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Luis Majano

February 22, 2012

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We are glad to announce the new release of our ColdBox Platform Extensions version 2.8.  You can either do an Auto-Update from the extension itself or just manually download it from ForgeBox: http://coldbox.org/forgebox/view/ColdBox-Platform-Utilities.

Version 2.8

  • Updated to use new ForgeBox API
  • Ability to generate ActiveEntity's in our ORM modeler.  In ColdBox 3.5 we introduced the capability to make ORM entities become Active and inherit tons of useful ORM methods.
  • ColdBox 3.5 Companion, no more xml configuration considerations
  • Module generation, ask for entry point and create entry point + /:handler/:action? route.
  • Updated application templates for version 3.5 release
  • Model generation now generatest tests for the model objects you create
  • Interceptor generation now generates tests
  • Plugin generation now generates tests
  • Some ORM generator cleanups
  • Standalone Integration Test Generator
  • Standalone Model Test Generator
  • Standalone Interceptor Test Generator
  • Standalone Plugin Test Generator

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