Changelog

Version 2.1.0

  • The template debugger has been removed.
  • Various style (pep8) errors fixed.
  • Added the ability to get cloud storage information from uploads, see Uploads & Downloads.
  • Settings API overhaul. See Settings.
  • GeoPtProperties now correctly translated when using wtforms.
  • Fixed error with /_ah/warmup requests always failing.
  • Added the ability to return a response from an authorization chain.
  • Search now correctly indexes repeated properties.
  • OAuth2 service accounts are now backed by datastore storage so they do not refresh the access token too frequently.
  • OAuth2 integration now uses the (new) ndb utilies built in to oauth2client.
  • The path-patching code has been moved into ferris/fix_imports.py and is now loaded directly by appengine_config.py.

Migration from 2.0.x

  1. Update the ferris, packages, and plugins directory.
  2. Update /main.py, remove /fix_imports.py, add /appengine_config.py.
  3. Carefully update /app.yaml being sure to preserve the application id and version as well as any custom handlers.
  4. Translate existing app settings from /settings.py to the new format in /app/settings.py. See Settings. Remove /settings.py.
  5. Make sure any additional settings classes in your custom plugins are imported into /app/settings.py.
  6. Remove any references in your template to “elements/debug/toolbox.html”.

Version 2.0.1

2.0.1 is a patch release and is thus backwards-compatible with 2.0.0. No migration should be needed.

  • Fixing issue where value formatter did not work for repeated keys.
  • 400/500 errors now return JSON when using the messaging API.
  • Fixing issue where oauth2 credentials could be duplicated.
  • Added priority events (no surface API change).
  • Updating third-party packages
  • Removed gaepytz in favor of the maintained pytz-appengine
  • Adding default tabindex to form fields.
  • Moved all testing tools to ferrinose and made aliases to ensure backwards-compatibility.
  • Added the download controller, see Uploads & Downloads.

Version 2.0.0

  • Major overhaul of the controller part of Ferris’ MVC. We’ve wholesale replaced handlers with the new Controllers.
  • Third-party packages have been updated to newer versions.
  • New admin layout.
  • Bootstrap updated from 2 to 3.
  • Scaffolding has been completely re-done. It’s now a component and doesn’t involve magic to make it work.
  • New scaffold views.
  • EasyHandler has been removed. With the new scaffold it’s very easily to replicate its functionality.
  • Template tester plugin as been removed.
  • Scaffold only supports urlsafe keys, no more direct support for IDs.
  • New Cache component.
  • Memcache utilties have been improved for usability.
  • Protorpc Messages integration for REST APIs.
  • Search API integration.
  • Value formatters for pretty-printing in templates.
  • Request parsers for a unified API for processing Forms and Messages.
  • Response handlers to transform return values into responses.
  • View classes to help generate complex responses.
  • Test runner has been broken out into Ferrisnose.
  • Pagination overhauled with better support for tracking cursors.
  • TinyMCE has been removed (a seperate repository called ferris-fancy-forms is available).
  • Template events
  • Authorization chains
  • Removing our custom wtforms.appengine.ext.ndb module in favor of the built-in wtforms one.
  • Mail component removed, use ferris.core.mail instead.
  • app.yaml cleanup, Ferris is now included into app.yaml.
  • Custom app for handling deferred tasks, prevents import errors.
  • Plugin to manage OAuth2 service accounts.
  • JSON component removed in favor of Messages.
  • Higher test coverage.
  • Fixing various memory leaks.
  • Various bug fixes.