0.11.0

Version 0.11.0 brings comprehensive updates: new documentation, non-destructive rendering, container-based root, hydration enhancements, thunks, app events, a revamped component lifecycle architecture, POJO (plain old JavaScript object) state, 100% test coverage restoration, and several bug fixes.

Root & Hydration

• The root now serves as a container, not a replaceable target, enabling non-destructive rendering.
• Hydration improvements:
  • Checks if load returns the same root node, indicating non-hydration use, setting oldNode and element to null.
  • If nodes differ, assumes oldNode as a valid virtual node and element as a DOM node, leaving re-hydration to the patch function.
• The update event triggers only for truthy new states, allowing false returns to cancel re-rendering.

App Events

• Enforced use of a POJO as the application state; primitive types are no longer valid.
• New event functions introduced:
  • load: Initializes and loads app resources.
  • render: Customizes the view function.
  • action: Logs or saves action data.
  • resolve: Modifies action behavior.
  • update: Inspects and validates state changes.

Lifecycle Events

• Deferred oncreate and onupdate calls post-patch, maintaining correct order for nested elements.
• onupdate now receives old data/attributes for prop change logic.
• Ensured onremove is called when elements are replaced.
• Removed oninsert in favor of oncreate.

Other

• Removed rollup.config.js in favor of direct command line Uglify use.
• Renamed mixin composition to presets.
• Refactored thunks, removing built-in promise support for thunk composition.
• Rewrote Code of Conduct based on the open code of conduct.

Acknowledgments

Thank you to everyone who contributed to this release: @Swizz, @lukejacksonn, @andyrj, @jamen, @zaceno, @fsodano, @tscholl2, @matejmazur, @jcubic, @dodekeract, and @madebyherzblut. See you next time! 👋