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Send ### Contact Us (312) 620-0386contact@bitovi.com February 3, 2017 # January 2017 DoneJS Community Update This post highlights the notable releases, community projects, and technical content released in the DoneJS community last month. ![Chasen Le Hara](https://app.hubspot.com/settings/avatar/47447d7b410651534d079d84497c1a5c) Chasen Le Hara Share: [![Twitter](https://www.bitovi.com/hubfs/limbo-generated/_astro/twitter-white.os3xLc3C_Z2nW4or.svg) ](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=) [![Reddit](https://www.bitovi.com/hubfs/limbo-generated/imgs/icons/reddit.png) ](http://reddit.com/submit?url=) Lots of notable releases, community projects, and technical content were released in the DoneJS community last month! This post outlines some of the highlights from January 2017. ## Notable releases After announcing [the release of CanJS 3](https://www.bitovi.com/blog/canjs-3-0-release) last month, we released [CanJS 3.4](https://github.com/canjs/canjs/releases/tag/v3.4.0), which features [can-connect-feathers](https://canjs.com/doc/can-connect-feathers.html) for seamless integration with [FeathersJS](http://feathersjs.com/). Hot on the heels of [StealJS 1.0](https://www.bitovi.com/blog/stealjs-1.0-release) release last month, [Steal 1.1](https://github.com/stealjs/steal/releases/tag/v1.1.0) and [Steal-Tools 1.1](https://github.com/stealjs/steal-tools/releases/tag/v1.1.0) were published! The former includes a new feature which [simplifies the use of steal-clone with default exports](https://github.com/stealjs/steal/pull/992), while the latter [adds support for minifying JavaScript files with a custom function](https://github.com/stealjs/steal-tools/pull/589). ## Community projects The following projects were released by various members in our community. [Adam L Barrett](https://github.com/BigAB) published a 0.10 release of [react-view-models](https://www.npmjs.com/package/react-view-models), which connects “observable view-models to React presentational components to create auto-rendering container components.” The project is in its infancy, but if you’re interested in contributing, check out [the project’s issues on GitHub](https://github.com/canjs/react-view-models/issues). [Juan Orozco](https://github.com/Macrofig) published a few validation-related modules for CanJS: - [can-validate-legacy](https://www.npmjs.com/package/can-validate-legacy) is the previous version of can-validate for CanJS 2.3 projects. - [can-validate](https://www.npmjs.com/package/can-validate) has been updated for CanJS 3 - [can-define-validate-validatejs](https://www.npmjs.com/package/can-define-validate-validatejs) integrates [can-define](https://canjs.com/doc/can-define.html) with [Validate.js](https://validatejs.org/) [Matthew Phillips](https://github.com/matthewp) released a couple different modules: - [can-custom-elements](https://www.npmjs.com/package/can-custom-elements) is the start of an exploration into how CanJS can integrate with [Custom Elements](https://www.w3.org/TR/custom-elements/) - [steal-parse-amd](https://www.npmjs.com/package/steal-parse-amd) is “a parsing version of SystemJS’s AMD extension” [Nico R.](https://github.com/nriesco) published [donejs-select](https://www.npmjs.com/package/donejs-select), which is a component for “KnockoutJS-style select for DoneJS.” Marshall published [can-route-react](https://www.npmjs.com/package/can-route-react), which “is a collection of React components that help with routing… modeled after the ones found in [React Router](https://github.com/ReactTraining/react-router).” It’s still an experiment, so if you’re interested in contributing, check out [the project’s issues on GitHub](https://github.com/icanjs/can-route-react/issues). ![highres_457506184.jpg](https://www.bitovi.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Events/highres_457506184.jpg?width=597&height=298&name=highres_457506184.jpg) ## Blog posts, talks & trainings I published a blog post on [How to Upgrade to StealJS 1](https://www.bitovi.com/blog/how-to-upgrade-to-stealjs-1). If you’re migrating a project from a previous version to StealJS 1, you’ll enjoy the improved [Migration Guide](https://stealjs.com/docs/StealJS.topics.migrating-one.html). [Manuel Mujica](https://github.com/m-mujica) has done some incredible work on [steal-conditional](https://github.com/stealjs/steal-conditional). He [recorded a video with Matthew Phillips](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdkO9I9YBs4) and published a blog post on [How To Conditionally Load Modules with StealJS](https://www.bitovi.com/blog/how-to-conditionally-load-modules-with-stealjs). It was even featured by [JavaScript Daily](https://twitter.com/JavaScriptDaily/status/825767468081803264)! Steve Domino published a blog post on [creating a DoneJS app with Nanobox](https://hackernoon.com/how-to-create-a-donejs-app-in-3-easy-steps-6e51b738cbee). [Justin Meyer](https://github.com/justinbmeyer) hosted a training on [How DefineMap Works](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXp3m-ZlL4Y). We also hosted and were involved in a few local meetups: - [DoneJS Chicago Hack Night](https://www.meetup.com/DoneJS-Chicago/events/235738140/) - [SeattleJS](https://www.meetup.com/seattlejs/events/231089467/) - [DoneJS Raleigh–Durham StealJS Overview](https://www.meetup.com/DoneJS-raleigh-durham/events/233079906/) - [NodeSchool](https://www.meetup.com/NodeSchool-YQR/events/236704409/) - [LearnJS](https://www.meetup.com/Southbay-Javascript/events/236738218/) Additionally, [Adam Barrett](https://github.com/BigAB) hosted a [StealJS Overview & Walkthrough](https://forwardcourses.com/workshops/118). It’s now available to any Forward Courses subscribers. ![IMG_20170130_184536.jpg](https://www.bitovi.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Events/IMG_20170130_184536.jpg?width=597&height=447&name=IMG_20170130_184536.jpg) ## Contributors In addition to the projects and releases we’ve already mentioned, we’d like to recognize the following contributions from people outside the core team: [Brad Momberger](https://github.com/bmomberger-bitovi) made some contributions to CanJS: - [Allow numbers (literals and variables like %index) to be the value of bracket expressions](https://github.com/canjs/can-stache/pull/145) - [Fix for Call expressions inside of Bracket expressions](https://github.com/canjs/can-stache/pull/146) - [Use two-level extend to prevent subclasses from overwriting parent defines](https://github.com/canjs/can-map-define/pull/25) - [Ensure sync of child and parent in two-way bindings](https://github.com/canjs/can-stache-bindings/pull/127) [Colin Leong](https://github.com/colin-tucows) made a contribution to DoneJS: - [Support secure flag for cookie](https://github.com/donejs/done-ssr/pull/207) [Curtis Cummings](https://github.com/ccummings) made a few contributions to FuncUnit and Testee: - [Upgrade Syn to 0.2.2 to fix](https://github.com/bitovi/funcunit/pull/184) - [Fixing example code blocks in actions and getters docs](https://github.com/bitovi/funcunit/pull/185) - [Adding state to passed and failed tests so Mocha reporters work properly](https://github.com/bitovi/testee/pull/102) [Ilya Fadeev](https://github.com/ilyavf) made some contributions to CanJS: - [Support `init` or `setup` returning something other than new instance](https://github.com/canjs/can-construct/pull/30) - [Add constructor/hydrate behaviour](https://github.com/canjs/can-connect/pull/243) - [Maximum call stack if two instances without id are created (can/constructor-hydrate)](https://github.com/canjs/can-connect/pull/245) - [In can/map/map behavior check whether other behavior methods are available](https://github.com/canjs/can-connect/pull/246) [jcarbou](https://github.com/jcarbou) made a contribution to StealJS: - [Ignore jam section without main attribute](https://github.com/stealjs/steal-npm/pull/218) [Juan Orozco](https://github.com/Macrofig) made a contribution to CanJS: - [Improve click handling when pushstate is activated](https://github.com/canjs/can-route-pushstate/pull/28) [Kevin Dillon](https://github.com/kdillon) made a contribution to Syn: - [Added touch and pointer events for click](https://github.com/bitovi/syn/pull/121) [Manuel Mujica](https://github.com/m-mujica) made a ton of contributions to StealJS: - [Prevent streams to mutate recycle's cached data](https://github.com/stealjs/steal-tools/pull/578) - [Minify JS bundles instead of individual nodes](https://github.com/stealjs/steal-tools/pull/583) - [Test conditional builds using `~` lookup scheme](https://github.com/stealjs/steal-tools/pull/584) - [Fix trace detection with commented out import statements](https://github.com/stealjs/system-trace/pull/24) - [Merge system-trace into core](https://github.com/stealjs/steal/pull/1016) - [Support custom globals configuration](https://github.com/stealjs/steal/pull/1030) [Mike ‘mitch’ Mitchel](https://github.com/mikemitchel) made a contribution to CanJS: - [Fix the docs dropdown to point to the latest version of CanJS 2.3](https://github.com/canjs/canjs/pull/2968) [Nitin Pasumarthy](https://github.com/Nithanaroy) made a few contributions to CanJS - [Change scope object in Call expressions example](https://github.com/canjs/can-stache/pull/153) - [Fix a typo in example of DefineMap](https://github.com/canjs/canjs/pull/2981) - [Incorrect param explanation](https://github.com/canjs/can-stache-bindings/pull/126) ## What’s next The core team is focused on the DoneJS 1.0 release, which will include CanJS 3 and StealJS 1. We’re also starting to think about issues we’ll tackle after the DoneJS 1 release. One of those issues is improving templating in CanJS. We have a [request for proposals](https://github.com/canjs/canjs/issues/2995) open to collect ideas from the community. If you have thoughts on templating within CanJS, join the conversation! This month we’ll be hosting a couple local meetups: - [SDC: Javascript Module Loaders ](https://www.meetup.com/SoftDev/events/236219826/) - [DoneJS Chicago: Hack Night](https://www.meetup.com/DoneJS-Chicago/events/237182487/) Keep up with the latest in the community by [following us on Twitter](https://twitter.com/donejs) or joining us on our [forums](http://forums.donejs.com/) or [Gitter chat](https://gitter.im/donejs/donejs)! 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