dev.to Repo Recap from the Past Week
Tags: changelog, meta, opensource
Published: 2019-01-10 23:50:07

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title: dev.to Repo Recap from the Past Week
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description: A weekly post recapping what's happened in our repo.
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Welcome to the first edition recapping this year! We'll be covering from December 30 to January 5.

# Features

No new features from the main repo! Although all improvements are features, right?

# Bug Fixes / Other Contributions

[@nickytonline](https://dev.to/nickytonline) laid the groundwork for getting Storybook to deploy when we build. Thanks, Nick!
- [Link to PR](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1412) 

[@rhymes](https://dev.to/rhymes) cleaned up a lot of issues from our `rubocop_todo.yml` file, a file that gathers all the linter errors from Rubocop. Check out the PRs below. Thanks, @rhymes!
- [Rubocop cleanups](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1415)
- [fix rubocop security open](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1447)
- [Fix Rubocop Style/MixinUsage and cleanup prefix_all_images](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1451)

[@link2twenty](https://dev.to/link2twenty) is continuing to add CSS variables for dark mode. Thanks, Andrew!
- [Link to PR](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1421)

[@tensai](https://dev.to/tensai) updated our footer and a profile placeholder from 2018 to 2019. Thanks, @tensai!
- [Link to PR](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1437) 

[@joeventures](https://dev.to/joeventures) made the hardcoded 2019 dynamic. Thanks, @joeventures!
- [Link to PR](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1436)

[@arun](https://dev.to/arun) refactored several small bits of code. Check out the PRs below. Thanks, @arun!
- [Remove superfluous condition](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1441)
- [Refactor !empty? to any?](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1442) 
- [Rescue a specific error and use present? or !blank?](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1443) 
- [Fix Rubocop Offenses](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1452)
- [Fix block delimiters rubocop offense](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1456)

[@jess](https://dev.to/jess) made some additions to our internal tooling, which will help us manage user roles better.
- [Link to PR](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1444)

[@maestromac](https://dev.to/maestromac) fixed a small bug where lists were not rendering for tag widgets.
- [Link to PR](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1448) 

[@abraham](https://dev.to/abraham) removed a line that was used for debugging. Thanks, Abraham!
- [Link to PR](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1462)

[@ben](https://dev.to/ben) removed an unnecessary private keyword.
- [Link to PR](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/pull/1463)

# New Issues
[@antogarand](https://dev.to/antogarand) suggested a Stack Overflow Liquid tag. Thanks, Antony!
{% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/issues/1419 %} 

[@hardy613](https://dev.to/hardy613) reported that ES6 string literals don't work. Thanks, Scott!
{% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/issues/1431 %}

[@raymondcamden](https://dev.to/raymondcamden) reported that he sometimes is notified that he has a new notification, and then checking the notifications page shows no notifications. Let us know if you are experiencing this as well in the issue. Thanks, Raymond!
{% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/issues/1438 %}

[@raymondcamden](https://dev.to/raymondcamden) also reported that sometimes the RSS feed takes too long to pull in an article.
{% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/issues/1439 %}

[@bnb](https://dev.to/bnb) raised the feature of having a decent embed for DEV posts to be used for outside of dev.to. Thanks, Tierney!
{% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/issues/1445 %}

[@abraham](https://dev.to/abraham) reported a bug where code blocks have an extra line break when headers are used after a code block. Thanks, Abraham!
{% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/issues/1446 %}

[@abraham](https://dev.to/abraham) also requested a "post linter," which could help check for duplicate titles, images without alt text, and other goodies.
{% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/issues/1449 %}

[@artemix](https://dev.to/artemix) reported an endless loading issue. Ben commented it's most likely because of a Pusher script staying open.
{% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/issues/1458 %}

DEV-related Liquid tags sometimes render improperly.
{% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/issues/1459 %}

[@bgadrian](https://dev.to/bgadrian) requested a feature where you can allow anyone to message you via Connect. Thanks, Adrian!
{% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/issues/1460 %}

[@rhymes](https://dev.to/rhymes) requested a feature to export your comments. Thanks, @rhymes!
{% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/dev.to/issues/1461 %}

# DEV-iOS Summary

The iOS repo wasn't covered for a while, so here is a summary of the contributions from November 19 to Jan 5:

[@ceri_anneblog](https://dev.to/ceri_anneblog) refactored the `decidePolicyForNavigationAction` function. Thanks, @cerianne_blog!
- [Link to PR](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/DEV-ios/pull/94)

[@ben](https://dev.to/@ben) added universal link functionality.
- [Link to PR](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/DEV-ios/pull/101)
[@chickdan](https://dev.to/@chickdan) made a few PRs. Thanks for them, Dan!
- [Added CFBundleURLTypes](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/DEV-ios/pull/107)
- [Added network reachability](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/DEV-ios/pull/109)
- [Renamed some build phase scripts for clarity](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/DEV-ios/pull/119)

[@striderHND](https://dev.to/@striderHND) also made several PRs. Thanks, Erick!
- [Update Swift Lint configuration](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/DEV-ios/pull/105)
- [Updates to our haptic feedback features](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/DEV-ios/pull/110)
- [Support for iPad](https://github.com/thepracticaldev/DEV-ios/pull/112)

And one issue by [@striderHND](https://dev.to/striderHND). Feel free to chime in!
{% github https://github.com/thepracticaldev/DEV-ios/issues/113 %}

Thanks for reading!