## vNEXT

## v0.4.0

* Merge Spark, a new live page update engine
  * Breaking API changes
    * Input elements no longer preserved based on `id` and `name` attributes. Use [`preserve`](http://docs.meteor.com/#template_preserve) instead.

    * All `Meteor.ui` functions removed. Use `Meteor.render`, `Meteor.renderList`, and [Spark](https://github.com/meteor/meteor/wiki/Spark) functions instead.

    * New template functions (eg. `created`, `rendered`, etc) may collide with existing helpers. Use `Template.foo.helpers()` to avoid conflicts.

    * New syntax for declaring event maps. Use `Template.foo.events({...})`. For backwards compatibility, both syntaxes are allowed for now.

  * New Template features

    * Allow embedding non-Meteor widgets (eg. Google Maps) using [`{{#constant}}`](http://docs.meteor.com/#constant)

    * Callbacks when templates are rendered. See http://docs.meteor.com/#template_rendered

    * Explicit control of which nodes are preserved during re-rendering. See http://docs.meteor.com/#template_preserve

    * Easily find nodes within a template in event handlers and callbacks. See http://docs.meteor.com/#template_find

    * Allow parts of a template to be independently reactive with the [`{{#isolate}}`](http://docs.meteor.com/#isolate) block helper.


* Use PACKAGE_DIRS environment variable to override package location. #227

* Add `absolute-url` package to construct URLs pointing to the application.

* Allow modifying documents returned by `observe` callbacks. #209

* Fix periodic crash after client disconnect. #212

* Fix minimingo crash on dotted queries with undefined keys. #126


## v0.3.9

* Add `spiderable` package to allow web crawlers to index Meteor apps.

* `meteor deploy` uses SSL to protect application deployment.

* Fix `stopImmediatePropagation()`. #205


## v0.3.8

* HTTPS support
  * Add `force-ssl` package to require site to load over HTTPS.
  * Use HTTPS for install script and `meteor update`.
  * Allow runtime configuration of default DDP endpoint.

* Handlebars improvements
  * Implement dotted path traversal for helpers and methods.
  * Allow functions in helper arguments.
  * Change helper nesting rules to allow functions as arguments.
  * Fix `{{this.foo}}` to never invoke helper `foo`.
  * Make event handler `this` reflect the node that matched the selector instead of the event target node.
  * Fix keyword arguments to helpers.

* Add `nib` support to stylus package. #175

* Upgrade bootstrap to version 2.0.4. #173

* Print changelog after `meteor update`.

* Fix mouseenter and mouseleave events. #224

* Fix issue with spurious heartbeat failures on busy connections.

* Fix exception in minimongo when matching non-arrays using `$all`. #183

* Fix serving an empty file when no cacheable assets exist. #179


## v0.3.7

* Better parsing of `.html` template files
  * Allow HTML comments (`<!-- -->`) at top level
  * Allow whitespace anywhere in open/close tag
  * Provide names and line numbers on error
  * More helpful error messages

* Form control improvements
  * Fix reactive radio buttons in Internet Explorer.
  * Fix reactive textareas to update consistently across browsers, matching text field behavior.

* `http` package bug fixes:
  * Send correct Content-Type when POSTing `params` from the server. #172
  * Correctly detect JSON response Content-Type when a charset is present.

* Support `Handlebars.SafeString`. #160

* Fix intermittent "Cursor is closed" mongo error.

* Fix "Cannot read property 'nextSibling' of null" error in certain nested templates. #142

* Add heartbeat timer on the client to notice when the server silently goes away.


## v0.3.6

* Rewrite event handling. `this` in event handlers now refers to the data context of the element that generated the event, *not* the top-level data context of the template where the event is declared.

* Add /websocket endpoint for raw websockets. Pass websockets through development mode proxy.

* Simplified API for Meteor.connect, which now receives a URL to a Meteor app rather than to a sockjs endpoint.

* Fix livedata to support subscriptions with overlapping documents.

* Update node.js to 0.6.17 to fix potential security issue.


## v0.3.5

* Fix 0.3.4 regression: Call event map handlers on bubbled events. #107


## v0.3.4

* Add Twitter `bootstrap` package. #84

* Add packages for `sass` and `stylus` CSS pre-processors. #40, #50

* Bind events correctly on top level elements in a template.

* Fix dotted path selectors in minimongo. #88

* Make `backbone` package also run on the server.

* Add `bare` option to coffee-script compilation so variables can be shared between multiple coffee-script file. #85

* Upgrade many dependency versions. User visible highlights:
 * node.js 0.6.15
 * coffee-script 1.3.1
 * less 1.3.0
 * sockjs 0.3.1
 * underscore 1.3.3
 * backbone 0.9.2

* Several documentation fixes and test coverage improvements.


## v0.3.3

* Add `http` package for making HTTP requests to remote servers.

* Add `madewith` package to put a live-updating Made with Meteor badge on apps.

* Reduce size of mongo database on disk (--smallfiles).

* Prevent unnecessary hot-code pushes on deployed apps during server migration.

* Fix issue with spaces in directory names. #39

* Workaround browser caching issues in development mode by using query parameters on all JavaScript and CSS requests.

* Many documentation and test fixups.


## v0.3.2

* Initial public launch