• Ember 3.24 Released

  The Ember project has released version 3.24 of Ember.js, Ember Data, and Ember CLI. This blog posts outlines all of the updates.

  2021-01-20

Reading

The Ember Times - Issue No. 170

Ember 3.23 released, explore Ember/Glimmer component performance, read the blog post on the Ember Octane mental model, Ember + Tailwind 2.0, learn how to use WebSockets with Ember Data, Glimmer apps with Snowpack, and last, but not least, meet fractal-page-object!

2021-01-06

Michal Bryxí - Migrate Ember services away from pod structure

Michal shares their solution for programmatically migrating their Ember.js services away from the pods file structure.

2021-01-06

Ember.js RFC #696 - Replace Travis CI with GitHub Actions in generated Ember CLI projects

This RFC proposes replacing Travis CI with GitHub actions in Ember CLI projects.

2021-01-06

Ember.js RFC #689 - Deprecate {{hasBlock}} in templates

A proposal to deprecate the `{{hasBlock}}` property in templates in favor of the `{{has-block}}` helper keyword.

2021-01-06

Ember.js RFC #690 - Deprecate `{{attrs}}` in templates

A proposal to deprecate he `{{attrs}}` object in templates and instead opt for named arguments.

2021-01-06

Ember.js RFC #698 - Deprecate `<LinkTo>` Component Positional Arguments

A proposal to deprecate invoking the <LinkTo> component with positional arguments, in favor of the equivalent named arguments introduced in RFC #459. This RFC also proposes deprecating the (query-params) helper, which is only needed when invoking the <LinkTo> component with positional arguments.

2021-01-06

Ember.js RFC #691 - Deprecate passing `classBinding` and `classNameBindings` as arguments

This RFC proposes the deprecation of classBinding and classNameBindings as arguments in favor of alternative template syntax.

2021-01-06

Ember.js RFC #692 - Deprecate Array Observers

A proposal to deprecate array observers and all associated APIs and events.

2021-01-06

Chris Krycho - Understanding `args` in Glimmer Components 

Chris pulls the curtain back on the magic behind Glimmer components to show how they really work.

2021-01-06

Jeldrik Hanschke - Setup GitHub Actions as CI for Ember addons

Jeldrik demonstrates how to setup GitHub actions with Ember addons.

2021-01-06

Ember.js RFC #694 - Argument Validation Primitives

A proposal to add a validateArgs hook to component, modifier, and helper managers which can be used to run development time assertions against arguments.

2021-01-06

Ember.js RFC #695 - Argument Default Primitives

A proposal to add a getDefaultArgs hook to component managers which can be used to provide default arguments to components.

2021-01-06

Ember.js Core Learning Team Meeting Notes - Dec 17, 2020

Meeting minutes from the Ember.js core learning team on December 17, 2020.

2021-01-06

Michal Bryxí - When does @cached get recomputed in Ember.js

Michal explains when @cached gets recomputed and how to avoid unnecessary recomputes.

2021-01-06

The Ember Times - Issue No. 171

Speakers wanted for EmberConf 2021, Ember 3.24 release, read the blog on understanding args in Glimmer components, announcing the launch of the redesigned Ember Blog, five RFCs for Ember 4.0 milestone, and last, but not least, micro-frontends with Glimmer.js and single-spa!

2021-01-20

David Tang - Trapping Focus in a Modal in Ember

David shows how and why to trap focus in modals in Ember.js.

2021-01-20

Michal Bryxí - Faux occlusion with Ember-Power-Select

Michal shares his solution to display only a small subset of options in Ember Power Select when working with thousands of client side options.

2021-01-20

Evan Martinez - Routes & Ember Data

Evan shares why he loves Ember.js with highlights on the benefits of routes and Ember Data.

2021-01-20

Ember.js Core Team Meeting Notes - Jan 8, 2021

Meeting minutes from the Ember.js core team on January 8th, 2021.

2021-01-20

Ember.js RFC #707 - Modernize built-in components (part 2)

In order to reduce the API surface of the built-in <LinkTo>, <Input> and <Textarea> components, this proposal opts to deprecate all named arguments on these components less a few exceptions.

2021-01-20

Ember.js RFC #706 - Deprecate the Ember Global

A proposal to deprecate the Ember global, window.Ember, and replace it fully with import Ember from 'ember';

2021-01-20

Ember.js RFC #705 - Deprecate jQuery Integration Optional Feature

The proposal to deprecate the jquery-integration optional feature flag.

2021-01-20

Ember.js RFC #704 - Deprecate Octane Optional Features

A proposal to deprecate the optional features introduced in the transition to Ember Octane.

2021-01-20

Ember.js RFC #702 - Add eslint-plugin-qunit to ember-cli blueprint

This RFC proposes adding eslint-plugin-qunit to the blueprints that back `ember new` and `ember addon`.

2021-01-20

Ember.js RFC #699 - Add additional info in blueprint lifecycle hooks to support 3rd-party addons to provide a way to codemod blueprints to reduce copy-pasta

This RFC proposes some changes to ember-cli to support the ability to transform any file as a part of the blueprint generate process.

2021-01-20

Watch & Listen

• Palak Goel - UI Automation Testing with Ember.js

  In this talk at Girl Geek X, Palak covers basic Ember.js testing framework concepts and develops a test in a live demo.

  2021-01-06

• Ilya Radchenko: Ember Octane - Great For Beginners

  Ilya demonstrates a zero config jumpstart to Ember Octane that is great for beginners.

  2021-01-20

• Ilya Radchenko - Getting Started With TypeScript In Your Ember.js App

  In this livestream, Ilya demonstrates how to start working with TypeScript in an Ember.js app.

  2021-01-20

• Ilya Radchenko - TypeScript Basics With Ember.js

  In part 2 of this livestream, Ilya takes it further and shows how to use TypeScript more widely as you build your app.

  2021-01-20