[CLOSED] v34.0.0

[marekd]

Hey guys. We would like to try public beta testing. Consider this as a pilot project :-)

What's new in version 34.0.0

• Added ICON-D2 model
• Provided login & registration on Windy.com website without redirecting
• Allowed "remember last location" as a start location in settings
• 3D globe is no more in test mode
• (Premium) Allowed "remember last overlay" as a start overlay in settings
• (Premium) Allowed "remember 1h/3h forecast setting" in settings
• Tens of bugfixes and improvements

Dev changes (for plugin developers)

• Finished Windy core refactor to TypeScript
• Added support for 3rd-party plugins to load specific plugin version for specific Windy version (see this thread for more info)
• Modules @windy/map, @windy/imaker, @windy/format, @windy/http, @windy/urls, @windy/location, @windy/user, @windy/hp, @windy/rhMessage and @windy/models are now named-exported only (no nore default export)
• Renamed @windy/location exported methods (titleWithLang -> getTitleWithLang, url -> setUrl, title -> setTitle), and removed deleteSearch
• Removed @windy/render in a favor of @windy/renderUtils. Emitter is exported as emitter variable
• Merged @windy/favs-extends and @windy/favs into @windy/favs
• Merged @plugins/user and @windy/user into @windy/user
• Removed mapChanged and globe-mapChanged bcast events
• Removed rootScope.map object in a favor of store.get('mapCoords')

How to report an issue from testing?

Just post a comment in this thread below :-) If you provide us with:

• a step-by-step manual how reproduce the error
• what exactly is wrong
• what it should do correctly

It will help us a lot! Thanks.

Please, try to not duplicate other reports. If you found someone else already report the same issue, just upvote his/her post.

How to join beta?

Open https://www.windy.com/beta-test address and follow the instructions. You can leave beta test at any time. To leave the test, just click "BETA" sign on Windy logo (or visit mentioned address again) and follow the instructions as well. In a case of a total disaster, delete the beta=1 cookie for the windy.com domain and refresh the page.

Beta test is available only for desktop (browser) version.

Feel free to disccuss anything! Not just bug reports :-) Thank you for your help!

[vicb]

My plugin calls W.require("favs").getArray() to retrieve the favorites.

With the beta version W.require("favs").getArray() returns an empty array. However the same code executed from the JS console returns the list of favorites as expected.

My guess is that the favorites are not initialized at the time of the call by my plugin. What would be the best way to solve this ?

Edit: I wrapped the call inside a setTimeout(,1000); and it works again with the the beta. This seems to confirm something is not initialized yet.

[marekd]

@vicb I'm not sure why it's behaving differently now, but there have been a lot of changes around users and favorites. In our codes we rely on favsChanged event. I would recommend you to rerender your view on every favsChanged event.

const favs = W.require('favs');

const render = () => {
    // whatever it should do
}

favs.on('favsChanged', render);
render();

// on plugin close you should call favs.off('favsChanged', render);

Hope this helps.

[vicb]

@marekd Thanks, it solved my issue.

It was not too hard (a couple hours) to make my plugin work with both the beta and the stable version.

Thanks for continuously improving windy !

[rittels]

The compiler at https://github.com/windycom/windy-plugins, does not understand named exports,

import * as http from '@windy/http' does not work.

Fortunately import http from '@windy/http' still works.

The only exception that I could find was: W.map. The leaflet map is at W.map.map, while some custom Windy properties and methods, that were previously added to the leaflet map, are now in W.map, such as baseLayer. (Please correct me if I'm wrong @marekd ).

[marekd]

@rittels It should be import { map } from '@windy/map'. In a case you access the map via W object, you really need to use W.map.map because of named exports. Thanks for pointing it out. I will check the plugin compiler, it should support named exports.

[idefix37]

@marekd
ICON-D2 is a very useful addition and new features probably are appreciated by many users too.
I found some small glitches.

• ON A FAVORITE LOCATION, near but out of the ICON-D2 domain, the point forecast still shows ICON-D2 model. But forecast is apparently that of ICON-EU as displayed in grey label here:
  

Same with all types of meteograms.

• An other small glitch. I chose just for this test the Radar page as starting layer.
  "Click to change units" is confusing as there is only dBZ unit available with the Radar layer.
  Then the pulsing blue dot shows a wrong location (50km away) but it is already known. (Why this blue dot is automatically shown with Radar? Couldn't it be possible only when "Find my location" is enabled?)
  

• And a minor issue. Some models names in Wind meteogram are cut, specially that of ICON-D2. See first screenshot above

[marekd]

@idefix37 Thanks for great report and help!

• ICON-D2 borders are fixed now
• Labels wrapping is fixed now
• "Click to change units" has been reported into our bug tracker with lower priority, it is not a release-breaker
• Getting your location on desktop is by IP address (or browser info if available), so a minor deviation is fine.

Blue dot is shown because we think it is important for radar layer. Typical use case: Will the storm hit me? So you want to know where you are. Of course, it works a little more reliably on devices with GPS.

[idefix37]

@marekd
This is perfect.
Just a small detail in the Wind table:

[marekd]

@idefix37 Thanks! We're about to go through the whole app and find all overflowing texts. I am pretty sure there will be a similar problem in more places.

[marekd]

Beta test is closed, v34.0.0 has been released. Thank you all for your help!