v5.0.0

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This is a refresher release - there are no functional or behavioural changes to the web server itself.

Breaking changes since v4.2.1

• Dropped support for Node.js < v14
• Dropped support for CommonJS in general
• Dropped support for plugin prefixes
  • Previously, you could omit the lws- in plugin names, (i.e. you could use --stack static instead of --stack lws-static). This was ambigious and introduced the risk of incorrectly loading a module named static, if it existed.
• Several of the API methods have changed from sync to async, most importantly the Lws.create method. You now need to await the result.

  const lws = await Lws.create()
  

New feature

• The default config file lws.config.js may now also be named lws.config.mjs or lws.config.cjs if preferred.

Other improvements

• All source code converted from CommonJS to ECMAScript modules.
• All dependencies upgraded.

Upgrade notes

• If you previously used shortened plugin names (e.g. --stack static) please use the full name (e.g. --stack lws-static)
• If you launch a server using Lws.create you must now await the result.
• Lws can now only be used programmatically from ECMAScript modules - you must use import to load the library.

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This discussion was created from the release v5.0.0.