Upcoming Dancer2 2.0.0 release

The Dancer Core Team is excitedly preparing a major release of Dancer2, 2.0.0. In advance of this, I'd like to give you all a preview of what to expect:

  • A handful of bug fixes

  • Customizable scrubber/censor engine (when dumping errors, etc. - a long requested feature)

  • Remove Template::Tiny fork from core (Template::Tiny support remains, but ether graciously merged our customizations into Template::Tiny)

  • Remove Dancer2::Template::Simple from the core of Dancer2

  • New documentation, courtesy of a TPRF grant

  • Removal of deprecated code (according to our deprecation policy)

  • Official support for Perl 5.22 and newer

The following features are possible, but not likely for 2.0.0 (but maybe soon thereafter):

  • Bring your own config engine (TOML, JSON, etc.)

  • Using Throwable to produce errors

I'm estimating a release in the next 2-4 weeks. There are still a few bikesheds to paint, cats to herd, and yaks to shave.

If you have questions or feedback, we'd love to hear from you! Until then, keep Dancing, then Dance a little happier! :)

Jason/CromeDome

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