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miniSphere 4.4.4

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@fatcerberus fatcerberus released this 06 Feb 07:32

miniSphere 4.4.4 is a maintenance release in the 4.4 series. This release includes several incremental improvements, and rebrands the engine from minisphere to miniSphere.

Changes in This Version

  • The engine is now called miniSphere, with a capital 'S', both to highlight
    its nature as a JavaScript-powered engine and to make the name more readily
    recognizable.
  • Adds for...of enumeration support for from() queries.
  • Improves color coding of SSJ output to give a better picture of what's going
    on. Engine state is highlighted in cyan; debugger state is highlighted in
    gold.
  • Improves Symbol support by enabling native Symbols in Duktape.
  • Improves the Sphere Studio project template: the sample Cellscript now uses
    import to pull in the transpile function, showcasing Cell's new built-in
    ES 2015 support.

Installing in Windows

Simply download and run miniSphereSetup-4.4.4.exe. The Inno Setup install wizard will walk you through the installation process.

Installing in Linux

For Ubuntu (14.04 and later), minisphere is available via personal package archive (PPA):

Installing from a PPA is easy. Simply open Terminal and run the following commands:

  • sudo add-apt-repository ppa:fatcerberus/minisphere
  • sudo apt-get update
  • sudo apt-get install minisphere

You only need to do this once. The system will automatically notify you of future minisphere updates.

For other Debian distributions such as Linux Mint or Debian itself, simply download one of the .deb packages below. Users of 32-bit systems will want minisphere_4.4.4_i386.deb, while 64-bit users should download minisphere_4.4.4_amd64.deb. Once downloaded, simply double-click the file and your package manager will guide you through the process of installing the package.