django-unicorn

• Re-implemented how action method parsing is done to remove all edge cases when passing arguments to component view methods. (@frbor).
• Add support for passing kwargs to component view methods.

• Fix regression where component kwargs were getting lost (#140, #141)
• Fix startunicorn management command (#142)

• Only send updated data back in the response to reduce network latency
• Experimental support for queuing up requests to alleviate race conditions when functions take a long time to process
• Use type hints on component view attributes if needed
• Bug fix: use the correct component name to call a component method from "outside" the component (4edfc6)

• Don't send the parent context in the response for child components that specify a partial update.
• Add support for element models to specify a partial update.
• Add support for polls to specify a partial update.
• Handle date, time, timespan when passed as arguments from JavaScript.
• Render child component template's JavaScript initialization with the parent's as opposed to inserting a new script tag after the child component is rendered.
• Bug fix: prevent an error when rendering a Django model with a date-related field, but a string value.

• Remove stray print statement
• Fix bug where child components would sometimes lose their action events

• Target DOM changes from an action to only update a part of the DOM with the partial attribute.

• Remove debounce from action methods to reduce any perceived lag

• Dirty states for when there is a change that hasn't been synced yet.
• Attempt to handle when the component gets out of sync with an invalid checksum error.
• Performance tweaks when there isn't a change to a model or dbModel with lazy or defer modifiers.
• Add support for setting multiple classes for loading states.

• Fix bug where a component name has a dash in its name

• Remove restriction that component templates must start with a div.
• Remove restriction that component root can't also have unicorn:model or unicorn:action.
• Add support for nested components.
• Add discard action modifier.

• Prevent the currently focused model element from updating after the AJAX request finishes (#100).

• Disable poll with a component field
• Dynamically change polling options with PollUpdate
• Basic support for pydantic models

• Component key to allow disambiguation of components of the same name
• $returnValue special argument
• Get the last action method's return value

• Redirect from action method in component

• Fix encoding issue with default component template on Windows (https://github.com/adamghill/django-unicorn/issues/91)
• Fix circular import when creating the component (https://github.com/adamghill/django-unicorn/issues/92)

• $model special argument and decorator.
• $toggle special method.
• Support nested properties when using the set shortcut.
• Fix action string arguments that would get spaces removed inadvertently.

Breaking changes:

All existing special methods now start with a $ to signify they are magical. Therefore, refresh is now $refresh, reset is now $reset, and validate is now $validate.

• Use LRU cache for constructed components to prevent ever-expanding memory.
• Loosen beautifulsoup4 version requirement.
• Fix bug to handle floats so that they don't lose precision when serialized to JSON.
• Fix bug to handle related models (ForeignKeys, OneToOne, etc) fields in Django models.

• Add support for passing kwargs into component
• Provide access to the current request in the component's methods

• Fix: Prevent Django CharField form field from stripping whitespaces when used for validation.
• Fix: Handle edge case that would generate a null exception.
• Fix: Only change loading state when an action method gets called, not on every event fire.

• Handle events on internal elements