Changelog 0.9.0

July 10, 2013

Sails.js

Main: Express 3.x has been integrated.
Main: CSRF Attack Protection was added as part of the core. Uses express-csrf, plus a token-based approach for SPAs and embedded apps (Chrome extensions, JavaScript plugins).
Main: Most of the core has been refactored for performance, code clarity, and simplicity to make contributions easier.
Main: Most of the core has been pulled into hooks. In a subsequent patch release for 0.9.x, this process will make Socket.io optional.
Controllers: Automatic routing is now disable-able.
Assets: Grunt integration replaces Asset Rack.
Assets: Public folder removed from new projects.
Assets: Temporary 'public' folder is automatically built on lift, using the contents of the assets folder.
Assets: Static assets can be compiled with "sails build" for external hosting of front-end assets
Assets: Grunt ecosystem allows for a wide variety of front-end template/css/js preprocessor support (sass, hbs, stylus, dust, typescript, etc.)
Routing: Automatic 404 and 500 routing is replaced.
Assets: Asset bundling is now disabled by default, use sails new foo --linker to enable it
Config: Most configuration is now also explicit in new projects. Defaults are still provided underneath.
Sockets: Socket.IO can now be configured with the options detailed in config/sockets.js.
Sockets: Built-in support for Redis MQ-- allows you to scale realtime apps to a multi-instance deployment without necessitating sticky sessions at your load balancer.
Views: Express 3 killed support for layouts/view partials. Sails has been extended to maintain support for them with ejs and jade, but otherwise you are limited to what is supported by the engine itself.
Views: Automatic routing to views is now disable-able.
Sessions: Built-in support for Redis and Mongo sessions for scaling your app to multi-instance deployments.

Waterline

ORM: Waterline has been pulled out of Sails.js... Again. (See Waterline)
ORM: Model attributes now support validations. (See Anchor)
ORM: Custom instance methods can now be defined on models as virtual attributes.
ORM: Lifecycle Callbacks have been added. (See Lifecycle Callbacks)
ORM: findAll() has been replaced with find().
ORM: find() has been replaced with findOne().
ORM: .done() promise now works on all ORM methods
ORM: Complete support for the Promise specificiation has been added.

Anchor

Validations: Too many added to list, see Validations