2018 Updates

30 Dec

• New Onboarding: Introduced onboarding steps for new users.

25 Dec

• New Auto-Recovery: Pages are auto-saved locally for recovery in case of accidental shutdown.

23 Dec

• New No formatting code block: Code blocks with disabled formatting are now available.
• New Language titles: Changed the language titles to match proper case and marketed name such as PHP/JavaScript/C# rather than php/javascript/csharp.

21 Dec

• New Change inline code colour: Supercharged plans users may request a change of inline code colour on contacting us.

16 Dec

• New Start with Trial: Free users now start with a 14-day trial on creating a project.
• New Page State: Hover on a page in the index to see when it was last updated to keep your pages always fresh. (Removed temporarily)

11 Dec

• New operationId not required: operationId is no longer required in API References. An auto-generated one will be assigned if none exists for an operation.
• New Bigger search bar: Search bar went 22% bigger on desktop mode.
• New References tables redesign: API References table rows got redesigned into a slimmer mode: borderless and they fit more content.
• New References index redesign: API References index now has a beautiful structure, and does not show paths by default.

10 Dec

• New Go to Custom Domain: All Go To buttons now go to your custom domain if set rather than your subdomain.
• New Trials: Everyone can have a 14 day trial by launching it from the sidebar.
• New Early Preview References: API References are now available for everyone to try out.

9 Dec

• New References Performance: Major performance upgrade for huge API References.

6 Dec

• New Index Static Expanding: Removed the animation on expanding documentation index for better performance.
• New Accessibility: Pressing enter on password protected form now submits the password.
• New References bug fixes: Fixed an issue with breaking design on extra wide examples and authentication section showing when no security definitions have been declared.

4 Dec

• New Browser Compatibility: Enhanced API References compatibility for Firefox.
• New Design Changes: Many design changes for API References to make it look smoother.

2 Dec

• New Navigation links colour: Navigation links colour changes automatically for best visibility.
• New Mobile References: Fixed an issue where long text is out of page, and page is padded.
• New Auto-generated Examples: Request and response examples are auto-generated if not provided.
• New FormData generation: Form data is autogenerated in example cURL request.

30 Nov

• New Revamped Search: Search results have a new revamped look, highlighting result and showing the section.
• New References Extensions Bug: References with extensions could have broken some operations.
• New Enforce operationId: Operation IDs are now enforced in References.

28 Nov

• New Early-Preview References: Early-preview users can upload API References and publish them in their developer hubs.
• New Internal Linking to Sections: You can now link to entire documentations and references.
• New Version-wide Search: Everything under a version is searchable, and the search bar is unified between all sections.
• New Wider Index: Index is now wider to allow for more text.
• New More Search Results: Up to 20 search results now show instead of only 8 results.
• New Section Picker: Section picker now shows even if there is only one section, and it shows the section icon in the selection.
• New Section Picker - Mobile: The section (documentation/reference) picker now shows on mobile pages.
• New Internal Links - Bug Fix: Internal links to other documentation were broken.

17 Nov

• New Compatibility Fixes: Multiple fixes for Safari and Firefox.

14 Nov

• New Lua and C#: Added support for Lua and C# languages in code-blocks.

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-- defines a factorial function

function fact (n)

  if n == 0 then

    return 1

  else

    return n * fact(n-1)

  end

end

print("enter a number:")

a = io.read("*number")        -- read a number

print(fact(a))

• Bug Fix Code text: Long text in code could have broken the page layout.

4 Nov

• New Change Link Colour: Link colour can be changed separately from header colour.

27 Oct

• Bug Fix Links: Page links with & character broke pages.

26 Oct

• New Customise Font: Paid plans - Change the entire font of your project.
• New Video Width: Videos now take up 100% of width of page.
• Bug Fix Adding teammates: Teammates were unable to add other teammates. A new project is not required anymore for invited teammates.

13 Oct

• New Intercom: Paid plans are able to integrate with Intercom for messaging with customers.
• New Custom HTML: Paid plans can add custom HTML into pages.

12 Oct

• New Bug Fix: No more breaking ordered/unordered lists between paragraphs or when copying from non-standard HTML.

11 Oct

• New API References: Announced waitlist for API References.

26 Sep

• New Import Documentation: Import documentation from external sources into DeveloperHub.io.

18 Sep

• New Privacy Policy consent: You can provide your own Privacy Policy for your readers to give their consent to.

15 Sep

• New Worldwide performance update: Our platform is even now faster by 2.3x on slower connections, and with minimal latency all around the world.

13 Sep

• New HTTPS Support: Paid plans now have HTTPS support.

11 Sep

• New Link to Pages: Powerful internal linking to pages within versions that scales with your documentation. See Link to Pages for more information.
• New Faster page switching: Internal documentation links switch faster without reloading the page.
• New External links: External links open in a new tab by default.

10 Sep

• New Embed YouTube Videos: Convey the entire message to your readers by embedding YouTube videos.
• New Drop & Drop: All add-ons can be dragged and dropped around a page for easier editing experience.
• New Bug fixes: Fixes to display on Safari, security and referrals.

3 Sep

• New (Mobile) Branded navigation: Current page in mobile index is now highlighted with brand colour.
• New (Mobile) Wider documentation view: Less padding on the sides for the documentation to have more space for the text.
• New Firefox compatibility: Multiple enhancements to Firefox compatibility.
• New Supported browsers: We are clear about our browser support. See the list here.

2 Sep

• New Tables: Organise your data in tabular format in responsive tables. Here is how it looks like:

24 Aug

• New Password-Protected docs: Eligible plans can now set up their project to be password-protected.

• New Next page: The title and a link to the next page is shown at the bottom of every page for quick navigation. Preview:

• New Collapse index: Give your readers an easier navigation experience with collapsible index.

20 Aug

• New Multi language code blocks: Code blocks support tabs to show multiple languages in the same block. Preview:

• New Faster website: The website now loads 25% faster due to changes in our asset delivery method.
• New Easier add-on delete: Added an "x" button to every add-on for easier delete.

15 Aug

• New Paid plans launched: Startup and Grow plans have launched publicly for all users to subscribe to. See more details here.
• New SEO: All published projects are now SEO-enabled and are indexed by search engines.
• New Smoother design: Text is now rendered more beautifully on pages. Titles are bigger and headers are consistent. Lists are indented by default and have a different colour to show contrast with documentation text. Separators have bigger margins for a more natural thematic break.

• New Image size controls: Images can now be resized to either responsive, big or small size. Read more about Responsive Size.

• New GIF Support: Our users can now upload GIFs for a more fun experience to their readers (and to themselves 😉).
• New Lightning-fast search: Lightning-fast search is no longer experimental and is provided to all eligible plans.

5 Aug

• New Collaboration: Startup plan users can add teammates to collaborate on a project.

• New Minimal sidebar design: Sidebar was revamped to take less space with beautiful icons, and to give you more space to do what's important: Document.

• New Enhanced adding content around add-ons: Following to our update in 27 Jul, the clickable area around add-ons to add a line before or after text has been increased by 50%, and the mouse cursor would change icon for more visibility.
• New Removed limit on projects number: All users can now have unlimited projects.
• New Bug fixes: Sidebar on mobile devices was non-clickable depending on screen size.

1 Aug

• New Progressive images loading: Your readers can now enjoy better images loading. All new uploads will be progressively encoded.

30 Jul

• New Add links to navigation: You can now add two links to the navigation. See Customising Visuals.

• New Google Analytics Integration: Startup plan users can now integrate with Google Analytics for tracking page views.

28 Jul

• New More beautiful code blocks and callouts: Code blocks and callouts now have beautiful shadow and rounded corners.

• New Experimental search: Super-fast search has been added to select documentations.

• New More keyboard shortcuts: More keyboard shortcuts have been added. See Keyboard Shortcuts.
• New Published versions count: A count of the published versions versus total number of versions is now showing per project in Project Settings.

27 Jul

• New Add text below or above add-ons: To add text before or after add-ons, you can now click a bit above or a bit below the add-on. The invisible (but red here) area shows where you can click.

• New Auto resize favicons: We now downscale your favicons if they were too big automatically. Rest assured, the quality will be preserved.
• New Better Markdown rendering: Instant Markdown is now rendered in lists.
• New Better copy pasting: A better algorithm for handling copy paste makes your job easier!
• New Colour picker remembers colour: Colour picker now remembers where exactly you picked your last colour and restores the state there.
• New Enhancements to ordering: Ordering pages is now more fool-proof.

25 Jul

• New Custom domain: Use your existing custom domain for free on referring friends. Read more at Custom Domain.

22 Jul

• New Colour picker: A colour picker is now available to choose the main colour of your brand.

21 Jul

• New Bold and italic using markdown: We extended our markdown support to bold text using **text** and italicise text using *text*. See Using Markdown for all the possible options.
• New Callout text spans over multiple lines: Callout text can now span over multiple lines, giving you more space to highlight information to your readers.

18 Jul

• New New quick shortcuts in sidebar: What's New page and DeveloperHub.io documentation can now be accessed directly from the sidebar.
• New Resume your work: Now we remember what documentation you were last working on, and open it automatically on logging on the editor.
• New Consistent link colour in code blocks: Links are now shown in the correct font and font colour in code blocks.
• New Better handling of markdown heading: Using markdown to create heading 2 and heading 3 is now even better.

17 Jul

• New Added markdown support for links: You can now use the markdown format to instantly create links in the form of [title](URL).
• New No more getting stuck in code mode: On using markdown format to write inline code, a space is now entered on closing the tags to help you get out of code mode.
• New Browser compatibility notification: We now notify you in the editor if the browser you are using is unsupported.

14 Jul

• New See which e-mail address you are using: The e-mail address associated with the account can now be viewed in Account Settings in the left sidebar.