diff --git a/docs/en/Blog-Posts/2020-06-05 v2_9_Release/Post.md b/docs/en/Blog-Posts/2020-06-05 v2_9_Release/Post.md index d88367a8ce..2d35cb5efc 100644 --- a/docs/en/Blog-Posts/2020-06-05 v2_9_Release/Post.md +++ b/docs/en/Blog-Posts/2020-06-05 v2_9_Release/Post.md @@ -12,6 +12,14 @@ Pre-built pages (for [the application modules](https://docs.abp.io/en/abp/latest You do nothing to get the benefit of the new system. [Overriding UI pages/components](https://docs.abp.io/en/abp/latest/UI/AspNetCore/Customization-User-Interface) are working just like before. +### Organization Unit System + +[The Identity Module](https://docs.abp.io/en/abp/latest/Modules/Identity) now has the most requested feature: Organization Units! + +Organization unit system is used to create a hierarchical organization tree in your application. You can then use this organization tree to authorize data and functionality in your application. + +The documentation will come soon... + ### New Blob Storing Package We've created a new [Blob Storing package](https://www.nuget.org/packages/Volo.Abp.BlobStoring) to store arbitrary binary object. It is generally used to store files in your application. This package provides an abstraction, so any application or [module](https://docs.abp.io/en/abp/latest/Module-Development-Basics) can save and retrieve files independent from the actual storing provider. @@ -96,4 +104,103 @@ Configure(options => See the [blob storing documentation](https://docs.abp.io/en/abp/latest/Blob-Storing) for more information. -### Oracle Integration Package for Entity Framework Core \ No newline at end of file +### Oracle Integration Package for Entity Framework Core + +We've create an [integration package for Oracle](https://www.nuget.org/packages/Volo.Abp.EntityFrameworkCore.Oracle.Devart), so you can easily switch to the Oracle for the EF Core. It is tested for the framework and pre-built modules. + +[See the documentation](https://docs.abp.io/en/abp/latest/Entity-Framework-Core-Oracle) to start using the Oracle integration package. + +### Automatically Determining the Database Provider + +When you develop a **reusable application module** with EF Core integration, you want to develop your module **DBMS independent**. However, there are minor (sometimes major) differences between DBMSs. If you perform a custom mapping based on the DBMS, you can now use `ModelBuilder.IsUsingXXX()` extension methods: + +````csharp +protected override void OnModelCreating(ModelBuilder modelBuilder) +{ + base.OnModelCreating(modelBuilder); + + modelBuilder.Entity(b => + { + //... + if (modelBuilder.IsUsingPostgreSql()) //Check if using PostgreSQL! + { + b.Property(x => x.Number).HasMaxLength(20); + } + else + { + b.Property(x => x.Number).HasMaxLength(32); + } + }); +} +```` + +Beside the stupid example above, you can configure your mapping however you need! + +### ABP CLI: Translate Command + +`abp translate` is a new command that simplifies to translate [localization](https://docs.abp.io/en/abp/latest/Localization) files when you have multiple JSON localization files in a source control repository. + +The main purpose of this command is to **translate the ABP Framework** localization files (since the [abp repository](https://github.com/abpframework/abp) has tens of localization files to be translated in different directories). + +It is appreciated if you use this command to translate the framework resources **for your mother language**. + +See [the documentation](https://docs.abp.io/en/abp/latest/CLI#translate) to learn how to use it. + +### The New Virtual File System Explorer Module + +Thanks to [@liangshiw](https://github.com/liangshiw) created and contributed a new module to explore files in the [Virtual File System](https://docs.abp.io/en/abp/latest/Virtual-File-System). It works for MVC UI and shows all the virtual files in the application. Example screenshots: + +![virtual-file-explorer-1](virtual-file-explorer-1.png) + +![virtual-file-explorer-2](virtual-file-explorer-2.png) + +### RTL Support for the Angular UI + +We had a contribution in the previous release to support RTL languages and the Arabic localization for the MVC module. Now, the Angular UI also supports RTL and Arabic localization: + +TODO: Image + +### Sample Application: SignalR with Tiered Architecture + +Implementing SignalR in a distributed/tiered architecture can be challenging. We've created a sample application that demonstrate how to easily implement it using the [SignalR integration](https://docs.abp.io/en/abp/latest/SignalR-Integration) and the [distributed event bus](https://docs.abp.io/en/abp/latest/Distributed-Event-Bus) system. + +![signalr-tiered-demo](signalr-tiered-demo.png) + +See [the source code](https://github.com/abpframework/abp-samples/tree/master/SignalRTieredDemo) of the sample solution. + +**An article is on the road** that will deeply explain the solution. Follow the [@abpframework](https://twitter.com/abpframework) Twitter account. + +### About gRPC + +Created a sample application to show how to create gRPC endpoints in your ABP based application. + +See [the source code](https://github.com/abpframework/abp-samples/tree/master/GrpcDemo) on GitHub. + +We were planning to create gRPC endpoints for all the pre-built application modules, but see that ASP.NET Core gRPC integration is not mature enough and doesn't support some common deployment scenarios yet. So, deferring this to the next versions ([see this comment](https://github.com/abpframework/abp/issues/2882#issuecomment-633080242) for more). However, it is pretty standard if you want to use gRPC in your applications. ABP Framework has no issue with gRPC. Just check the [sample application](https://github.com/abpframework/abp-samples/tree/master/GrpcDemo). + +### Others + +* [Time zone system](https://github.com/abpframework/abp/pull/3933) to support different time zones for an application. +* Support for [virtual path deployment](https://github.com/abpframework/abp/issues/4089) on IIS. + +## What's New with the ABP Commercial 2.9 + +In addition to all the features coming with the ABP Framework, the ABP Commercial has additional features with this release, as always. This section covers the [ABP Commercial](https://commercial.abp.io/) highlights in the version 2.9. + +### Organization Unit Management UI + +### Chat Module Angular UI + +### Easy CRM Angular UI + +### Module Code Generation for the ABP Suite + +### Lepton Theme + +### Coming Soon: The File management Module + +## About the Next Version: 3.0 + +We have added many new features with the v2.9. In the next version, we will completely focus on the **documentation, performance improvements** and and other enhancements as well as bug fixes. + +For a long time, we were releasing a new feature version in every 2 weeks. We will continue to this approach after v3.0. 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