Release notes for version 2.0

[crissdev]

As the new release is pretty close here are the changes I could extract since version 1.0.2 was released 5837f77. If you belive something is missing or incorrect please leave a comment. Version 2.0 is not yet released but I think it's important to have a nice picture of what's changed between these versions. Please note that changes are still expected to happen until release and they will be logged here.

Features

• new localization files: Hebrew, Italian, Persian, Hungarian, Croatian, Brazilian, Japanese, Swedish, Norwegian, Chinese, German, Catalan, Danish, Korean, Latvian, Romanian, Bulgarian, Portuguese, Czech, Turkish Hebrew localization #165, Italian localization #177, Persian Localization #196, Added Hungarian Localization. #201, Croatian localization #203, Added Brazilian localization #204, Japanese Translation #212, Added Swedish localization #221, Added Norwegian localization #261, do the Chinese localization for validation messages #270, Added German localization #322, Added Catalan localization #327, Add Danish translation. #329, Add Korean resource #340, Latvian (lv-LV) localization added #378, Added romanian Localization/ro-RO.js #411, Added a bulgarian localization file. #415, Added : pt-PT localization file #416, Added Czech (cs-CZ) localization file. #430, Added Turkish localization file. #467
• add config option errorsAsTitle to disable setting element 'title' with error description. Default is true Config to disable setting errors as 'title' #168
• add config option grouping.live to react to changes to observableArrays observable groups do not react to changes in observableArrays #223
• add config option decorateElementOnModified Added config option decorateElementOnModified #320
• add config option allowHtmlMessages for allowing HTML in validation messages New configuration option for allowing HTML in validation messages #364
• add config option validate.throttle to imlement throttling for validation Internal validation computed evaluates each time when rules or observable value is changed #344
• add support for HTML5 date, email and number input types support of HTML5 date, email and number input types  #130
• decorate radio buttons using checked binding Knockout not recognizing "checked" binding on radio buttons (or checkbox groups) #193
• Number validator - Allow numbers starting with point. Number validator: allow numbers starting with a point #236
• step rule supports value any HTML5 step attribute can have value "any" #271
• remove dependency on jQuery api.reset is dependent on jQuery.extend #318
• update knockout dependency to v3.0.0 Updated to ko 3.0 and updated package.json for npm publishing #358
• add setRules method 266 mass apply rules #337
• min and max validation use type attribute to determine behavior Min and max validation now use type attribute to determine behavior #355
• make library available through npm NodeJS implementation? #357
• support observable params for validators Support for params to be an observable #363
• min and max rules work with Date observables Date with min and max rules #459
• allow grouping options to be specified to validatedObservable validatedObservable group options #461
• add version in banner Version number in the code comments #428
• add support for textInput binding Knockout-validation doesn't show error message with 'textInput' binding #451
• add support for selectedOptions binding support validation for selectedOptions handler #426
• add basic collection methods to errors, exposing raw validatables. Getting observables associated with errors? #449
• ko.validation.group does not resolve deferred computed values unless they have rules defined on them. ko.validation.group resolves computed values #163
• make localization files AMD and CommonJS/Node compatible RequireJS and Knockout-Validation Localization #492
• enable loading of multiple locales and add possibility to switch between them RequireJS and Knockout-Validation Localization #492

Bug Fixes

• unwrap parameters before using them in formatMessage Strange behaviour with custom "sameAs" validator #235
• make attached error property to be observable validationMessage binding displays stale error message if property has multiple validators attached #247, Implement observable.error as an observable and not as a plain string variable #173
• grouping options does not overwrite global configuration options Fixes issue #247 #248
• titles are not reset when data becomes valid Errors in titles don't get reset #170
• reorder phoneUS validation checks to preserve optional properties if observable is not initialized or null. Allow phoneUS rule to pass when observable value is null #234
• fix memory leaks in addAnonymousRule rules Memory leaks in addAnonymousRule #346
• handle rule params which may be undefined Handle params which may be undefined. #334
• unique rule can behave incorrectly for external values Unique validation can behave incorrectly for external values #365
• use update binding handler instead of utility method setTextContent utils.setTextContent is not available in compressed knockout 3.0.0 #368
• onlyIf doesn’t affect anonymous validation rule 'onlyIf' doesn't affect anonymous validation rules #374
• fix group returns observables in errors array, not the value of each error group returns observables in errors array, not the value #383
• fix initial value for isValid of validatedObservable Initial value of IsValid of validatedObservable is not correct. #387
• fix check for knockout library Fix typeof incorrectness #447
• make formatMessage aware if min and max rules were created from Javascript HTML5 attributes: incorrect error message. #385
• writeInputAttributes fails when anonymous rules are used Anonymous rules fail when writeInputAttributes = true #400
• maxLength rule fails if the value (of the observable) is a number maxLength fails if observable happens to be a number rather than a string #457
• applyBindingsWithValidation fails when called with viewModel and options applyBindingsWithValidation without rootNode, but with options #137
• applyBindingsWithValidation should extend provided config applyBindingsWithValidation should extend provided config #472
• dateISO rule accepts months or days outside the valid range dateISO could be more flexible #265
• writeInputValidationAttributes does not support write HTML5 attributes correctly when params is observable Min and max doesnt support observables #481
• prevent ko.validation.group to notify with intermediary validation state ko.validation.group unexpected null entry #99
• grouping over validatedObservable objects is not possible Grouping over validatedObservable objects is not possible #494
• showAllMessages throws when accessing isModified when grouping over validatedObservable instances showAllMessages fix isModified access #269
• validatedObservable does not react when its value changes validatedObservable bug when the initial value is undefined #442
• updating a validatedObservable will not reset initial validation result Updating a validatedObservable will not reset initial validation result #209
• parseInputAttributes option may duplicate rules when enabled Rules are added multiple times when options.parseInputAttributes and options.writeInputAttributes are both set to true. #277

Breaking Changes

• remove ko.validation.configure method, ko.validation.init must be used instead Remove deprecated methods #496
• rename decorateElement to decorateInputElement Minor fixes #361
• do not change original data by group method Do not change original data by kv.group #465, Do not add properties 'errors', 'isValid' and 'isAnyMessageShown' to grouped obj #225
• loading localization files using script tags or with and AMD loader no longer changes the language automatically. A call to ko.validation.locale is required Enable loading of multiple locales and add possibility to switch between them #506
• rename some localization files due to invalid identifiers, no-NB.js → nb-NO.js, ca-CA.js → ca-ES.js c2d0ec1
• change project structure Change project structure #511 - directories are now lowercase

Build

• generate source map during build fb05246
• include gruntfile.js and localization files in jshint task fb05246
• use jshint-stylish to format jshint output fb05246

Tests

• Refactor tests to ease transition to QUnit 2.1+ Refactor tests to ease transition to QUnit 2.1+ #485
• Update knockout library to 3.2.0, jQuery to 2.1.1 and QUnit to 1.16.0 update test environment #479

[crissdev]

@stevegreatrex I intend to release the 2.0 version soon ~ 2 weeks. Can you take a quick look at this please? Thanks.

Everyone - Please pull from the master branch and send some feedback on the current sources. Thanks.