Monthly Milestone - May 2020 ☀️ 🌎 🍀

[jannyHou]

Monthly Milestone - May 2020

Overview

The goals for this month would be to:

• Finish migration guide - depending on the tasks created from the spikes
• Work on outstanding docs and bug fixes

Goals

• Migration Guide

  • Spike: How to migrate LB3 components Spike: How to migrate LB3 components #4099
  • Spike: How to run LB3 app tests when the app is mounted in a LB4 project
    Spike: how to run LB3 tests from LB4 when LB3 is mounted on the LB4 app #5004
    • Documentation for Migrating LB3 Tests Mounted on an LB4 App Documentation for Migrating LB3 Tests Mounted on an LB4 App #5298
    • Bind Mounted LB3 Models to LB4 Context Bind Mounted LB3 Models to LB4 Context #5299
    • Add Example LB3 Tests to lb3-application Add Example LB3 Tests to lb3-application #5300

• Feature Parity

  • Model.toObject() should preserve prototypes (e.g. Date and ObjectID
    values) Model.toObject() should preserve prototypes (e.g. Date and ObjectID values) #3607

• Bugs

  • defining a nested array model property using @property.array decorator
    crashes the app defining a nested array model property using @property.array decorator crashes the app #4754

• Docs / Blogs

  • Blog on what LB can offer on top of Express Blog on what LB can offer on top of Express #4852
  • [Docs] Add debug string information [Docs] Add debug string information #4845
  • [Docs] Add "error handling" page [Docs] Add "error handling" page #4846
  • 🏃 [Blog] Managing your APIs: From LoopBack to IBM API Connect [Blog] Managing your APIs: From LoopBack to IBM API Connect #4901

• Miscellaneous

  • 🏃 How to build models, repositories and controllers dynamically at runtime
    How to build models, repositories and controllers dynamically at runtime #4296

• PRs to review

  • feat(repository): hasManyThrough [WIP] feat(repository): hasManyThrough #4438
  • [RFC] Enable parallel mocha testing feat: enable parallel mocha testing #5011
  • feat(http-server): adds http/2 support feat(http-server): adds http/2 support #4989 blocked, waiting for Express's support.

Stretch Goals

Moved these 2 stories to stretch goals after adding the follow-up stories for #5004 as committed.

• Spike: robust handling of ObjectID type for MongoDB Spike: robust handling of ObjectID type for MongoDB #3456

• Integration with TypeORM Integration with TypeORM #4853

• Docs / Blogs

  • [Docs] Clean up extension template and docs Clean up extension template and docs #5336
  • [Docs] Add "project layout reference" page [Docs] Add "project layout reference" page #4847
  • [Docs] 🏃 Postgresql connector docs should cover LB4 content [Docs] Postgresql connector docs should cover LB4 content #4877
  • [Docs] MongoDB connector docs should cover LB4 content [Docs] MongoDB connector docs should cover LB4 content #4879

• Bugs

  • Failed to exclude properties by setting false in fields filter via url
    Failed to exclude properties by setting false in fields filter via url #4992

• From relation definition to REST API [EPIC] From relation definition to REST API with auto-generated repository/controller classes #2483

  • [SPIKE] HasMany relation definition to REST API with auto-generated
    repository/controller classes [SPIKE] HasMany relation definition to REST API with auto-generated repository/controller classes #3896

• 🏃Enable TypeScript Project References Enable TypeScript Project References #2609

Community Contribution

• 🏃 [Spike] How to migrate Angular 1.x and 2+ LB3 client [Spike] How to migrate Angular 1.x and 2+ LB3 client #4610
• 🏃 Document how to send emails in LB4 Document how to send emails in LB4 #1979
• 🏃 Polymorphic relation type Polymorphic relation type #2487
• Model.toObject() should preserve prototypes (e.g. Date and ObjectID
  values) Model.toObject() should preserve prototypes (e.g. Date and ObjectID values) #3607
• 🏃 Add bearer auth scheme as the default security scheme Add bearer auth scheme as the default security scheme #4386
• OpenAPI schema generation and model inheritance OpenAPI schema generation and model inheritance #3293
• default values added for new required columns when running autoupdate()
  default values added for new required columns when running autoupdate() loopback-connector-postgresql#418

[dhmlau]

Closing as May is done.