Harp v0.10.0 – 200 Catch All

A new version of Harp is available! Harp now works even better for client-side applications using AngularJS, Backbone, and the like. Now, by renaming your 404.jade (or .ejs, or .md) file to 200, any URL will return a status code 200 instead of a 404. This makes developing routers for these apps much easier.

How to Upgrade

Install or upgrade Harp with the following command:

sudo npm install harp -g

Metadata API Change

Harp v0.10.0 also introduces an API change that is very easy to update, but will break your existing application if it iterates over _data.json metadata. Essentially,

All instances of data in the public object now begins with underscore. It’s now _data. The same change is made for the less commonly used contents arrays. Now _contents.

Sintaxi Harp v0.10.0 release notes

Previously, if you were making a blog, for example, and wanted to iterate over some posts in your _data.json, you might do this in a Jade file:

for post in public.posts.data
  h2= post.title

To upgrade to Harp v0.10.0, simply change data to _data:

for post in public.posts._data
  h2= post.title

This makes the _data object match the _data.json file name. Now, data and contents are not reserved directory names, which allows Harp to work as middleware in more situations.

LESS & Stylus Upgrade

As planned in v0.9.4, Harp is continuing to use the latest versions of the languages it preprocesses. LESS has been upgraded to v1.5.0 and Stylus to v0.40.0.

Thank you

To everyone who has been writing about Harp, reporting issues, opening pull requests, hanging out in #harp on IRC—thank you. Your support and feedback is really important to us. Plus, we love seeing what you’re making with Harp! Thanks.

What’s Next

• Sass support
• Intelligent redirects
• Continued stability

More details are available on these milestones. Follow Harp on Twitter for more frequent updates.