os-js/OS.js alpha81

osjs-alpha81

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This release brings Widgets, rewritten servers(s), connection/authenticator/storage replaces 'handler', bugfixes and improvements.

Overall this will make development and customization much easier and allows to drop-in modules to extend functionality.

Another change is that Grunt is no longer used as the main CLI utility. The osjs script now handles this with exception of developer helpers.

The official documentation (manual) has also been completely reworked. It now explains all the concepts and gives detailed instructions and examples.

NOTE: The Application API has changed! You can read about the changes in links below. Backward compability has been kept, but it is not guaranteed to work 100%.

Relevant:

• http://community.os.js.org/t/update-version-bump-alpha81/105
• https://gitter.im/os-js/topics/topic/5818ce090b10738c73fe24e0/new-server-codebase-and-handler-abstraction
• http://community.os.js.org/t/notice-upcoming-server-api-changes/104/2
• http://community.os.js.org/t/feature-widgets/90
• #527
• https://os.js.org/manual/

Digest:

• Settings: Make sure window title is translated (#511)
• Settings: Add back window switcher toggle saving
• Settings: Better handling of startup category argument
• Settings: Better VFS mounting
• Preview: Support opening external locations
• CoreWM: Widget Support
• CoreWM: Iconview bugfixes
• CoreWM: Added a developer tool notification icon with menu
• VFS: Add missing VFS.File parameter in delete check (Fixes #509)
• VFS: Added client-side watch() and unwatch() methods
• VFS: scandir() can now concat entries from a given metadata file
• VFS: Bugfixes and cleanups
• VFS: Fixed backlink showing on roots
• VFS: Server-side watching
• API: Fixed resolving custom icons for packages
• API: getFileIcon() now supports 'application' VFS Files
• GUI: Added add() remove() and set() methods to Tabs
• GUI: Some bugfixes to menu events
• GUI: Moved some element/scheme stuff around, better creation of elements
• Dialogs: Added 'create directory' to File (on save and directory select)
• Window: Corrected wrong scope in resize finished callback (Fixes #506)
• Window: Added _create() shortcut to create new GUI elements
• Utils: Added more keycodes and freezed namespace
• Utils: Added full ASCII key map
• Utils: Removed some deprecated methods
• Utils: Fixed early (too) early cleanup of XHR request
• Utils: Added deep-clone object method alternative
• Utils: Updated pathJoin()
• iframe-application: Added callback-style messaging sypport
• default-application: Removed some deprecated stuff
• default-application: Added callback support on save
• client: Now uses a Connection class instead of Handler methods
• client: Now uses a Authenticator class instead of Handler methods
• client: Now uses a Storage class instead of Handler methods
• client: Now supports subscriptions when using WS
• server: Now supports drop-in modules for API, VFS Transports, etc.
• server: Now uses a Storage module instead of Handler class
• server: Now uses a Authenticator module instead of Handler class
• server-node: Entirely rewritten
• server-php: Entirely rewritten
• locales: Updated it_IT
• locales: Updated fr_FR
• build: Added better bugreport configuration support
• build: Static build files can now be skipped if already exists
• build: Added support for build file overlays
• build: Now possible to pick login screen via config
• build: Added help to the 'osjs' command
• build: Updated build system
• misc: Updated various lose documentation files in the codebase
• misc: Grunt is no longer a main dependency
• misc: Removed some unnesecarry dotfiles
• misc: Updated documentation
• misc: Updated NIX installer
• misc: Updated eslint rules
• misc: Cleaned up some CSS
• misc: Updated unit tests