iTwin.js 4.0 Release!

[aruniverse]

We are excited to announce the release of iTwin.js 4.0! 

A new major release of iTwin.js affords us the opportunity to update our requirements to continue to provide modern, secure, and rich libraries. Please visit our Supported Platforms documentation for a full breakdown. This release represents a significant milestone for iTwin.js, including improved stability of our APIs and much more, enabling you to build robust and capable digital twin solutions today.

Goals of the release

We had some high-level objectives guiding the changes made during this release enabling us to provide a strong foundation for the exciting features to come in this 4.x generation.

• Improve the stability of our core APIs around Web and Desktop visualization.
• Clean up some of our current APIs and promote others to a public release tag in accordance with our newly announced Support Policy.
• Update minimum supported versions of Node.js, Electron, glibc, iOS and Android for security
• Deliver ES2021
• Break packages out of lockstep with iTwin.js - Core to move independently and faster

What's included?

This major release comprises different pieces including packages being moved to different repositories. The full guide to the changes are available in release notes.

How do I get started?

If you have an existing application built on iTwin.js 3.x, head over to our release notes!

If you're just starting with iTwin.js, follow our updated tutorial on developer.bentley.com.

We look forward to having you try out iTwin.js 4.0 and as always, look forward to hearing your feedback.