Updating your project to the latest version of ember-cli

Ember CLI is a project that is still moving quickly, so from time to time we’ll need to update our applications to use the latest version.

The best way to upgrade is to follow the release notes, which the core team adds with every release.

If we look at the following release https://github.com/ember-cli/ember-cli/releases/tag/v2.7.0-beta.4, we’ll find notes about the commands that we need to run, notable deprecation’s, and links to an example project called ember-new-output which shows the changes after upgrading a project.

Wrapping up.

Ember can have a tough learning curve, but after getting the basics, you’ll see that the time invested in learning will pay off. Not only it will make your more productive, but you’ll be able to take advantage of its addon ecosystem and all the good stuff happening in the JavaScript world. As Yehuda Katz said during Ember Conf 2016: Eventually all the good ideas will end up in Ember.

Learning Ember today is very different to the time when this book was first published. We have an official “Learning team”, they are doing a terrific job keeping the guides up to date and making sure that every new feature is documented for mainstream adoption.

If you are asking yourself were to go next, my recommendation would be start building applications, since that will be the only way to get real world experience. I’ll try to update the book as new features arrive and let you know what has changed in the release notes. You can also follow me on twitter abuiles for updates.

Lastly, if you enjoy this book and want to support my work, you can do so buying my other book https://leanpub.com/json-api-by-example or if you download this book for free and think it was worth something, you can send me donations clicking here.

Happy learning!

• Adolfo Builes