Over the last 2 weeks, we have been working on improvements to the platform. In this blog post, you can see a simple list of what has been changed, updated, and/or what bugs have been fixed. Read more about the release notes of Weeks 40 and 41, 2021...
Enhancements
- App Template - The Documentation Approval App Template has been released. In this Template, users can upload documents and let them go through an approval process.
- App Template - The Leave Request App Template has been released. This Template allows users to request leave but also allows admins to manage the number of hours a user can take leave. Leave is also divided into different types which can have their own hours that users can spend.
- Page Template - Header Page Template updated to Header and Footer Page Template. We’ve added a footer to our page template, which is always on the bottom. This should improve the time for building basic pages.
- Page Builder - Ability the group filters in Data Components for more complex queries. Read more about it in this special post.
- Page Builder - Default Application Title & Description so that it can be shared via social links.
- Page Builder - Saving Components from canvas includes style so that the style can be reused cross-Application. Read more about it in this special post.
- Page Builder - Create, read, update and delete Authentication Profiles in the new IDE interface. We also added an empty state for the Authentication Profiles overview.
- Page Builder - Jump to parent Data Component in design mode. You can jump to the Component that provides the Data very easily when you are deeply nested in child Components.
- Page Builder - Conditionally redirect to another Page from the context of an Action.
- Page Builder - Combined Data and Variable button for the right-hand side filtering in filter rows.
- Data Model - We released the Validations overview scoped inside a Model. It shows you what Validation kinds are applied to which Properties. Read more about it in this special post.
- Data Model - The "File extensions" property option is moved to the Validations section in the detail view.
- Data API - We enhanced the Data API for filtering on date-time values with timezones.
- My Betty Blocks - We released the new invitation flow where newly invited Users can register and get access to their own personal environment where they create Applications themselves. Read more about it in this special post.
- Helper mode - This function was already available in the Page Builder. Now it’s also present in Actions and also for the Theme Builder.
Fixes
- Page Builder - Unable to save before creating generated Components.
- Page Builder - Using integers as static values in radiogroup did not work.
- Page Builder - Drop form without configuration returned an error.
- Page Builder - List Property did not work properly in the filter.
- Page Builder - Filter Interaction did not do anything when selecting the 'blank option'.
- Page Builder - Private Data Mode was not properly redirecting to the Betty Blocks login.
- Page Builder - The Template names in the Template preview modal was not correctly shown.
- Page Builder - Button outer spacing did not work properly.
- Page Builder - The helper Component option in Checkbox and Radio Components did not show up.
- Data Model - An empty "Inclusion" row was created when adding a new Property with no such values.
- Data Model - The multiple relations box did not work appropriately with zoom levels in the new schema view.
- Data Model - Created Has-many Relations through the new IDE could not be used in the Data API.
- Data Model - Updated Model positions in B5 affected the Model position in the new schema view.
Announcements
- My Betty Blocks - Later in October, we will change the default email settings for newly created Applications. From then all the transactional emails for new Applications will be sent via “Demo settings” (which is FlowMailer - EU based), instead of via Mandrill (USA based).
We recommend switching to “custom SMTP configuration” settings when your Applications move to Production because you can then email via your own @domain. It will still be possible to keep using Mandrill as well, via your own account (API key). All existing Applications that have already been created prior to this change will not be affected by our update.
That was all for now. Your feedback allows us to continuously improve the Product. So please, let us know what you think about it!
