v0.0.8-alpha

0.0.8-alpha Release 2019-03-21

Summary

Our new, regular release process is running like clockwork. From now on, you can expect alpha releases to be in sync with Dev Pulses. It feels good to get this process implemented!

Highlights

• Release Process: Running Smoothly with Faster Updates and Higher Quality Builds
• Breaking Change: CRUD Validation has Landed
• Core Devs / Bleeding Edge: New Recommended Install Process
• Dev Resources: ‘First Steps’ Tutorial Moved — Updated for 0.0.7
• Challenges: Finding the Right Fit

See the Dev Pulse & change log for complete details.

Installation

This release consists of binary builds of:

• the hc development command-line tool
• holochain deployment conductor for different platforms.

To install, simply download and extract the binary for your platform.
See our installation quick-start instructions for details.

Rust and NodeJS are both required for hc to build and test DNA:

• Rust
  • Must be nightly-2019-01-24 build with the WASM build target.
    Once you have first installed rustup:

    rustup toolchain install nightly-2019-01-24
    rustup default nightly-2019-01-24
    rustup target add wasm32-unknown-unknown --toolchain nightly-2019-01-24
    

• Node.js version 8 or higher
  • E2E tests for Holochain apps are written in Javascript client-side and executed in NodeJS through websockets
  • For further info, check out the holochain-nodejs module

Which Binary?

Download only the binaries for your operating system.

• MacOS: cli-v0.0.8-alpha-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.gz
• Linux: cli-v0.0.8-alpha-x86_64-ubuntu-linux-gnu.tar.gz
• Windows:
  • mingw build system: cli-v0.0.8-alpha-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu.tar.gz
  • Visual Studio build system: cli-v0.0.8-alpha-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.tar.gz

All binaries are for 64-bit operating systems.
32-bit systems are NOT supported.