List of new features NOT yet documented in the book. I think:
- LICENSE CHANGE FROM GPLv2 to LGPLv3 - new URL syntax - new T behavior - new app level logging with logging.conf (thanks Jonathan) - Polymmodel support on GAE - current - added pyfpdf, thank Mariano - db(db.table), db(db.table.id) both suported and equivalent to db(db.table.id>0) - IS_DECIMAL_IN_RANGE and IS_FLOAT_IN_RANGE support dot="," (dot="." is default) - on_failed_authorization can be a function, thanks Niphold - new layout for examples, thanks Bruno and Martin - admin allow ``DEMO_MODE=True`` and ``FILTER_APPS=['welcome']`` - upgraded to anytime - new admin wizard - better mercual admin allows list of files, versions and retrieve - SQLFORM.accepts(detect_record_change).record_changed - SQLFORM.process() - new admin layout (thanks Branko Vukelic) - new Welcome app (thanks Martin Mulone) - web2py.py -J for running cron (thanks Jonathan Lundell) - web2py.py -K for running backgournd tasks - new DAL (complete rewrite of the web2py DAL is more modular) - better CAS with v2 support, thanks Olivier ROCH VILATO - session.connect(separate=True) to handle many session files, thanks huaiyu wang - changed bahvior of impersonate (more secure, can generate form or used as API) - SQLTABLE(...,headers='labels') thanks Bruno - optional: digitally signed URLs, thanks Brian Meredyk - web2py comet via gluon/contrib/comet_messaging.py (html5 websockets) experimental - customizable uploadwidget, thanks Fran - admin has MULTI_USER_MODE (admin/models/0.py) - support for count(distinct=...) - IS_MATCH(...,strict=True) - URL(...,scheme=,host=,port=), thanks Jonathan - auth.signature (experimental) - combined expressions print db.data.body.len().sum() - wizard can download plugins - moderniz 1.17 - experimental REST API - added experimental pip support, thanks Lifeeth - added experimental SAP DB support - Google MySQL support (experimental) - DAL(...,migrate_enabled=True) - login_methods/loginza.py, thanks Vladimir - bpython shell support, thanks Arun - response.toolbar() - db._timings contains database query timing info - efficient db(...).isempty() - setup-web2py-nginx-uwsgi-ubuntu.sh - "from gluon import *" - conditional models in models/<controller>/a.py and models/ <controller>/<function>/a.py - from mymodule import * - generic views - all applications have cas 2.0 provider at http://.../user/cas/login - all applications can delegate to login to external provider Auth(...,cas_provider='http://.../other_app/default/user/cas'\ ) - A(...,callback=URL(...),larget='id') does Ajax - URL(...,user_signature=True), LOAD(...,user_signature=True) - DAL(...,migrate_enabled=False) to disable all migrations - DAL(...,fake_migrate_all=True) to rebuild all corrupted metadata - DAL(...,adapter_arg={}) allows support for alternate drivers - DAL now allows circular table defintions - DAL(..,auto_import=True) automatically imports tables from metadata without need to db.define_table(...)s. - new alterante syntax for inner joins: db(...).select(join=...) - experimental cubrid database support - DAL 'request_tenant' fields are special, the altomatically filer all records based on their default value. - db._common_fields.append(Field('owner')) allows to add fields to ALL tables - web2py_ajax.html is more modular, thanks Anthony - request.is_local - request.is_http - new simpler API gluon.contrib.AuthorizeNet.procss(...) - messages in validators have default internationalization - No more Auth(globals(),db), just Auth(db). Same for Crud and Service. - scripts/access.wsgi allows apache+mod_wsgi to delegate authentication of any URL to any web2py app - web2py HTTP responses now set: "X-Powered-By: web2py", thanks Bruno - auth.settings.extra_fields['auth_user'].append(Field('country')) - validate_and_update, thanks Bruno - new cpdb.py, thanks Mart - field.represent = lambda value,record: .... (record is optional) - request.user_agent(), thanks Ross - SQLFORM(...,separator=': ') now customizable - experimental gluon/scheduler.py - scripts/make_min_web2py.py - crud.search has more options, thanks Denes - gluon/contrib/simplejsonrpc.py - gluon/contrib/redis_cache.py - support for A(name,callback=url,target='id',delete='tr') - support for A(name,component=url,target='id',delete='tr') - isapiwsgihandler.py - dal expression.coalesce(*options) - new pip installer, thanks Chris Steel - gluon/contrib/simplejsonrpc.py, thanks Mariano - expire_sessions.py respects expiration time, thanks iceberg - x509 support (needs rocket upgrade, thanks Michele) - new syntax rows[i]('tablename.fieldname') - new query syntax field.contains(list,all=True or False) - new SQLFORM.grid and SQLFORM.smartgrid (should replace crud.search and crud.select) - support for natural language queries (english only) in SQLFORM.grid - support for computed columns and additional links in SQLFORM.grid - new style virtual fields (experimental): db.table.field=Field.Lazy(...) - request.utcnow - cleaner/simpler welcome/models/db.py and welcome layout.html - response.include_meta() and response.include_files(), thanks Denes - dal auto-reconnect on time-out connections - COL and COLGROUP helpers - addresed OWASP #10, thanks Anthony and Eric - auth.settings.login_after_registration=True - detection of mobile devices and @mobilize helper (view.mobile.html), thanks Angelo
