Migrate From v8 to v9

Intro

go-app v9 brings new features like removing the need to manually call compo.Update() to update what is displayed on the screen. Unfortunately, it comes with some breaking changes.

Changes

This document has for purpose to help you transition from go-app v8 to v9 by enumerating the API changes.

General

  • This package now requires Go 1.18

Components

  • Components are auto-updated when a component lifecycle event, an HTML event, or a dispatch occurs
  • Compo.Defer() has been removed (now in Context)

Context

  • Context is now an interface
    • ctx.Src becomes ctx.Src()
    • ctx.JSSrc becomes ctx.JSSrc()
    • ctx.AppUpdateAvailable becomes ctx.AppUpdateAvailable()
    • ctx.Page becomes ctx.Page()
  • ctx.Dispatch(func()) becomes ctx.Dispatch(func(app.Context))
  • UI elements are now always checked to be mounted before being dispatched

API design decisions

  • V9 release focuses mainly on getting the usage of the package more reactive.
  • The API is designed to make unrecommended things difficult. A good example would be calling a Context.Dispatch() inside a Render() method.
  • With the exception of Handler and JS-related things, everything that you might need is now available from Context.
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