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# List of notable changes made between 2.x and 3.0
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All breaking changes must be described here. When adding a new entry,
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always describe the impact on users and instructions for upgrading
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applications from 2.x to 3.0.
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## loopback-datasource-juggler was moved from peerDependencies to dependencies
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Originally, we (ab)used peer dependencies to ensure there is only one instance
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of loopback-datasource-juggler in the dependency tree, so that there is only
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one singleton instance of model registry. This was very fragile and might not
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have worked in certain edge cases.
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We have reworked loopback-datasource-juggler and connectors to not rely on
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a single juggler instance anymore. As the last step, juggler became a regular
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dependency.
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https://github.com/strongloop/loopback/issues/275
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When upgrading application from previous loopback versions, simply remove
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loopback-datasource-juggler from your dependencies.
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## always use bluebird as promise library
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In version 3.0, we always use bluebird as our promise library
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instead of `global.Promise`.
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We consider Bluebird API a part of LoopBack API from now on,
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you are welcome to use any Bluebird-specific methods in your applications.
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If you are using LoopBack with a custom promise implementation provided
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via `global.Promise`,
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you will have to check all places where you are using non-standard promise API
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and update them to use Bluebird API instead.
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Please see [Related code change](https://github.com/strongloop/loopback/pull/1896) here.
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## new method of defining remoting metadata
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In 2.0, remote methods were defined as:
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```
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methods: {
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staticMethod: {
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isStatic: true,
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http: { path: '/static' }
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},
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instanceMethod: {
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isStatic: false,
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http: { path: '/instance' }
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}
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}
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```
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For 3.0, the isStatic flag is no longer required and will be determined from the method name.
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Method name starting with "prototype." will be the same as having isStatic flag set to false.
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```
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methods: {
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staticMethod: {
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http: { path: '/static' }
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},
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'prototype.instanceMethod': {
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http: { path: '/instance' }
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}
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```
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Please see [related code change](https://github.com/strongloop/loopback/pull/2174) here.
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## remove `Change.handleError`
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`Change.handleError` is now removed as it was used inconsistenly for a subset of possible
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errors only. All Change methods will report all errors to the caller via the callback.
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Use PersistedModel to report change-tracking errors via the existing method
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PersistedModel.handleChangeError. This method can be customized on a per-model basis to
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provide different error handling.
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Please see [related code change](https://github.com/strongloop/loopback/pull/2308) here.
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## remove unused user properties
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The following properties are removed from the built-in User model in 3.0:
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- credentials
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- challenges
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- status
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- created
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- lastUpdated
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Developers that are relying on these properties, can redefine them in `user.json` or equivalent model.json as follow:
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```json
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{
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"name": "MyUser",
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"base": "User",
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"properties": {
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"credentials": { "type": "object" },
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"challenges": { "type": "object" },
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"status": "string",
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"created": "date",
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"lastUpdated": "date"
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}
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}
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```
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Please see [Related code change](https://github.com/strongloop/loopback/pull/2299) here.
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## Remove getters for Express 3.x middleware
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Express 4.x stopped bundling commonly-used middleware. To simplify migration
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of LoopBack 1.x applications (powered by Express 3.x) to LoopBack 2.x (powered
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by Express 4.x), we created getter properties to allow developers to keep using
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the old convention.
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We have removed these getters in LoopBack 3.0, here is the full list of
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removed properties together with the middleware module name to use instead:
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- `loopback.compress` - use `require('compression')` instead
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- `loopback.timeout` - use `require('connect-timeout')` instead
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- `loopback.cookieParser` - use `require('cookie-parser')` instead
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- `loopback.cookieSession` - use `require('cookie-session')` instead
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- `loopback.csrf` - use `require('csurf')` instead
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- `loopback.errorHandler` - use `require('errorhandler')` instead
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- `loopback.session` - use `require('express-session')` instead
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- `loopback.methodOverride` - use `require('method-override')` instead
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- `loopback.logger` - use `require('morgan')` instead
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- `loopback.responseTime` - use `require('response-time')` instead
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- `loopback.favicon` - use `require('serve-favicon')` instead
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- `loopback.directory` - use `require('serve-index')` instead
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- `loopback.vhost` - use `require('vhost')` instead
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We have also removed `loopback.mime`, which was always set to `undefined`.
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See [loopback#2349](https://github.com/strongloop/loopback/pull/2394).
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