Version 5.0b7 Released! (12/2008)

With just an hour or so left in 2008 it's time for a major AribaWeb update: AribaWeb-5.0b7.

As always there's a new screencast to show off some of what's new.

http://www.vimeo.com/2685671

In this case we build a real app (an email-integrated bug tracker with full text search, user auth, etc, etc), and show that a basic AW project has 100x less code that its Rails equivalent (and does a lot more).

See below for the full list of new features, and check out our site at http://aribaweb.org to pull the latest code.

I look forward to hearing what you think!

Start 2009 off right: Spend the 1st catching up on your AW Screencasts! :-)

- craig

• AtIssue: a new full-featured demo app

  • email integrated lightweight bug/task tracker

• Full Text Search support via Compass/Lucene (JPA / Hibernate integration)

  • automatically used in choosers and search panels

• New AppCore framework:

  • Basic User, Group, Permission support
  • Login (local auth)
  • MailMonitor

• New CSV Data Loader

  • Automatically initializes new schemas by loading integration/pkg.ClassName.csv files
  • Support relationship initialization (automatic foreign key lookup)

• New project template for Master Detail apps

  • Creates app set up for AppCore, Compass, ...

• New mail parsing / viewing support (AWMimeParsedMessage, MimeMessageViewer)

  • Mail Client example updated to use it

• MetaUI: many enhancements

  • New compact field ordering (and trait application) syntax: e.g.
    zLeft => firstName => lastName; zRight => email#required => phone;
  • New wrapper style traits (bold, italic, heading, ...)
  • OulineBox layout
  • DataTable detail row rendering support
  • Generic support in MetaIncludeComponent for wrappers, named contents
    
    • Also, easily propagate full bag of bindings to subcomponents (awbindingDictionary binding support)
  • Merge of "traits" and "trait" property (only "trait" lives on)
  • Support for using parent context traits in rules affecting nested keys. e.g.:
    module-trait=CoolMode { field { editing: false } }

• Bug Fixes:

  • Build fix: re-builds were creating nested build directories (and breaking app re-launch)
  • Some metaui Context exceptions (on nested value override chaining)
  • MetaUI rapid-turnaround (reloading) fixes
  • Rebuild of groovy app not rebuilding groovy classes

• Updated Dependencies

  • Updated to Hibernate 3.3.1, JavaMail 1.4.1, log4j-1.2.15