infernojs/inferno v6.0.0-rc.0

Inferno v6.0.0-rc.0

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This is the first release candidate for the next major version! Please help the community by testing it out!

You can install this version using the following command. Use same version for all packages

npm install --save inferno@6.0.0-rc.0

JSX users also need to update babel plugin, Note that babel v7 is now required. See their documentation for help in migration: https://babeljs.io/docs/en/v7-migration

npm install --save babel-plugin-inferno@6.0.0-5

This release includes the following tickets:
https://github.com/infernojs/inferno/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22Fixed+in+v6.0.0%22

Fragments

You can now render arrays from Component render methods, or root level.
See test cases for documentation: https://github.com/infernojs/inferno/blob/master/packages/inferno/__tests__/fragments.spec.jsx
Or React doc: https://reactjs.org/docs/fragments.html

New lifecycle:

• getDerivedStateFromProps
• getSnapshotBeforeUpdate

New optimization flag:

• $HasTextChildren, this flag can be used if vNode contains only single text children

Breaking change:

• componentDidUpdate triggers later in lifecycle order
• style={{backgroundColor: 'red'}} => style={{"background-color": "red"}}
• legacy string ref is removed from Inferno
• Hydration is now in its own package, and needs to be called manually. See inferno-hydrate https://github.com/infernojs/inferno/tree/master/packages/inferno-hydrate

And more, see Github tickets for all changes. Complete documentation will come later.