Version 6.3 of @lipemat/js-boilerplate is now available and ready for use. Over the past month or so there have been a couple minor version updates. This post will cover all changes since version 6.0.0. The main focus of this release was to reduce the reliance on core-js in favor of improved browser targeting and tools to verify which browsers are actually targetted. Reduce Reliance on Core-JS Core JS is a set of polyfills which add support to older browsers for modern code structures … [Read more...]
WordPress-Libs – Version 3.0.0
Version 3 of WordPress Libs is now stable and ready for general use. This is a major version update with breaking changes so be sure to read on before you update existing projects. You may have noticed that we have not written a release article in a while although a few minor versions have been released. The last few versions were all slowly integrating the new WordPress systems and preparing for version 3. Purpose It has been almost exactly 2 years since version 2 was released. Since … [Read more...]
Js-Boilerplate Version 6
Version 6.0 of @lipemat/js-boilerplate is now available and ready for use. This is a major version update with several structural changes. Read on for migration instructions. This release added support for the following systems: Node version 14.Yarn PNP.Webpack version 5. Many of the previously included configurations and systems have been moved to their own package to support PNP and universal reuse. Migrate From Version 5 to Version 6 Version 6 was designed to support Yarn PNP … [Read more...]
The Journey Continues to Two Million Downloads
It seems like only yesterday (actually 2 years ago) that we published our Journey To One Million Downloads post. This week we hit another milestone! We have now had over 2,000,000 downloads of our plugins! During the past two years our plugins have changed so much they are hardly recognizable from their original form. Our technology stack has changed, our processes have changed, our team has grown, even our entire upgrade/licensing system has changed. The greatest (and coolest) change … [Read more...]
Js-Boilerplate Version 5.7
Version 5.7 of @lipemat/js-boilerplate is now available and ready for use. This version focused on improving default configurations, TypeScript 4, and ESLint improvements. Default Configurations Various package.json requirements have now been replaced with sensible defaults. root is now ./url is now https://localhosttheme_path is now /regenerate_revison is now false JEST will now use the url value as its testURL which fixes the CORS issue when making requests from Jsdom. … [Read more...]
WordPress-Libs – Version 2.19.0
Version 2.19.0 of WordPress Libs is now available for public use. This was the biggest release we have had in a while for this library. Many features were introduced and improved, bugs were squashed, and redundancies were combined. All around improved REST and meta support. WordPress 5.5 is required to take advantage of many of the enhancements. It's not required but recommended to update to WP 5.5 when updating to version 2.19.0. Option Page Enhancements CMB2 uses a special mapping … [Read more...]