§ hyperscript 0.9 Release

We are pleased to present the 0.9 release of hyperscript.

§ Changes

• A completely new build system, with both ESM and Modern compatible resources!
  • Loading _hyperscript from UNPKG will work as it did before. No complex tooling needed.
  • You can use _hyperscript as an ES module, perhaps with a bundler! This one needs some testing in the wild.
• The continue command can now be used in the repeat to skip to the next
• The send and trigger commands were unified and are effectively the same
• A new includes comparison operator for testing if a string or array contains another value (unified with the contains and is in comparisons)
• A new matches comparison operator for testing if a string matches a regular expression string
• English-style relative comparisons such as is less than
• Improved fetch syntax to have a with clause: fetch /url with method:'POST'
• Comments now require two dashes and a space, like so: -- , which enables double dashes in class literals like so: add .foo--bar
• The show command now supports a when clause that allows you to apply if(expr) show else hide logic directly inline
• Scoping rules have been updated slightly: you must explicitly declare access to globalvariables now
• However, this release introduces scope prefixing as well:
  • Any variable that starts with a colon (:) will be treated as element scoped unless otherwise specified
  • Any variable that starts with a dollar ($) will be treated as global scoped unless otherwise specified
• Global functions can now be called without a call statement:

    call prompt('Enter  your name')
    put `Hello ${the result}` into #response
    -- becomes
    prompt('Enter  your name')
    put `Hello ${the result}` into #response
  

§ Bug Fixes

• The tell command now properly respects feature boundaries
• Fixed bug when using put with attributes

Enjoy!