framework/FRONTEND FRAMEWORK REWRITE CHANGES.md

Changes

• Mithril
  • See changes from v0.2.x @ https://mithril.js.org/migration-v02x.html
  • Kept m.prop and m.withAttr
  • Actual Promises are used now instead of m.deferred
• Component
  • Use new Mithril lifecycle hooks (component.config is gone)
    • When implementing your own, you must call super.<hook>(vnode) to update this.attrs
  • component.render now doesn't use the current state instance
    • this is because of how Mithril v2 works
    • now calls mithril on the component class (not instance) and its props
• Translator
  • Added app.translator.transText, automatically extracts text from translator.trans output
• Utils
  • Changed computed util to require multiple keys to be passed as an array
  • SubtreeRetainer now has an update method instead of retain, and its output is used in onbeforeupdate lifecycle hook
  • Evented util is now a class instead of an object
  • formatNumber now uses Number.prototype.toLocaleString with the current application locale, and supports passing an options object (eg. for currency formatting - https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/NumberFormat/resolvedOptions#Description)
• Modals
  • app.modal.show now takes the Modal class (not instance) and optional props (app.modal.show(ForgotPasswordModal, props))

Forum

• Forum Application
  • Renamed to Forum
  • app.search is no longer global, extend using extend