Monthly Milestone - January 2020 ❄️🎆🎉

[emonddr]

Overview

• Take some time to:
  • fix bugs, improve developer experience, fix docs
  • triage open issues across all the repos, not just loopback-next
• Migration work continues to be one of the focus
• Focus on issues/PRs for loopback-connector-mongodb

Goals

• Migration guide between LB3 and LB4 MVP Migration guide between LB3 to LB4 [MVP] #453

  • How to migrate boot scripts How to migrate boot scripts #3957
  • 🏃 Spike: Migration guide from LB3 - Authentication & authorization
    Spike: Migration guide from LB3 - Authentication & authorization #3719
  • How to migrate user-defined model methods How to migrate user-defined model methods #3949
  • How to migrate remoting hooks How to migrate remoting hooks #3950

• Improve developer experience

  • 🏃 Expose isActive() method in Transaction interface Expose isActive() method in Transaction interface #3471
  • Missing model.ts after running lb4 openapi command Missing models/index.ts after running lb4 openapi command #4135
  • Model strict: false is ignored with Postgre SQL repository Model strict: false is ignored with Postgre SQL repository #4042

• Bugs

  • Docs: Improve TodoList Tutorial instructions and completed tutorial
    'lb4 example todo-list' Improve TodoList Tutorial instructions and completed tutorial 'lb4 example todo-list' #4161
  • LB3 - Relations on uuid lb3 - Relations on uuid strongloop/loopback#4287

• Update dependencies

  • chore: update dependency change-case to v4 chore: update dependency change-case to v4 #4233
  • update dependency ts-morph to v6 chore: update dependency ts-morph to v6 #4274

• 🏃 [spike] API Connect / LoopBack 4 integration [Spike] API Connect / LoopBack 4 integration #4115

• Miscellaneous

  • 🏃 API Explorer ignores filter options where, fields, and order API Explorer ignores filter options where, fields, and order #2208
  • lb4 repository,model,controller commands generate artifacts with 'lint'
    issues lb4 repository,model,controller commands generate artifacts with 'lint' issues #4205
  • 🏃 npm test hangs infinitly on windows npm test hangs infinitly on windows #4425

Stretch goals

• Create models & REST APIs dynamically at runtime

  • Dynamic binding/rebinding of controllers after app start Dynamic binding/rebinding of controllers after app start #433

• Migration guide between LB3 and LB4 MVP Migration guide between LB3 to LB4 [MVP] #453

• How to map LB3 CLI commands to LB4 CLI How to map LB3 CLI commands to LB4 CLI #3953

• How to migrate CRUD Operation Hooks How to migrate CRUD Operation Hooks #3952

• Create models & REST APIs dynamically at runtime

  • How to build models, repositories and controllers dynamically at runtime
    How to build models, repositories and controllers dynamically at runtime #4296 [needs estimate]

• Bugs

  • [community contribution?] Preserve custom type of auto-generated id
    property Preserve custom type of auto-generated id property #3602 [needs estimate]
  • 🏃 Column names in lowercase using lb4 discover method -
    SQL connector Column names in lowercase using lb4 discover method - SQL connector #3343
  • lb4 relation should discard changes when something failed lb4 relation should discard changes when something failed #3287

• PR reviews

  • feat(extension-logging): add integration with winston and fluentd
    logging, feat(extension-logging): add integration with winston and fluentd logging #4117
  • [RFC] feat: add base code for the image of Appsody LoopBack stack,
    [RFC] feat: add base code for the image of Appsody LoopBack stack #4250 [draft pr still in discussion]