Version 4.0.0-beta.1

Release Date: Not released

Highlights:

• New View Layouts provide simple way to create site site view templates.
• Fixed user guide CSS for proper wide table display
• Converted UploadedFile to use system messages
• Numerous database, migration & model bugs fixed
• Refactored unit testing for appstarter & framework distributions

New messages:

• Database.tableNotFound
• HTTP.uploadErr…

App changes:

• app/Config/Cache has new setting: database
• app/Views/welcome_message has logo tinted
• composer.json has a case correction
• env adds CI_ENVIRONMENT suggestion

The list of changed files follows, with PR numbers shown.

• app/

  • Config/

    • Cache #1719

  • Views/

    • welome_message #1774

• system/

  • Cache/Handlers/

    • RedisHandler #1719, #1723

  • Config/

    • Config #37dbc1
    • Services #1704, #37dbc1

  • Database/

    • Exceptions/DatabaseException #1739

    • Postgre/

      • Builder #1733

    • SQLite3/

      • Connection #1739
      • Forge #1739
      • Table #1739

    • BaseBuilder #36fbb8, #549d7d
    • BaseConnection #549d7d, #1739
    • Forge #1739
    • MigrationRunner #1743
    • Query #36fbb8
    • Seeder #1722

  • Debug/

    • Exceptions #1704

  • Files/

    • UploadedFile #1708

  • Helpers/

    • date_helper #1768
    • number_helper #1768
    • security_helper #1768
    • text_helper #1768
    • url_helper #1768

  • HTTP/

    • Request #1725

  • Language/en/

    • Database #1739
    • HTTP #1708
    • View #1757

  • Router/

    • RouteCollection #1709, #1732
    • Router #1764

  • Test/

    • ControllerResponse #1740
    • ControllerTester #1740
    • DOMParser #1740
    • FeatureResponse #1740

  • Validation/

    • Rules #1738, #1743
    • Validation #37dbc1, #1763

  • View/

    • View #1729

  • Common #1741
  • Entity #6e549a, #1739
  • Model #4f4a37, #6e549a, #37dbc1, #1712, #1763

• tests/system/

  • Database/

    • BaseQueryTest #36fbb8

    • Live/

      • SQLite3/AlterTableTest #1739, #1740
      • ForgeTest #1739, #1745
      • ModelTest #37dbc1, #4ff1f5, #1763

    • Migrations/MigrationRunnerTest #1743

  • Helpers/

    • FilesystemHelperTest #1740

  • I18n/

    • TimeTest # 1736

  • Test/

    • DOMParserTest #1740

  • Validation/

    • ValidationTest #1763

  • View/

    • ViewTest #1729

  • EntityTest #6e549a, #1736

• user_guide_src/

  • _themes/…/

    • citheme.css #1696

  • changelogs/

    • v4.0.0-alpha.5 #1699

  • database/

    • migrate #1696

  • dbmgmt/

    • forge #1751

  • installation/

    • install_manual #1699
    • running #1750

  • intro/

    • psr #1752

  • libraries/

    • caching #1719
    • validation #1742

  • models/

    • entities #1744

  • outgoing/

    • index #1729
    • view_layouts #1729

  • testing/

    • controllers #1740

  • tutorial/

    • static_pages #1763

• composer.json #1755
• .env #1749

PRs merged:

• #1774 Housekeeping for beta.1
• #1768 Helper changes - signatures & typos
• #1764 Fix routing when no default route has been specified. Fixes #1758
• #1763 Ensure validation works in Model with errors as part of rules. Fixes #1574
• #1757 Correct the unneeded double-quote (typo)
• #1755 lowercase ‘vfsStream’ in composer files
• #1752 Fixed typo preventing link format
• #1751 Guide: Moving misplaced text under correct heading
• #1750 Remove reference to Encryption Key in User Guide
• #1749 Adding environment to .env
• #1745 Updated composite key tests for SQLite3 support. Fixes #1478
• #1744 Update entity docs for current framework state. Fixes #1727
• #1743 Manually sort migrations found instead of relying on the OS. Fixes #1666
• #1742 Fix required_without rule bug.
• #1741 Helpers with a specific namespace can be loaded now. Fixes #1726
• #1740 Refactor test support for app starter
• #1739 Fix typo
• #1738 Fix required_with rule bug. Fixes #1728
• #1737 Added support for dropTable and modifyTable with SQLite driver
• #1736 Accommodate long travis execution times
• #1733 Fix increment and decrement errors with Postgres
• #1732 Don’t check from CLI in Routes. Fixes #1724
• #1729 New View Layout functionality for simple template
• #1725 Update Request.php
• #1723 Log an error if redis authentication is failed
• #1722 Seeder adds default namespace to seeds
• #1719 Update Cache RedisHandler to support select database
• #4ff1f5 Additional tests for inserts and required validation failing (#1717)
• #549d7d Another try at getting escaping working correctly both when in and out of models
• #1712 Minor readability changes
• #37dbc1 Ensure Model validation rules can be a group name
• #1709 Fix resource routing websafe method order checking
• #1708 Language for UploadedFile
• #36fbb8 BaseBuilder should only turn off Connection’s setEscapeFlags when running a query…
• #6e549a Provide default baseURL that works with the development server for easier first time setup (Fixes #1646)
• #1704 Fix viewsDirectory bug (#1701)
• #4f4a37 remove debugging from Model.
• #1699 Fix install link in user guide
• #1696 Fix page structure etc
• #1695 Tidy up code blocks in the user guide