After several months of development we are pleased to announce that version 5.0.0 of both the Toolkit and Community editions of jsPlumb have recently been released. The 5.x releases are:
- smaller
- faster
- tree shakeable
- better documented
and offer a simpler, more standardised API - without sacrificing any features. The new codebase for jsPlumb provides a solid platform for us to go on and build the next evolution.
Installation
Community edition
npm i @jsplumb/browser-ui
This package is the equivalent of the jsPlumb window global that users of 2.x will be familiar with.
Toolkit edition
For licensees or evaluators of the Toolkit edition, version 5.x is also available, hosted in jsPlumb's own npm repository.
If you are a licensee and you currently have access to download new releases, you now automatically have access to our npm repository. If you are a licensee whose access to download new releases has expired, you are welcome to request an evaluation of 5.x
Licensees can now check their download expiry access on our downloads page. Just enter your license key and press "Check available version".
Documentation
Toolkit edition
Documentation for version 5.x of the Toolkit edition can be found here.
Community edition
You can browse the Community edition documentation here.
What happens to 2.x?
It depends on which version you're talking about. For the Community edition, 2.x is now very much in maintenance mode, and is unlikely to receive any updates unless the current 2.x version of the Toolkit requires it. Users of the Community edition are strongly encouraged to migrate to 5.x now.
The current version 2.x of the Toolkit edition has now switched over into a lightweight maintenance mode, which is to say that any bugs reported will be fixed, and, wherever possible, any new features added to 5.x that can also be added to 2.x without major dev work will be added to 2.x. When the support window closes for the last 2.x licensee at some point in the future, the 2.x version of the Toolkit will enter a stricter maintenance mode.
All new evaluators will be offered only 5.x from this point.
Get in touch!
If you'd like to discuss any of the ideas/concepts in this article we'd love to hear from you - drop us a line at hello@jsplumbtoolkit.com.
Not a user of the jsPlumb Toolkit but thinking of checking it out? Head over to https://jsplumbtoolkit.com/trial. It's a good time to get started with jsPlumb.