Masonite 2.2 Released - The Modern Python Web Framework!
Tags: python, framework, masonite
Published: 2019-06-15 13:12:34

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title: Masonite 2.2 Released - The Modern Python Web Framework!
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description: A lot of people have worked really hard on this release. I can't take full credit for this release at all. Countless hours coding new features, abstracting out old ones and simply talking out features in our Slack chat.
tags: python, framework, masonite
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# Introduction


As the creator of Masonite and a part of the super fast growing Masonite community, I am super excited to release this to the world as the next major version of Masonite.

A lot of people have worked really hard on this release. I can't take full credit for this release at all. Countless hours coding new features, abstracting out old ones and simply talking out features in our Slack chat.


Masonite has grown a lot in the past year and a half. I could go into a full-length post on all the features and benefits of using Masonite so below are just some recent highlights about the community and this specific release:

# Release Highlights:


* Almost 1000 stars now on GitHub

* 230+ people in Masonite Slack channel

* 100's of pages of documentation.

* Awesome new validation library I built specifically for Masonite that I have been using a LOT in 2.2.

* A brand new testing module for Masonite.

* Added a much better way to test the database and create integration tests.

* DOZENS of quality of life improvements over Masonite 2.1

* Generally backward compatible with Masonite 2.1. A few minor changes to upgrade.

# Community

Here's a very small portion of what the community is saying about Masonite just in the Slack chat. I really am so honored to have been a part of building the Masonite community. We have some of the warmest welcoming people in the Python community its amazing. Love seeing devs helping out other devs. Make sure you join using the links at the bottom of the thread.


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# Learn More

To learn more about the framework and start using it, here are some links to help:

Slack: http://slack.masoniteproject.com/

Docs: http://docs.masoniteproject.com

5 reasons why people are choosing Masonite over Django: https://dev.to/masonite/5-reasons-why-people-are-choosing-masonite-over-django-ic3

What's New in 2.2: https://docs.masoniteproject.com/v/v2.2/whats-new/masonite-2.2

Twitter: https://twitter.com/masoniteproject

Masonite: https://github.com/masoniteframework/masonite

Masonite Core: https://github.com/masoniteframework/core

Awesome Masonite: https://awesome.masoniteproject.com/