Changelog

This changelog has been implemented since v1.5.4 for earlier changes and more detailed information refer to the commit history

• v1.6.3 - 10/27/13
  • Added a new Request class in the server side to make HTTP requests
  • Re-organizes the inline documentation into two modules: Server and Client

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• v1.6.2 - 10/20/13
  • Added HTML5 localStorage support for storing persistent information such as a session id
  • Added server side session storage. Ex: client.session.set(key, value), client.session.get(key)
  • In-line documentation overhaul, included a JsDoc generated source documentation.

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• v1.6.1 - 9/22/13
  • Added an APS option configurator for server side options
  • Reversed the logic which tested the user names against the user define RegEx
  • Added a whitelist of IPs to accept connections from
  • Overhaul the demos visuals with Bootstrap 3
  • The demos now have global configuration files
  • Added support for extended method names. Ex: subscribe() = sub(), publish() = pub()
  • New server side channel event 'restored', triggered when a user is restored back to a channel from a session prior to been timeout kicked out.
  • Enhanced the Ape.log() function, it now displays properly structured objects.
  • The Client.user.change() method was rename to Client.user.update() to keep consistency between server and client APIs

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• v1.6.0 - 7/07/13
  • New change method in the server Ape.channel and Ape.user objects which updates a property and propagates their changes to all perspective clients
  • User and Channels are now kept in sync seamlessly across clients
  • Updated demos stockTicker and autoUpdate

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• v1.5.7 - 4/14/13
  • New option client.option.autoUpdate enables user and channel properties to auto update from the server.
  • New client events triggered when client.option.autoUpdate is enabled, userUpdate channelUpdate
  • New demo to showcase the new autoUpdate feature and new update events, live demo
  • Added more inline comments throughout the source code
  • New server channel event beforeJoin, refer to Handling Channel Events in the Server
  • The server .sendEvent() method on channel and user objects now properly handles events sent without a sender reference.
  • Both user and channel objects only expose public properties, making it safe to loop through the objects without including methods.

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• v1.5.6 - 4/07/13
  • Fixed issue#13 enhancing the longpolling transport performance
  • Added new demo payload
  • Change the websocket transport keyword wb to ws. wb will still work for backward compatibility but ws should be use from now on.
  • The global variable userlist in the server which holds the user list by name now is Ape.userlist
  • The multi parameter previously added has been deprecated
  • Enhanced client framework logging
  • Enhanced and further simplify the eventPush process
  • Added an event listening interface for channels in the server side. For more info Handling Channel Events in the Server

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• v1.5.5 - 3/31/13
  • New user to user demo added
  • Patched a potential sync event bug

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• v1.5.4 - 3/29/13
  • Modified the restoration process making it it more efficient and less expensive
  • The Server returns a 425 if the recipient of an event is not found
  • The client framework now sends an extra parameter multi to determine whether the recipient is a user or channel
  • Attached the client version to the initial command send to the server: SERVER or RESTORE command
  • Updated eventPush command to return error 425 in case of an unknown recipient
  • When creating a server module and the sendRaw is used to send a response to the client, event handler/listener must be prepended with raw. Ex: send sendRaw('Foo'), listen on('rawFoo')