build_web_compilers 2.0.1

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• Fix issue #2269, which could cause applications to fail to properly bootstrap.
• Skip compiling modules with ddc when the primary source isn't the primary input (only shows up in non-lazy builds - essentially just tests).

Major Update - Switch to use the common front end. #

In this release, the Dart front end for the dev_compiler is changing from the analyzer to the common front end. This should unify error messages and general consistency across platforms, as this was one of the last compilers left still using the analyzer as a front end.

While this is intended to be a transparent change, it is likely that there will be unintended differences. Please file issues if you experience something that seems broken or not working as intended.

Major Update - Auto-detection of web support for applications #

Previously, all files with a main that were matched by the input globs would attempt to compile for the web. This caused an issue when there were non-web applications in the default directories, which specifically happens a lot in the test directory. Resolving this required custom globs in build.yaml files.

Two changes were made to help handle this issue more gracefully, in a way that often doesn't require custom build.yaml files any more.

• Before compiling any app, build_web_compilers will check that all its transitive modules are compatible with the web (based on their dart: imports).
  • Today we will log a warning message for any app that isn't compatible, as ultimately it is most efficient to exclude these using globs in your build.yaml than waiting for us to detect it. This may change based on feedback.
• Changed the default glob for the test directory to only include the test/**.dart.browser_test.dart files (other dirs remain unchanged).
  • Note that as a result of this, serving the test dir and running tests that way no longer works, as those entrypoints won't be compiled. You would need to configure the generate_for to explicitly include test/**_test.dart to restore that functionality (we will continue pushing on this in the future though to restore similar functionality).
  • Also note that the build_test package will now output <platform>_test.dart files based on your TestOn annotations, so using those where possible will help reduce build platform support warnings as well.

Additional Notes #

• Update to run DDC in kernel mode, and consume kernel outlines instead of analyzer summaries.
• Skip trying to compile apps that import known incompatible libraries.
• Increased the upper bound for package:analyzer to <0.37.0.
• Removed support for build_root_app_summary configuration option.
• Combine the ddc_kernel and ddc workers under a single name (ddc).
• By default only .dart.browser_test.dart files will be compiled under the test directory, instead of all _test.dart files.
  • If you used the previous test debugging workflow in the browser you can restore the old behavior with something like the following in your build.yaml:

targets:
  $default:
    builders:
      build_web_compilers|entrypoint:
        generate_for:
        - test/**_test.dart
        - web/**.dart

• Added the use-incremental-compiler option for the build_web_compilers:ddc builder. This is enabled by default but can be disabled if running into build issues by setting it to false globally:

global_options:
  build_web_compilers:ddc:
    options:
      use-incremental-compiler: false

• This package now makes its own copy of the dart_sdk.js and require.js files, which it deletes during production builds.
  • In a future build_runner release we will be deleting the entire $sdk package to resolve some issues with build output bloat.
  • If you are using dartdevc as your production compiler, you will need to disable the cleanup builder in build.yaml (globally) like this:

global_options:
  build_web_compilers|sdk_js_cleanup:
    release_options:
      enabled: false

• Allow analyzer version 0.36.x.

• Add a marker to inject code before the application main method is called.
• During a hot restart we will now clear all statics before re-invoking main.

• Output a .digests file which contains transitive digests for an entrypoint.

• Improved the time tracking for ddc actions by not reporting time spent waiting for a worker to be available.

• Increased the upper bound for package:analyzer to <0.36.0.

• Removed the enable_sync_async and ignore_cast_failures options for the build_web_compilers|entrypoint builder. These will no longer have any effect and will give a build time warning if you try to use them.

• Increased the upper bound for package:analyzer to <0.35.0.

• Support package:analyzer version 0.33.x.

• Support package:build_modules version 1.x.x.

• Track performance of different builder stages.

• Removed dependency on cli_util.
• Fix error in require.js error handling code

• Only call window.postMessage during initialization if the current context is a Window.
• Fixed an error while showing stack traces for DDC generated scripts when <base> tag is used.
• Value of <base href="/.../"> tag should start and end with a / to be used as the base url for require js.
• Added more javascript code to dev bootstrap for hot-reloading support
• Support the latest build_modules.

• Add magic comment marker for build_runner to know where to inject live-reloading client code. This is only present when using the dartdevc compiler. (reapplied)

• Restore new keyword for a working release on Dart 1 VM.

• Add magic comment marker for build_runner to know where to inject live-reloading client code. This is only present when using the dartdevc compiler.
• Release broken on Dart 1 VM.

• Support the latest build_modules, with updated dart2js support so that it can do multiple builds concurrently and will restart workers periodically to mitigate the effects of dart-lang/sdk#33708.
• Improvements to reduce the memory usage of the dart2js builder, so that transitive dependency information can be garbage collected before the dart2js compile is completed.
• Increased the upper bound for the sdk to <3.0.0.

• Fixed an issue where subdirectories with hyphens in the name weren't bootstrapped properly in dartdevc.

• Expand support for package:build_config to include version 0.3.x.

• Expand support for package:archive to include version 2.x.x.

• Fix a dart2 error.

• Support package:analyzer 0.32.0.

• Changed the default for enable_sync_async to true for the build_web_compilers|entrypoint builder.
• Changed the default for ignore_cast_failures to false for the build_web_compilers|entrypoint builder.

• Remove .dart sources and .js.map files from the output directory in release mode.
• Clean up .tar.gz outputs produced by Dart2Js.
• Don't output extra Dart2Js outputs other than deferred part files.
• Fixed a logical error in dartdevc compiler to detect correct base url for require js.
• Added a enable_sync_async option to the build_web_compilers|entrypoint builder, which defaults to false.

• The dartdevc compiler now respects the <base href="/...."> tags and will set them as the base url for require js.

• Fix sdk stack trace folding in the browser console and package:test.

• Add missing dependency on the pool package.

• Reduce memory usage by requesting (and lazily building) lower level modules first when building for an entrypoint.

• Add support for compiling with dart2js by default in release mode.

• Don't ignore cast failures by default. We expect most code to be clean with cast failures, and the option can be manually enabled with config.

• Create .packages file and use the new frontend with dart2js.

• Use --use-old-frontend with dart2js as a stopgap until we can add support for .packages files.

• Added support for dart2js deferred loading.
• Added support for bootstrapping code in web workers with dartdevc.

• Added support for --dump-info and the dart2js compiler. If you pass that argument with dart2js_args the .info.json file will be copied the output.

• Dart2JS now has minification (--minify) enabled by default, similar to how it worked in pub build. If you are adding custom dart2js options, make sure you still keep the --minify flag. Here is an example:

targets:
  $default:
    builders:
      build_web_compilers|entrypoint:
        generate_for:
        - web/**.dart
        options:
          compiler: dart2js
          dart2js_args:
          - --fast-startup
          - --minify
          - --trust-type-annotations
          - --trust-primitives

• Cast failures will now be ignored in dartdevc by default (these were enabled in the latest sdk), and added an ignore_cast_failures option to the build_web_compilers|entrypoint builder which you can set to true to enable them.
  • At some point in the future it is expected that the default for this will flip.

• Fixed an issue with dart2js and the --no-source-maps flag.

Breaking changes #

• Split ModuleBuilder, UnlinkedSummaryBuilder and LinkedSummaryBuilder into a separate build_modules package.

• Support the latest analyzer package.

• All dart files under test are now compiled by default instead of only the _browser_test.dart files (minus vm/node test bootstrap files). This means the original tests can be debugged directly (prior to package:test bootstrapping).
• Updated to package:build version 0.12.0.

New Features #

• Added support for dart2js. This can be configured using the top level compiler option for the build_web_compilers|entrypoint builder. The supported options are dartdevc (the default) and dart2js. Args can be passed to dart2js using the dart2js_args option. For example:

targets:
  <my_package>:
    builders:
      build_web_compilers|entrypoint:
        options:
          compiler: dart2js
          dart2js_args:
          - --minify

Breaking Changes #

• Renamed ddc_bootstrap builder to entrypoint, the exposed class also changed from DevCompilerBootstrapBuilder to WebEntrypointBuilder.
• Renamed jsBootstrapExtension to ddcBootstrapExtension since it is only required when using the dev compiler.

• Mark ddc_bootstrap builder with build_to: cache.
• Publish as build_web_compilers

• Add builder factories.
• Fixed temp dir cleanup bug on windows.
• Enabled support for running tests in --precompiled mode.

• Initial release with support for building analyzer summaries and DDC modules.