Runtime 5.0.0

Stable is here

We are excited to announce that stable Runtime version 5.0.0 has been released.

In addition to migrating the entire code-base TypeScript, almost the entire framework has been refactored. V5 is offering improved stability, more modularity and better performance. We've replaced legacy technologies such as AngularJS and Ionic with our own more performant counterparts.

With this new framework, it opens the door for us to make much of the Runtime, including its APIs and components, completely pluggable. In the near future, developers will be able to add additional modules or even discard ones they don't need to shape their apps according to their needs, without lugging around any additional unused features.

Upgrading to V5

Upgrading from V4 to V5 should be a minimally disruptive exercise.

From an app user's perspective the update will be downloaded and installed as with any Runtime update, with the consequence of a faster app experience and a slightly different UI for some components and views.

From the developer's perspective, upgrading to V5 requires a couple of minor changes and configurations.

These change are:

1. Selecting the latest Runtime version. Executing the Runtime version action from the command pallet is the quickest way.

2. (For TypeScript Apps) Upgrading the runtime-build package to 3.0.5 (See this doc for more details).

3. Replacing deprecated attributes if they haven't already (Please see the blog post for a list of removed attributes).

4. Deploy... That's it!

For a full outline of what you can expect from upgrading to V5, see our blog post

Questions/Feedback

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