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@iurimatias iurimatias released this 28 Jun 11:51
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To Update to 2.5.0

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Embark's npm package has changed from embark-framework to embark, this sometimes can create conflicts. To update, first uninstall embark-framework 1 to avoid any conflicts with npm uninstall -g embark-framework followed by npm install -g embark

to update from 2.4.2:

npm install -g [email protected]

afterwards make sure embark version returns 2.5.0.

In this release

This release updates to the lastest dependencies, fixes a few things and has a lot of work under the hood necessary for future releases.

Updates

  • support for geth 1.6.5
  • updated to use web3.js 0.19.11
  • updated to use solc 0.4.11

Misc Bugfixes and Improvements

  • embark new will now prompt for the dapp name if not specified as embark new <yourDappName>
  • embark.js: ContractName.new() as been added as an alias for ContractName.deploy()
  • embark.js: a method to easily send ether to a contract has been added: ContractName.send(value, unit, options) e.g ContractName.send(2, "ether", {from: web3.eth.accounts[1]})
  • orbit: Fix for orbit to make it work if the blockchain component is disabled
  • orbit: Use default config for orbit it none is specified in the config file
  • Demo app now has warning message for incompatible whisper versions
  • the JSON files of the contracts are now being outputted at dist/contracts/ (experimental)
  • whisper: Dashboard now displays the whisper version of the node
  • plugin API: extensions can now also be added as directories within the dapp directory
  • plugin API: plugins can now register a component to be displayed in the dashboard. e.g:
  embark.registerServiceCheck('PluginService', function(cb) {
    if (someFunctionThatChecksTheService()) {
       cb({name: "MyServiceName", status: "on"});
    } else {
      cb({name: "MyServiceName", status: "off"});
    }
  });

Documentation

The new documentation for embark is being worked on and available at https://embark.readthedocs.io/en/latest/. If you wish to help out don't hesitate to do a PR or contact me at our gitter channel.

Thank you

A big thanks to all that contributed to this release including Nathan Hernandez, Antonio Tenorio-Fornés, Jon Johnson, Andy Nogueira, roo2, Carl Mönnig, Michael Yeates, Todd Baur, 黄俊钦, Ramiro Moreira, gregg dourgarian

Chatroom

To discuss about Embark or Dapp development, please join us at the gitter channel

Donations

Embark is 100% a community project and not tied to any organization which contributes to a more decentralized Ethereum ecosystem.

If you like Embark please consider donating to 0xFA239D14c7117C3D2370B2a4c4238534391fadd9

Please also consider donating to MyEtherWallet 0x7cB57B5A97eAbe94205C07890BE4c1aD31E486A8 another independent project of great value to the community.

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