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Today, we are releasing the ABP Framework version 3.1 Release Candidate (RC). The development cycle for this version was ~7 weeks. It was the longest development cycle for a feature version release ever. We have completed ~150 issues, merged ~150 PRs and made ~1,000 commits only in the main abp repository. See the related milestone on GitHub.
There were two main reasons of this long development cycle;
This long development cycle brings a lot of new features, improvements and bug fixes. I will highlight the fundamental features and changes in this blog post.
3.1.0final stable version has been published. See this post for details.
As mentioned above, it is planned to release a new stable feature version (like 3.1, 3.2, 3.3...) in every 4-weeks.
In addition, we are starting to deploy a preview version 2-weeks before the stable versions for every feature/major releases.
Today, we've released 3.1.0-rc.1 as the first preview version. We may release more previews if it is needed until the stable 3.1.0 version.
The stable 3.1.0 version will be released on September 3, 2020. Next RC version, 3.2.0-rc.1, is planned for September 17, 2020 (2 weeks after the stable 3.1.0 and 2 weeks before the stable 3.2.0).
We won't add new features to a version after publishing the preview version. We only will make bug fixes until the stable version. The new features being developed in this period will be available in the next version.
We will use
-rc.xsuffix (like3.1.0-rc.1and3.1.0-rc.2) for preview releases. However, we may also publish with-preview.xsuffix before RC (Release Candidate) releases, especially for major versions (like 4.0, 5.0...).
Don't confuse preview versions vs nightly builds. When we say preview, we are mentioning the preview system explained above.
We will continue to publish nightly builds for all the ABP Framework packages. Nightly pages are built from the development branch. You can refer to this document to learn how to use the nightly packages.
Please try the preview versions and provide feedback to us to release more stable versions. Please open an issue on the GitHub repository if you find a bug or want to give feedback.
Since this is the first preview version, you need to upgrade the ABP CLI to the 3.1.0-rc.4 to be able to use the preview features:
dotnet tool update Volo.Abp.Cli -g --version 3.1.0-rc.4
The ABP.IO platform and the ABP CLI are compatible with the RC system. You can select the "preview" option on the download page or use the "--preview" parameter with the ABP CLI new command:
abp new Acme.BookStore --preview
This command will create a new project with the latest RC/Preview version. Whenever the stable version is released, you can switch to the stable version for your solution using the abp switch-to-stable command in the root folder of your solution.
If you already have a solution and want to use/test the latest RC/Preview version, use the abp switch-to-preview command in the root folder of your solution. You can return back to the latest stable using the abp switch-to-stable command later.
Note that the
abp switch-to-previewcommand was being used to switch to nightly builds before the v3.1. Now, you should use theabp switch-to-nightlyfor nightly builds.
Microsoft.Extensions.FileProviders.Embedded package in your projects to 3.1.6 or a later version./wwwroot/images/favicon/ folder for the ASP.NET Core MVC / Razor Page UI applications. There are 10 favicon related files (including the favicon.ico) under this directory to better work with different browser and cases. You can create a new application to check this folder and copy the files into your own application. Then you can customize the icons for your own brand (hint: you can use a tool like that to create the favicons with various formats).ABP provides a system to generate Angular service proxies (with TypeScript) to consume the HTTP APIs of your application. Service proxy generation system has been completely re-written with the ABP Framework 3.1. The main goal was to build more stable and feature rich system that is better aligned with other ABP Framework features (like modularity).
You will continue to use the same abp generate-proxy command, however it internally uses an NPM package that implements the command using the Angular schematics. It will come pre-configured for new solutions. However, implement the following steps for existing solutions;
@abp/ng.schematics package to the devDependencies of the Angular project.rootNamespace entry into the /apis/default/ section in the /src/environments/environment.ts, as shown below:apis: {
default: {
url: 'https://localhost:44360',
rootNamespace: 'Acme.BookStore' //<-- ADD THIS
},
}
Acme.BookStore should be replaced by the root namespace of your .NET project. This ensures to not create unnecessary nested folders.
tsconfig.base.json to have a shortcut while importing proxies:"paths": {
"@proxy": ["src/app/proxy/index.ts"],
"@proxy/*": ["src/app/proxy/*"]
}
See the documentation to learn more about the service proxy generation for Angular applications.
The application development tutorial has been updated based on the new Angular Service proxy system.
We were using the resource owner password authentication flow for the Angular UI login page. We've implemented Authorization Code Flow for the Angular account module and made it default for new projects. With this change, the Angular application now redirects to the login page of the MVC UI which was implemented using the Identity Server 4. We also removed the client secret from the Angular side with this change.
Old behavior remains exist. If you want to switch to the new flow (which is recommended), follow the steps below:
Add authorization_code to the IdentityServerClientGrantTypes table in the database, for the client used by the Angular UI (the ClientId is YourProjectName_App by default, in the IdentityServerClients table).
Add http://localhost:4200 to IdentityServerClientRedirectUris and IdentityServerClientPostLogoutRedirectUris tables for the same client.
Set RequireClientSecret to false in the IdentityServerClients table for the same client.
ABP Commercial users can make these changes on the Identity Server Management UI.
oAuthConfig section in the src/environments/environment.ts file of the Angular application.You can take this new configuration as a reference. Main changes are;
responseType as code.redirectUrioffline_access to the scope.oidc: false option.The new "Global Features" system allows to enable/disable features of an application or a module in a central point. It is especially useful if you want to use a module but don't want to bring all its features into your application. If the module was so designed, you can enable only the features you need.
When you disable a feature;
So, the goal is that; when you disable a feature, it should behave like that feature doesn't exists in your system at all.
There is no way to enable/disable a global feature on runtime. You should decide it in the development time (remember, even database tables are not being created for disabled global features, so you can't enable it on runtime).
"Global Features" system is different than SaaS/multi-tenancy features, where you can enable/disable features for your tenants on runtime.
Assume that you are using the CMS Kit module (this module is in a very early stage) where you only want to enable the comment feature:
GlobalFeatureManager.Instance.Modules.CmsKit().Comments.Enable();
You can check if a feature was enabled:
GlobalFeatureManager.Instance.IsEnabled<CommentsFeature>();
Or you can add [RequiresGlobalFeature(...)] attribute to a controller/page to disable it if the related feature was disabled:
//...
[RequiresGlobalFeature(typeof(CommentsFeature))]
public class CommentController : AbpController
{
//...
}
See the issue #5061 until this is fully documented.
Implemented the infrastructure for social/external logins in the account module. So, now you can easily configure your application to support social/external logins by following the documentation. Once you configure a provider, a button will appear on the login page to use this provider.
The social logins will work as expected even if you are using the Angular UI, since the Angular UI uses the MVC login using the authorization code flow implemented with this new version (as explained above).
Implemented forgot password / password reset for the account module.
You can now enter your email address to get an email containing a password reset link:
When you click to the link, you are redirected to a password reset page to determine your new password:
The standard Social/External Login system (like Facebook login) works via OpenID Connect. That means the user is redirected to the login provider, logins there and redirected to your application.
While this is pretty nice for most scenarios, sometimes you want a simpler external login mechanism: User enters username & password in your own application's login form and you check the username & password from another source, not from your own database.
ABP v3.1 introduces an External Login System to check username & password from any source (from an external database, a REST service or from an LDAP / Active Directory server).
You can check the issue #4977 until it is fully documented.
We've implemented LDAP authentication for the ABP Commercial, using this new login extension system (see the ABP Commercial section below).
The new Security Log System (of the Identity module) automatically logs all authentication related operations (login, logout, change password...) to a AbpSecurityLogs table in the database.
Implemented AWS and Aliyun providers for the BLOB storing system with this version.
We had introduced a entity extension system that allows to add new properties to existing entities of depended modules by a simple configuration. When you add a new property, it appears on the create, edit and list views on the UI and created a new field in the related database table. We've implemented this system for the identity and tenant management modules, so you can extend entities of these modules. See the documentation.
Here, some other highlights from this release;
BasicAggregateRoot base class #4808InsertAsync method of the EF Core repository if it was not set by the developer #4634GetPagedListAsync methods to the repository to simplify paging #4617We've created a UI to report user security logs for authentication related operations, under the Identity Management menu:
Also, every user can see his/her own security logs by selecting the "My security logs" under the user menu:
We've implemented LDAP authentication using the new external login system explained above. Also, created a UI to configure the server settings:
In this way, you can simply check passwords of the users from LDAP in the login page. If given username / password doesn't exists on LDAP, then it fallbacks to the local database, just like before.
Since it supports multi-tenancy, you can enable, disable and configure it for your tenants.
User profile management page now supports to Email & Phone Number verification flow:
When user clicks to the verify button, a verification email/SMS (that has a verification code) sent to the user and the UI waits to submit this code.
Implemented to lock a user for a given period of time. Locked users can not login to the application for the given period of time:
Angular UI code generation has been re-written using the Angular Schematics for the ABP Suite. It is now more stable and produces a better application code.
ABP Suite also supports code generation on module development.
We've lunched the community.abp.io ~two weeks ago with its initial version. It only has "Article submission" system for now. We are developing new exciting features. There will be an update in a few days and we'll publish a new blog post for it.
The main goals of the 3.1 version were;
3.1.0-rc.1 was the first preview version that has been published with this new system.ABP.IO platform will be more mature & stable with the v3.1. Enjoy Coding!
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