start > concentrating on additional improvements and interesting changes. We will > introduce a completely reworked documentation, named routes (or route > aliases), and maybe a rainbow-colored pony which sneezes sunshine. > > With much love, The Dancer Core Team. > > _______________________________________________ > dancer-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.preshweb.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/dancer-users > > -- Pedro Melo @pedromelo http://www.simplicidade.org/ xmpp:[email protected] mailto:[email protected]
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