Changelog

Part 1, Chapter 2

5.0.0

Released November 12, 2022

• Server changes:
  • Upgraded Channels from 3.x to 4.x.
  • Bumped Python version and all Python dependencies.
• Client changes:
  • Upgraded Angular from 13.x to 14.x.
  • Bumped Node.js version and all Node.js dependencies.
• Other changes:
  • Updated Google Cloud Platform sections to reflect changes to workflow and UI.
  • Bumped versions of all services in Docker Compose.

4.0.0

Released December 29, 2021

• Bumped versions of all services in Docker Compose (Redis, PostgreSQL, Python, Node.js, Nginx).
• Bumped versions of all Python and Node.js dependencies.
• Key frontend changes:
  • Upgraded Angular to version 13.
  • Replaced previous Google Maps component with (new) official Angular Google Maps component.
  • Updated TypeScript interfaces and object types according to the newest TypeScript rules.
  • Updated Bootstrap components to version 5.

3.0.1

Released December 17, 2020

• Bumped versions of all services in Docker Compose (Redis, PostgreSQL, Python, Node.js, Nginx).
• Upgraded to Django Channels 3.
• Bumped versions of all Python and Node.js dependencies.
• Angular 11 changes:
• Replaced async() with waitForAsync().
• Added relativeLinkResolution to RouterModule.
• Django Channels changes:
• Added as_asgi() function call to TaxiConsumer in routing.py.
• Added explicit http key to ProtocolTypeRouter.

3.0.0

Released April 9, 2019

• Bumped versions of Docker, Redis, Angular, Python, Django, Django Channels, and other Python dependencies.
• Added PostgreSQL.
• Added djangorestframework-simplejwt dependency and changed authentication strategy to use JSON Web Tokens (JWT).
• Updated TypeScript in client code.

2.0.2

Released January 11, 2019

• Updated all libraries to most recent versions.
• Removed nose and replaced assert_* functions with basic Python assert statements.
• Fixed breaking Docker container. (Issue caused by pointing to edge instead of latest-stable.)
• Updated screen shots for new Angular 8 welcome screen.
• Implemented RxJS 6.x webSocket() function.

2.0.1

• Fixed Channels dependencies.

2.0.0

• Bumped versions of Docker, Redis, Angular, Python, Django, Django Channels, and other Python dependencies.
• Renamed directories, Docker Compose services, and Django projects and apps to be more clear.
• Added instruction for creating admin pages.
• Changed unique Trip identifier from MD5 hash to UUID.
• Beefed up Docker instruction with a lot of new content.
• Added step-by-step guide (with screenshots) for using Google Cloud Platform.
• Replaced deprecated Angular Toastr package with new one.
• Added directory structure diagrams.
• Added more explicit code examples.
• Added more frequent test runs.
• Added more screenshots.

1.0.1

• Fixed confusing step in the "WebSockets" chapter.
• Added example code repo that includes tags for each part.
• Added a link to the taxi-app code repo in the course introduction.