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authorMarko Gronroos <magi@vaadin.com>2012-12-19 13:19:28 +0200
committerMarko Gronroos <magi@vaadin.com>2012-12-19 15:14:00 +0200
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Updated Release Notes for Vaadin 7.0.0.rc1 release.
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<p>
See the <tt>README.TXT</tt> in the installation package for detailed information
about the package contents. <a href="http://vaadin.com/book">Book of Vaadin</a>
- (for Vaadin 7) will give more detailed instructions; it is not yet up-to-date at
- the time of this release, but will be updated soon after.
+ (for Vaadin 7) gives more detailed instructions.
</p>
<p>
@@ -114,10 +113,15 @@
<h2 id="enhancements">Enhancements in Vaadin @version@</h2>
<p>
- @version@ is a beta release release of the upcoming version 7 of the
- Vaadin Framework. It introduces some minor changes, minor new features and fixes.
+ In addition to many fixes and smaller features and changes, @version@ introduces
+ the following major changes since the last beta release:
</p>
+ <ul>
+ <li>The <b>ColorPicker</b> component is now included in the Vaadin core framework</li>
+ <li>Sass compiler can now be used in client-side projects.</li>
+ </ul>
+
<p>
The following major changes were introduced in the earlier
@version-minor@ releases:
@@ -159,8 +163,7 @@
</li>
<li><b>Form</b> is deprecated and form hand is replaced with the <b>FieldGroup</b></li>
<li>Get computed style of a component from the browser</li>
- <li>Support for border, padding, and margin in core layout components</li></ul>
- <ul>
+ <li>Support for border, padding, and margin in core layout components</li>
<li>Applications are now written by extending the <b>UI</b> class
<ul>
<li>UIs use heartbeat to detect closing</li>
@@ -172,8 +175,10 @@
<li><b>ApplicationResource</b> is replaced with <b>ConnectorResource</b></li>
</ul>
</li>
- <li>Themeing with <a href="http://sass-lang.com/">SASS</a> in addition to CSS
+ <li>Themeing is now done with <a href="http://sass-lang.com/">Sass</a>
<ul>
+ <li>Sass themes are compiled on-the-fly when loading the theme (for development), or manually with the theme compiler (for production)</li>
+ <li>Pure CSS themes are supported, but should include <tt>legacy-styles.css</tt>
<li>SASS themes need to (and CSS themes can) be compiled to a single CSS stylesheet with the <tt>vaadin-theme-compiler</tt></li>
</ul>
</li>
@@ -181,6 +186,20 @@
<li>All <tt>addListener()</tt> methods have changed to listener-specific methods, such as <tt>addClickListener()</tt>, <tt>addValueChangeListener()</tt>, etc.</li>
<li>Packaging has changed, now in a ZIP package (see <a href="package">Package Contents</a> above)
</li>
+ <li>The <b>Panel</b> and <b>Window</b> (and in <b>UI</b> in early betas) no longer
+ extend <b>ComponentContainer</b>, but <b>SingleComponentContainer</b>, which has
+ no <tt>addComponent()</tt> method
+ <ul>
+ <li>The <b>UI</b>, <b>Panel</b>, and <b>Window</b> no longer have default
+ content (used to be a <b>VerticalLayout</b>), but you must set the content
+ component explicitly with the <tt>setContent()</tt> method or in the
+ constructor</li>
+
+ <li>If the content is a layout, you need to add other components to the layout
+ component with <tt>addComponent()</tt> instead of the container</li>
+ </ul>
+ </li>
+
</ul>
</ul>
@@ -191,14 +210,6 @@
the Vaadin Wiki.
</p>
- <p>
- Please see the release notes for <a href="http://vaadin.com/download/prerelease/7.0/7.0.0/7.0.0.alpha1/release-notes.html">alpha1</a>,
- <a href="http://vaadin.com/download/prerelease/7.0/7.0.0/7.0.0.alpha2/release-notes.html">alpha2</a>,
- <a href="http://vaadin.com/download/prerelease/7.0/7.0.0/7.0.0.alpha3/release-notes.html">alpha3</a>,
- and <a href="http://vaadin.com/download/prerelease/7.0/7.0.0/7.0.0.beta1/release-notes.html">beta1</a>
- for the lists of where the major enhancements were introduced.
- </p>
-
<h3 id="changelog">ChangeLog</h3>
<p>
@@ -432,11 +443,11 @@
</p>
<ul>
- <li>Mozilla Firefox 5 or newer</li>
+ <li>Mozilla Firefox 17 or newer</li>
<li>Internet Explorer 8-10</li>
<li>Safari 6</li>
<li>Opera 12</li>
- <li>Google Chrome 21</li>
+ <li>Google Chrome 23</li>
</ul>
<p>