[jbosstools-dev] Re: what's new in beta1?

[Max Rydahl Andersen]

Ok, here is my list of what's new that I can deduce from jira and trying out latest build (some of these were actually already in 2.0.1 but we didnt do whats new at that point):

VPE: 
 * Experimental x86_64 bit builds
 * EL resolution in VPE for facesContext.requestContextPath (JBIDE-1410)
 * Performance improvements, caching of templates and removal of memory leaks.
 * Template system now supports versioning 

Seam:
 * Rename folders setup in seam properties and our settings get updated via refactoring (JBIDE-1919)
 * Seam Find references/declarations via Ctrl+1 in java for arbitrary lookup, Hooked into java search generally and also via Ctrl+G in .xhtml files. (JBIDE-509 and others)
 * Open Seam Component (JBIDE-518)
 * Seam model scalability. 30-40 times faster loading of existing Seam projects by caching indexes (JBIDE-1785), Less lookups (JBIDE-1778)
 * Seam project wizard can now be finished on the first page (JBIDE-1276)
 * OpenOn works on s:button/s:link at view (JBIDE-1437)
 * Seam components defined in inner classes supported (JBIDE-1374)
 * OpenOn works in pages.xml (JBIDE-1110)
 * Seam 2.1 accepted as runtime, but be carefull ;) (JBIDE-1786)
 * #{messages} code completion support (JBIDE-1258)
 
ESB:
 * First cut of an esb.xml editor (JBIDE-1670)

AS:
 * JBoss AS 5 Adapter (JBIDE-1774)
 * Use JMX Deploymentscanner to ensure proper deployment (JBIDE-1291)

JSF:
 * Validation and code completion now respect "var" attributes in e.g. h:dataTable
 * Removed need for .settings/org.jboss.tools.jst.web.xml (JBIDE-1820)
 * Updated templates for Rcifhaces 3.1.x
 (* Support <ui:param> in included pages (JBIDE-1591))

Hibernate:
 * Export Diagram as Image  (JBIDE-1932)
 * "Load console configuration" code completion when configuration is not yet loaded (JBIDE-1500)
 * When user start hql/criteria on entity or property a predefined criteria/hql statement is filled in (JBIDE-1620)
 * Property sheet shows number of results and query timing info (JBIDE-1465)
 * Autolayout, Outline and property support in Hibernate Diagram (JBIDE-1417, JBIDE-1413)
 * Automatic update of HQL/Criteria fetched from Java code (JBIDE-1668)
 
Did I miss anything ?

/max

> Yes, exactly. I assumed those who actually did the new features and/or were mainly responsible for the specific components
> would like to tell about them ;)
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> /max
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>> Max,
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>> if i get it right we are doing 'what's new' document per component basis.
>> So I would do it this way:
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>> Sergey and Maxim - please provide description for new features in VPE;
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>> Aleks Kazakov - seam new features;
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>> Victor - text editor features.
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>> I think we can find new features by Affects: Documentation checkbox in
>> JIRA issues.
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>> Denis
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>> Max Rydahl Andersen wrote:
>>> Hi Team,
>>>
>>> It's now time again to collect the list of "What's new" for the release of beta1.
>>>
>>> I've attached an updated template with instructions on style and screenshots.
>>>
>>> This template is also available at https://svn.jboss.org/repos/jbosstools/trunk/documentation/whatsnew/template/
>>>
>>> and you can see samples of the old What's New at http://docs.jboss.org/tools/whatsnew/ for inspiration (note: not all the old templates follow the style for the snapshots so please look at the template for the precise info
>>>
>>> The faster I can get these, the better :)
>>>
>>> If you prefer me to create the what's new then please point me to a jira that describes the mentioned feature and have screenshots for it if it is an visual change.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> /max
>>>
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