Release notes¶

3.2 (19-May-2015)

• Fixed problem with cmake Eclipse generator overwriting every time the project config
• Dependencies are managed as SYSTEM for include_directories, to avoid compilation warnings, both for absolute and relative includes
• Opt-out for handling include_directories as system dependencies
• Fixed bug in migration of old .bii files
• Fixed bug in publish not upgrading properly user profiles

3.1.1 (29-Apr-2015)

• Optimized complete internal workflow, avoiding slow and unnecessary serializations to project DB
• Files not modified in disk, removed problems with CRLF conversions
• Fixed behavior of “bii test” in XCode: https://github.com/biicode/client/issues/12

3.0 (15-Apr-2015)

• Open source release of client and common repositories, dev infraestructure re-made
• Release of premium accounts for private blocks
• Enabled OAuth with Github and Google
• Fixed bug in C++ parser for using statements
• Fixed bug in [tests] pattern that incorrectly affected dependencies
• New Terms of Service, clarifying source code licenses and accounting for premium accounts and open source contributions
• Fixed bug in user folder ”.biicode” path, some config files were stored out of it

2.8 (7-Apr-2015)

• Better computation of binary targets, if an executable does not depend on its own block library, it will not be linked
• Removed automatic creation of cmake_dummy.cpp to avoid problems with header only libraries
• Removed automatic handling of system deps (math, pthread, winsock), that created problems in new toolchains. Now users directly specify in CMakeLists their libs.
• ADD_BIICODE_TARGETS() has been superseded by ADD_BII_TARGETS(), which will admit a biicode version number, this is done to achieve backwards compatibility while introducing new build behavior.
• Fixed bug of include paths missing in [tests] targets
• Fixed extra verbose message of warning about full path #includes
• Optimized performance of ignore.bii for large number of patterns, that was incredibly slow
• Now published blocks show publisher’s user name
• Security fixes

2.7 (23-Mar-2015)

• New [tests] section improved, working fine in Visual Studio
• “bii test” now allows parameters (-jN for parallel builds/runs, and CTest other parameters -R -E -C Debug, etc)
• Simpler “policies.bii” configuration, old ones will be automatically migrated
• Now “bii find” works also with [includes], so it is not necessary to fill both the [includes] and the [requirements]
• Search in web for file names with the “file:” label inside the search box
• Issue warning when using absolute #include paths within the current block, as this wouldn’t work in simple layouts
• Fixed bug with “bii publish -r” in simple layout
• Renamed custom target “check” associated with “bii test” to “biitest”, as the check target might collide with user ones

2.6.1 (11-Mar-2015)

• New [tests] section in biicode.conf. Automatically define your tests, and build and run them with “bii test”
• New simplified alias “bii build”, “bii configure”, “bii test” for “bii cpp:xxx” commands
• New “bii buzz” command. It “bii init -L” + “bii find” + “bii build” for quick getting started for newbies, or after a git clone
• New project layout fixes, the default block at root is named after its biicode.conf [parents] if existing
• Added layout variables to CMakeLists.txt, so cmake can account for variable layouts. Also added CMake variable to indicate a block is a dependency or not.
• Added layout variables to hooks (bii.paths.deps, bii.paths.bin, etc)
• New command options for arduino:settings (–board=uno, –port=auto, etc), so interactive mode can be avoided. Same for rpi:settings
• Automatic handling of PATH, sh.exe is removed from mingw builds, as cmake-mingw builds doesnt work well with it in the path
• Updated supported arduino SDKs to 1.6
• New –hello=c (<stdio>, printf) for pure C projects
• Fixed broken Eclipse project generation
• Fixed changing [requirements] when several blocks are simultaneously opened
• Fixed incorrect warning about bad filenames of files which were in ignore.bii

2.5.2 (3-Mar-2015)

• New custom project layouts available, with layouts.bii.
• Enabled edition in the project root folder
• Fixed problems with paths with spaces
• Changed arduino toolchains, now use cpp:configure -t=arduino, and cpp:build
• Fixes to windows installer, shortcuts load biicode path even if not in system path
• Free accounts have collaborators now too
• Fix in noderunner script

2.4.1 (18-Feb-2015)

• Improved windows installer, more user options for path, icons, uninstaller, and fixed readme.txt linefeeds
• Improved cmake installation, with option –interactive “$bii setup:cpp -i”, now not adding it to path, so can coexist with 2.8 installs
• Recovered colored output of cmake builds
• Enabled blocks linked with symlinks in linux, so 2 different projects can link to the same block
• Fixed problem of cached badges
• Fixed biicode.cmake issues for CLion, now CLion can be used with biicode

2.3 (9-Feb-2015)

• Better toolchain system for cross-compiling
• Added –remote option to “bii publish” to publish github, bitbucket etc remotes info (remote, branch, tag and commit).
• Web: Block view with visible VCS remote information.

2.2 (27-Jan-2015)

• Fixed errors with local cache and DEV version updates.
• Web: New biicode badges.

2.1.1 (12-Jan-2015)

• Fixed problem with biicode.conf [includes] of the form block/file.h: username
• Arduino automatic reset for certain boards, those using the “catarina” uploader (leonardo, yun)
• bii open better handling of versions and tracks
• upgraded cmake minimum required version to 3.0
• fixed security issue of token not discarded after changing password
• improved error messages when biicode.conf incorrect
• Website: Better block page header, reuses in Block requirements.

2.0.1 (17-Dic-2014)

• Premium accounts to store code privately and share alike.
• New and simpler configuration in a single “biicode.conf” file, instead of several tiny files, and with more flexibility.
• System for reusing CMake scripts. Now, CMakeLists.txt can automatically depend on existing CMake scripts, they will be automatically retrieved, versioned, shared, exactly as other source code files
• Improved and simpler, CMake and build system, with Interface targets. Possibility of setting options to and configuring blocks you depend on.
• Possible to specify #include mappings to blocks, so no modification at all is necessary in code.
• Support for Arduino 1.5 for Yun board
• Python hooks for custom tasks. Examples of hooks that automatically retrieve and configure system-wide some popular and large frameworks as OpenCV or Boost.
• Blocks can use different variants, called “tracks” to choose and switch between lib versions or flavours. For example, can be used to maintain several development branches simultaneously as lasote/libuv(v1.0) and lasote/libuv(v0.10), and changing from one to the other does not require any change to code.
• Web: See which blocks depend on your block in the requirements tab
• Binary support to WXwidgets
• New doc style and contents

1.11 (19-Nov-2014)

• Block tracks.
• Client hooks.
• Improved client output messages.
• Faster processing of large projects.
• Improved setups (arduino).
• Bug of with Publish STABLE after DEV cache invalidating solved.
• Bug of target_compile_options quotes solved.
• Web: Block permissions and admin management for premium accounts (for friends).
• Web: Improved Search Engine: by tag, user name, block name...
• Web: Block tagging.
• Web: Fixed bug with some passwords patterns.

1.10.1 (3-Nov-2014)

• Create blocks on web interface
• Lowercase on usernames and blocknames restriction removed
• Removed branches functionality
• Fixed RAW code for images
• Fixed ZIP download for images

1.9 (20-Oct-2014)

• Support any Arduino compatible board
• Improved information messages
• CMake now defines BIICODE to support biicode and non biicode includes
• Web: Show achievements in user profile
• Web: Raw file visualization

1.8.5 (10-Oct-2014)

• Fedora and Arch package
• CMake updated to 3.0.2 and improved setup:cpp command
• Fixed errors with ignore.bii behaviour
• Custom tool-chain for CMake
• Web: Download blocks as ZIP
• Web: Delete blocks

1.7.3 (24-Sept-2014)

• Solved bug in merge.
• dependencies.bii now accepts file patterns.
• New apt server for debian based distributions including wheezy.
• Better and cleaner deb packaging for debian based distributions.

1.6 (16-Sept-2014)

• Solved bug in cpp parser
• Added a new filter with patterns in mains.bii file

1.5.4 (09-Sept-2014)

• Deleted “bii status” command
• Largely improved “bii diff” command
• Solved some bugs with CMake
• biicode is now case sensitive

1.4.1 (04-Sept-2014)

• Minimum CMake version updated to 2.8.12 (it was 2.8, but 2.8.12 was indeed required)
• Added -p (–password) option to “bii user” so biicode can be scripted (e.g. travis-ci) without interactivity
• Largely improved “bii deps” command
• New structure and data of “xxx_vars.cmake” files, allowing choosing to build or not in block library (both static and shared), with better embedded comment string docs
• CMake printing of built targets
• CMake path inserted for upgrades to cmake 3.0 in bii setup:cpp
• Files in web user profile ordered alphabetically
• Bug of web navigation back-forth solved

1.3.3 (21-08-2014)

• Bugfix: colored output

1.3.2 (13-08-2014)

• Bugfix: login not required anymore when not really needed
• Web performance improvements

1.2.1 (07-08-2014)

• Bugfix for recursive system dependencies compilation

1.2 (06-08-2014)

• Bugfix Open command computed deps incorrectly
• Bugfix Incorrect find policies for DEV versions
• Bugfix Solved transitivity problems in cmake for complex deps
• Rpi cmake pre-built custom package
• UX Improvements
• Web fixes:
• Files tree alphabetically ordered
• Show pictures in blocks
• Fixed log in and password recovery

1.1.1 (25-07-2014)

• Bugfixes
• UX Improvements
• Web Bugfixes, dependencies and deps graph

1.0.4 (25-07-2014)

• Bugfixes
• UX Improvements

1.0.1 (15-07-2014)

• No sign up required
• No more workspaces, any folder can hold a project
• Plain configuration files
• Simplified project settings
• Relative includes allowed
• Configuration options with CMake (extensible)
• Bugfixes
• Improved web-page

0.17.3 (28-06-2014)

• Bugfixes in arduino build (bad transitive dependencies)
• Bugfixes in Raspberry Pi commands
• Reduced Arduino.cmake and CMakelists.txt for arduino projects
• Bugfixes in deps command

0.16 (24-04-2014)

• Improved project graph visualization
• Bugfixes in publish command

0.15.3 (11-04-14)

• Now work, find and upload can be done from arduino monitor GUI
• Output information improvements
• Auto remove empty dep folders
• Arduino selection improvements, now you can select among different connected devices
• Improved readme.md layout
• Relative imports within the same block allowed

0.14.1 (03-04-14)

• Fixed Ubuntu 64b installation issues
• Arduino serial monitor (GUI) improvements
• Bugfixes
• Node integration improvement
• Improved block deletion support

0.13.1 (28-03-14)

• Bugfixes in arduino build
• Now you can upload to the arduino from the serial monitor
• Better Node.js support
• bii clean command now deletes the build folder
• Removed main and class creation wizards
• Removed bii cpp:exe command
• Projects and Blocks can now be deleted from your user profile web page

0.12 (21-03-14)

• Allow to define MS Visual version from cpp:settings
• Arduino bugfixes
• Git support improvements

0.11.1 (14-03-14)

• New installation wizards for C++, Arduino, and Raspberry Pi
• Arduino port automatic detection. The bii arduino:usb command is deprecated
• Removed environment.bii config file
• Add direct access icon for Windows biicode client
• Fix find bug
• Fix local cache bug
• Nicer bii arduino:monitor in MacOS
• Removed --default option in bii init and bii new. New parameters for bii new command.
• Enry points automatic detection in files with setup and loop functions
• Adding import as valid preprocessor directive.

0.10 (21-02-14)

• Removed the workspace default_settings.bii file. Now, new projects’ settings are obtained from the workspace environment.bii file.
• Node.js support
• Debian wheezy support
• Fix a bug that caused open to fail if the block was already in edition

0.09 (13-02-14)

• There is a brand new visualization in browser of projects and dependencies with “$bii deps –graph”
• minor bugfixes
• improved open command, now any block can be open inside a project
• improved performance of finds in server and connections pools
• setup totally new. Only setup:cpp working now experimentaly. Also rpi:setup moved to setup:rpi
• apt-get repository for debian based (ubuntu, raspbian) distributions
• new “bii info” command

0.08 (5-Feb-14)

• Merge bugfixes
• Project download bugfixes
• Size and performance optimizations in macos and linux clients

0.07.2 (31-Jan-14)

• Merge bugfixes
• Various bugfixes
• Deps output improved

0.06.2 (28-Jan-14)

• Added arduino support
• Created raspbian native client
• Improved python native libraries
• Improved virtual cells management
• Policies made easier and now user find their own DEV (in master branches) versions by default
• Bugfixes
• Added new tagging system comments_tags.
• Added cpp:exe command that allows executing an already compiled binary w/o recompiling
• Improved renaming support
• Adding OpenGL ES for RPI project generation
• Improved cpp wizard

0.05 (10-Jan-14)

• Raspberry now using rsync instead of scp
• Wizard rpi:setup for automatic install of cross compilers
• New breadcrumb navigation bar for blocks in browser
• Reduced computation by an order of magnitude, especially noticeable in large projects
• Fixed bugs in parsers, that kept old state even the file was modified
• Improved normalization of endlines, for handling also \r
• Fixed bug of not finding new dependencies of files in already dependents blocks

0.04 (20-Dec-13)

• Improved wizards behavior
• Added cookies announcement in web as dictated by law

0.03.4 (17-Dec-13)

• Init and new configuration wizards
• Improved Eclipse support. You can read about it here
• Improved Raspberry Pi support.
• Changed project structure. It’s now easier.
• User can edit cmakes.

0.02.3 (2-Dec-13)

• Experimental upload-download of projects to biicode, so it is not necessary to publish to keep working in other computer.
• Navigation of uploaded projects in the web
• Updated exe creation to pyinstaller2.1, as 2.0 had some problems in some windows installs.
• Creation (experimental) of dynamic libraries from C code. Integration from python code with cffi.
• Improved use of biicode for C/C++ dev with RaspberryPI (linux only)

0.01.11 (28-Oct-13)

• Fixed bug in Eclipse Cmake generated project with empty targets
• Fixed bug that failed when trying to reuse just a data file from another published block (not reusing sources)
• Fixed bug of virtual cells in fortran, due to the “include” does not require to build source file
• Improved NMake support, launching vcvarsall in a .bat file to include environment variables
• Web loads much improved, loading of files with Ajax, rendering of color syntax highlighting with JS, client side and paginated to handle large files
• Web styles improvements, back and forward buttons
• Solved bug of project with multiple src blocks, that was overwriting references to dep blocks
• WxWidgets binary support improved
• Improved handling of python imports, solved bug that didnt renamed properly to absolute imports
• Ctrl+C when init bug fixed (it created empty, wrong workspace)
• Applied some limits and constraints to block sizes, file sizes, number of files in a block and in a project

0.01.10.1

• Fixed bug of crash when dep folder had connected cpp_rules files

0.01.10

• Setup & install in windows problem with setting PATH of biicode solved
• Defined C++0x as default, with possibility of changing it in settings
• Changed “find” command, now with parameters “update”, “downgrade”, “modify”
• Block referencing in client changed from full “owner/creator/block/branch” to “creator/block (owner/branch)”
• Improved setup tools, mainly setup:cpp and setup:node, they update the Environment.bii
• Improved cpp:wizard to create classes and mains
• “dependencies.bii” now able to add, remove and redefine dependencies manually
• SyntaxHighligher done in browser instead of server to avoid timeouts while browsing large code files
• Solved some bugs in renaming files
• Transitive propagation of cpp_rules from libraries to executables requiring those libraries.
• Solved bugs for user login camelcase
• checkout –deps –force flow improved
• Use system proxy

0.01.9

• Added check of client version, so clients are informed about new releases and deprecated versions, with a download URL
• bii deps –detail command improved showing data dependencies and type of file
• Solved bugs in virtual resources that didn’t let reuse published virtual resources
• cpp_rules files now can accept multiple statements per rule as well as rules without condition and else clauses
• Improved merge, but still very experimental
• Solved bug that allowed to “find” dependencies with cycles to own project blocks
• bii deps –graph now working, showing project block graph in browser
• Fixed problem with renaming files.
• Solved bug with user login upper-lower case mismatch
• Improved possibility of editing directly in dep folder, but still discouraged practice.
• Improved detection of implicit implementations in CPP with static class variables.
• Added preliminary support for fortran, and improved java and node; still experimental languages
• Changed folders in node, now using NODE_PATH variable so they dont have to be named node_modules