django-unicorn

• Fix: Make sure visible:elements trigger as expected in more cases.
• Prevent the visibile element from continuing to trigger if the visbility element method returns False.

• Trigger an event for a model element from JavaScript
• Visibility event with unicorn:visible attribute

Breaking changes

• db_model Python decorator, unicorn:db, unicorn:field, unicorn:pk template attributes are removed.

• Initial prototype for component template lifecycle events
• Fix: elements after a child component would not get initialized (@joshiggins https://github.com/adamghill/django-unicorn/pull/262)
• Fix: cache would fail in some instances (https://github.com/adamghill/django-unicorn/issues/258)

• Fix: Allow comments, blank lines, or text at the top of component templates before the root element.

• Add debounce support to actions

• Move JavaScript static assets into unicorn sub-folder
• Determine correct path for installed app passed to startunicorn management command
• Call startapp management command if app is not already installed

• Look in all INSTALLED_APPS for components instead of only in a unicorn app (210)
• Support settings.APPS_DIR which is the default for django-cookiecutter instead of just settings.BASE_DIR (214)

Breaking changes

• Require an application name when running the startunicorn management command for where the component should be created

• Sanitize initial JSON to prevent XSS

• Re-fire poll method after tab/window comes back into focus after losing visibility (https://github.com/adamghill/django-unicorn/pull/202 by frbor)

• Fix bug with relationship fields on a Django model

• Fix some issues with many-to-many fields on a Django model

• Many-to-many fields on a Django model are now supported
• Multiple partial targets

• Completely redesigned and much improved support for Django models and QuerySets.
• Fix the startunicorn command and add some ascii art.

• Support calling functions in JavaScript modules
• Fix: use unicorn:db without a unicorn:model in the same element

• Support custom CSRF headers set with CSRF_HEADER_NAME setting.

• Performance enhancement that returns a 304 HTTP status code when an action happens, but the content doesn't change.
• Add unicorn:ignore attribute to prevent an element from being morphed (useful when using Unicorn with libraries like Select2 that change the DOM).
• Add support for passing arguments to Unicorn.call.
• Bug fix when attempting to cache component views that utilize the db_model decorator.

• Use Django cache for storing component state when available
• Add support for Django 2.2.x

• Add backported dataclasses as a dependency for Python 3.6.

• Bug: Prevent disabled polls from firing at all.
• Handle serializing Decimal fields.
• Use type hints to cast fields to primitive Python types if possible.
• Support dataclass field type.

• Add ability to exclude component view properties from JavaScript to reduce the amount of data initially rendered to the page with javascript_exclude.
• Add complete, rendered, parent_rendered component hooks.
• Call JavaScript functions from a component view's method.