Release notes

Doing a paper release of a book comes with additional thrill as once you go paper, there's no going back. Any mistakes you might have in the book are …

Webpack 5 has been available for a couple of weeks by now. The previous release of the book covered majority of the required changes but I realized th…

Webpack 5 is getting near and it felt like a good time to update the book. Although it's still in beta, it seems quite stable already and it's worth e…

Quite a bit has happened in the world of webpack. Most notably, the webpack reached version 4 recently. The purpose of this release of the book is to …

What do you do when you realize a book has become too big? You split it of course. The webpack book began to feel this way after the previous release …

Enough time has passed since the major release of the webpack book so it's a good time to evaluate how well it went. As no release is perfect, I've be…

Here we go then. This is the big release I've been working towards for the past few months. Compared to the previous release this one is more polished…

If the previous release was a big step, this is another one. By the looks of it, the final paper version will be around 450 pages. Don't worry, though…

Compared to the previous release this one has gained more weight. The PDF version of the book is close to 400 pages due to new content and enhancement…

Compared to the previous release we've proceeded a step or two closer towards paper. This time around in addition to the usual tweaks there are a coup…

You might have noticed that webpack 2 reached a final release. That means it's a good time to update this book as well. Even though it's mostly a main…

New year, new chance to write. The previous release put the writing gear back on and it's time to continue. This time around there are quite a big cha…

Alright, here we go again. It has been a while since the previous release and it's time for a big Winter update! Quite a bit has happened since. I sp…

Compared to the previous release this is a conservative release. There are certain bug fixes and content improvements, but no new chapters. The focus …

It has been a while since the previous release and a lot has happened. In addition to ramping up my consulting and training business, I managed to pub…

As I've been working towards splitting the first book, I realized I must do one more release of this webpack one before I can complete it. That's what…

Compared to the first release a couple of weeks ago, this version has matured quite a bit. I've been reviewing the content with my editor (thanks Jesú…

It has been a while since the previous release and quite a bit has happened. As you might have noticed, there's actually a new book about webpack out …

I'm currently in process of splitting up the big book (SurviveJS - Webpack and React). The split allows me to dig deeper in both topics. This book, Su…

When I started this project roughly a year ago I had no idea how rewarding and demanding one it would be. Writing books is way harder than it sounds. …

The previous release candidate prompted a nice amount of feedback. I've taken that into account in this release. I have a date for the final in sight …

If the previous release candidate had few changes, this one is the opposite. I consider this good news as it's better to catch bigger issues now rathe…

Not a lot has happened since the previous release candidate. The biggest change has to do with a little bug that the recent release of Babel 6.4 revea…

Since the beta was launched, I've been working on remaining improvements. This has mostly meant tuning the existing content, although there are some n…

The long awaited 2.0 is getting very close. babel-plugin-react-transform reached version 2.0 last Wednesday. This was all I needed to push the book to…

This is perhaps the last release before the long awaited 2.0. Alt reached version 0.18. As a result a certain part of the book broke. I have fixed tha…

It's time for another maintenance release with minor tweaks here and there. Probably the biggest change is the fancy new cover which I crafted based o…

You could say a lot has happened since the previous release. React 0.14 came out mere hours after it. React DnD gained 0.14 compatibility in its 2.0 r…

Compared to 1.8.0, 1.9.0 can be seen as a more conservative release. There are plenty of smaller fixes and even some new content too. I decided to fix…

We have once more new chapters in the book. I'm going to try a new model with these. For now the full versions of the testing and typing chapters will…

Onwards we go. v1.7.5 can be characterized as a refinement release. I went through "React and Flux" and "From Notes to Kanban" with my editor (thanks …

I skipped doing a public post for v1.6 as I was too tired (berry season is taxing). Now I'm going to give you release notes for both v1.6 and v1.7 at …

Compared to the previous tagged release (v1.1.0, 10th of July) this new one (v1.5.0) is a monster. 274 commits went into it and nine contributors took…