Eclairs Delight 🍬

It has been quite a long time since our latest major release (longer than we’d have wanted), but here we are today, presenting to all of you a brand-new version of BlockySite.

This major update is a culmination of all the hard work that has been put in behind the scenes during the past few months and features game-changing additions like connecting BlockySite IDE to your project and testing any component directly without having to manually import every time.

We know you’re eager to read the full release notes, so as a final comment, this release has been named “Eclairs Delight” in honor of the Eclairs that we’ve been eating while working on this release.

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Creator version: 5.0.0 | Feburary, 8 2024

Release Notes

Major Changes

• Redeveloped all the core components from scratch to make them more performant and easier to maintain.

New Features

• Added the ability to connect BlockySite IDE to your project and test any component directly without having to manually import every time.
• Any group of components can now be saved as a template and reused later.
• Added Firebase and GitHub Hosting as publishing options.

UI Changes

• Completely redesigned the UI to make it more modern and user-friendly.
• Redesigned Top Bar to make it more compact and easier to use.
• Redesigned the left palette to make it more compact and easier to use.
• Added the Templates section to the left palette. This section contains all the templates that you can use.

New Components

Component	Category	Description
Horizontal Alignment	Layout	A visible component that groups other components in a horizontal left-to-right manner
Vertical Alignment	Layout	A visible component that groups other components in a vertical top-to-bottom manner
Card	Layout	A visible card component that acts as a container for other components
Download	Connectivity	A non-visible component that downloads a file from a URL
Sharing	Utilities	A non-visible component that uses Sharing Web API for sharing text, links, files, and other content to an arbitrary share target selected by the user.
Firebase	Google	A non-visible component that allows you to use Firebase services in your app.
ChartJS	Experimental	A non-visible component that allows you to use ChartJS charts in your app.

Updated Components

• All the components have been updated to version 5.0.0. This means that they have been completely redeveloped from scratch to make them more performant and easier to maintain. Previous versions of the components will not be supported anymore.
• The dropdown component has been renamed as Select component.
• The Audio component has been renamed as Audio player component.
• The Video component has been renamed as Video player component.

Deleted Components

Component	Category	Description
Details	UserInterface	Will be added in future releases
Arrangement	Layout	Two new components have been replaced by it, named Horizontal Alignment, Vertical Alignment
Device Utility	Utilities	This component's blocks have been added in the Utilities section of the Built-in blocks category
Url tools	Utilities	This component's blocks have been added in the Screen section of blocks

Bugs Fixed

• Old components were not working properly in some cases.
• Fixes #803, #758