NowJS Version 0.8.0 - 1/16/2012

Changes since 0.7.6:

• Client library now serves minified version by default. Pass option debug: true to serve unminified source
• /bin/build.js creates minified now.js in dist folder
• Experimental connect/express session support. Simply pass a connect or express http server in nowjs.initialize and this.user.session should be available. Change options cookieKey to specificy connect.sid key
• Support passing in options to socket.io on client side, nowInitialize(uri, {socketio: {/* socket.io options */}});
• Fix possible DoS exploit with large length argument lists
• Node.js client for NowJS now available in /lib/nodeclient/now.js

NowJS Version 0.7.6 - 11/11/2011

Changes since 0.7.5:

• Fix to client side bug involving forceGetParentVarAtFqn
• Fix to issue involving redeclaration of synced functions
• Socket.io dependency at 0.8.7

NowJS Version 0.7.5

NowJS Version 0.7.4 - 8/04/2011

Changes since 0.7.3:

• NowJS client lib can now be used directly without modification. Use nowInitialize('http://uri:80/', [options]); to start a connection manually
• Arrays are now handled properly on the server-side.
• Fixed deletion of objects on the server-side.
• Terminal non-leaf nodes are now properly synchronized and sent to clients.
• Various other bugfixes and optimizations.

NowJS Version 0.7.3 - 7/26/2011

Changes since 0.7.2:

• Fixed array passed in as options failing (for socket.io transports options)
• Exclude supports passing in single clientId
• Deletevar bug, GH #111, which prevented initializing fields in now to empty objects
• Improved documentation

NowJS Version 0.7.2 - 7/22/2011

Changes since 0.7.1:

• Fix broken exclude

NowJS Version 0.7.1 - 7/22/2011

Changes since 0.7.0:

• Fix bugs in handlers for numeric group name
• Fixed duplicate rv messages
• Added documentation

NowJS Version 0.7.0 - 7/16/2011

Changes since 0.6.1:

• Socket.IO dependency updated to >= 0.7.
• group.exclude() implemented. Usage
• group.hasClient(), group.count modified to be asynchronous functions. Usage
• Exposed more client-side events.
• everyone.on('join', cb) and everyone.on('leave', cb) have replaced of nowjs.on('connect', cb) and nowjs.on('disconnect', cb) (and their aliases, nowjs.connected(cb) and nowjs.disconnected(cb)).
• Even more performance increases.
• Added JSDoc documentation

NowJS Version 0.6.1 - 6/10/2011

Changes since 0.6:

• Socket.IO dependency updated to 0.6.18.
• Reconnects implemented.
• More bug fixes and performance increases.

NowJS Version 0.6 - 5/14/2011

Changes since 0.5:

• Socket.IO dependency updated to 0.6.17.
• .hasClient(id) and .count added to ClientGroups.
• See API documentation for further information.
• Various bug fixes and performance increases.

NowJS Version 0.5 - 4/8/2011

Changes since 0.3:

• initialize() optionally accepts options parameter.
• It is possible to set a custom host/port combination in now.js using options.host and options.port. This overrides the default auto-detected settings.
• The object set at options.socketio is passed to socket.io as a configuration parameter.
• Clients can optionally be prevented from making changes to their now namespace. To enable, set the options.clientWrite flag to false in the options parameter to initialize()
• Users can be added to groups other than everyone. Usage of this API is documented in the User Manual.

Bug fixes since 0.3:

• IE compatibility enhanced
• Events properly handled

NowJS Version 0.4

• Various bug fixes and performance issues

NowJS Version 0.3 - 3/18/2011

Changes since version 0.2:

• Breaks Remote functions can no longer use return values. Please pass in and use a callback parameter when you need a return value from your remote call

• Internet Explorer IE6/7/8 are now supported! There is lower performance when changing the value of a variable inside now, but function calls and remote calls (pushing/pulling) is 100% realtime

Performance Improvements since 0.2:

• now.js now contains nowUtil.js embedded, reducing number of requests

• Static files (now.js) are now cached in memory on the server-side, reducing disk reads

• Reduced per request latency; internal replacing of server/port info with actual server/port is now only done once on server startup

Bug fixes since version 0.2:

• Safari, IE6/7/8, Android, iOS (iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch) Safari now supported. nowUtil.js now contains a minified json2.js shim

• Rare instances when not all attributes of now on client side would be initialized is now fixed

• Array.isArray replaced with more flexible array check (thanks andref)

• Changed uses of x in y to .hasOwnProperty(prop)

• Bugs resulting in cross-port setups not working have been fixed

NowJS Version 0.2 - 3/11/2011

Changes since version 0.1:

• Unified nowLib.js was split into nowClientLib.js and nowServerLib.js

• In nowServerLib.js, NowWatcher class was replaced with a Harmony Proxy implementation in proxy.js

• nowClientLib.js continues to use NowWatcher class for namespace traversal.

Known Issues:

• Server crashes with a "hasOwnProperty of undefined" error when a client abruptly connects.

• Library does not expose client connect and disconnect events to the developer.

• Library does not expose any form of unique client ID to the developer.

• Library does not provide a way to select particular clients or a single client based on filters/criteria.