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v0.8.0

Release v0.8.0 "New Eyes"
@kadamwhite kadamwhite tagged this 24 Jun 23:23 
This release makes some key changes, adds some essential functionality,
and re-wires things under the hood. I am unilaterally adopting the
model of naming releases after albums, because I am releasing this in
Vienna and "Mozart's House" by Clean Bandit (New Eyes, track 1) has
been stuck in my head throughout WordCamp Europe.

**Autodiscovery**

Autodiscovery is now supported via the `WP.discover` method (#181)

**Bootstrapping**

If you already have the API response object you want to bootstrap with,
the `.routes` property from it can now be passed in when calling `WP.site`
or instantiating a `new WP` object (also #181, documented #182):

```js
var site = WP.site( 'http://my-endpoint.com/wp-json', endpointJSON.routes );
```

A script to ease the process of downloading this JSON object was added
in PR #175

**registerRoute**

Arbitrary methods for custom endpoints can now be added without auto-
discovery by using the `.registerRoute` method, which takes the same
route configuration strings as `register_rest_route` in the API core.

**Internal Re-Architecture**

In #168 the innards of the library were totally gutted and re-written to support
autodiscovery, registerRoute and bootstrapping.

**Human-Readable names for HTTP verbs**

`PUT` and `POST` are not the most intuitive words for what they do, and
POST in particular caused a lot of semantic confusion with the post object
within the WordPress data model. `.post` has become `.create`, and `.put`
has become `.update`.

**Upgraded Dependencies**

Package dependencies and developer tools have all been updated to the
latest version in their respective ranges.

**Props**

@props to the community that submitted code, bugs, issues, questions, or
comments that added to & informed this release.

For general advice & conceptual validation:
@rmccue

For assisting with the discussion about how to handle autodiscovery
and custom route endpoints:
@adamsilverstein
@aedensixty
@andreipot
@artoliukkonen
@BenHen75
@chrishutchinson
@elyobo
@gnarf
@ishaan-puniani
@jasonphillips
@joehoyle
@jupitercow
@timmyc

For opening issues and asking questions:
@aedensixty
@dasheck0
@jsteranko
@nabeards
@satish9323
@stompweb

We still owe responses to:
@MurhafSousli
@smedegaard
@tommedema
@vtripolitakis
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