Vue Storefront 1.8.0

This is the official release of Vue Storefront 1.8.

In this release we focused mostly on stabilization and bugfixing.
Over 50 improvements prepared by 32 contributors!

Additional migration tips are available here.

Added

• Chinese translation added - @wadereye (#2265)
• Categories filter in search view - @kjugi, @patzick (#1710)
• AsyncDataLoader feature - @pkarw (#2300)
• Events list page in docs - @jablpiotrek (#776)
• Keyboard support for account and cookie close buttons - @anqaka (#2258)
• Support typescript in build scripts - @marlass, @patzick (#2260, #2273, #2324)
• Possibility to have sticky notifications - @phoenixdev-kl (#2307)
• Added a scss to manage global form style - @lorenaramonda (#2316)
• Manage products with zero price - @MarcoGrecoBitbull (#2327)

Changed / Improved

• Theme structure improvements - @filrak (#2223)
• Type interfaces and refactor - @filrak (#2227, #2267)
• Changed beforeRegistration and afterRegistration hooks signature. Now it contains only one object VSF. The subfields are the same as before so changing beforeRegistration( Vue, config, store, isServer ) to beforeRegistration({ Vue, config, store, isServer })(and same with afterRegistration) is enough to make a proper migration to new API. - @filrak (#2330)
• Typo fixes - @youanden, Micheledinocera (#2229, #2329)
• Bundle products price calculation fix - @pkarw (#2371)
• Added hotjar snippet and dixed isServer flag in module hooks - @lukeromanowicz (#840)
• Location of type files - @kruchy8 (#2226)
• Improved theme registration - @lukeromanowicz (#2233)
• SSR renderings for logged in users - @vue-kacper (#2234)
• ElasticSearch fuzzy search - @qbo-tech (#2340, #2354)
• Documentation improvements - @martaradziszewska, @wilfriedwolf, @fvillata, @pkarw (#2210, #2244, #2289, #2369)
• Support regional characters in urls - @Aekal (#2243)
• store/lib/search has been moved to core/lib/search - @lukeromanowicz (#2225)
• store/lib/multistore has been moved to core/lib/multistore - @lukeromanowicz (#2224)
• BaseSelect syntax improvements - @jszczech (#2237)
• Optional cart discounts display on side cart - @mcspronko (#1758)
• Special price dates checking - backport of @Igloczek's (#2245)
• Category filters reset functionality on mobile - @vue-kacper, @patzick, @renatocason (#2262)
• Improve sortBy mobile view - @martaradziszewska (#2251)
• Slide animations to menu, search, wishlist and minicart components - @Aekal (#2256)
• Fixed wishlist store module to not be lazy loaded - @vue-kacper (#2249)
• Share webpack typescript config with docker container - @lukeromanowicz (#2269)
• After checkout create logged-in cart for logged-in users if using order Direct Backend Sync - @grimasod (#2302)
• Output cache clearing supports versioning - @Igloczek (#2333, #2359)
• Cash on delivery + Shipping addresses fixed for virtual products - @pkarw (#2366)
• Improved static pages caching strategy - @pkarw (#2281)
• Magento 2.3 MSI work-around (it's still not supported fully) - @pkarw (#2366)
• Product zoom picture centered - @ptylek (#2178)
• Fixed tracking in analytics module - @jahvi (#2278)
• Improved merge the store modules array with extended module config - @DaanKouters (#2274)
• ElasticSearch fuzzy search, scoring, boosting + other improvements - @qbo-tech (#2340)
• Turned off compression plugin, nginx serves brotli compression  — @patzick (#2254)
• Improved user account menu UX on desktop - @vue-kacper (#2363)
• Added About us missing route - @lorenaramonda (#2320)
• Fixed used variable for products count in category - @renatocason (#2304)
• Override console with logger - @daaru00 (#2235)
• Fixed variable call about feedback email - @PhantomDraven (#2318)
• Output cache clearing versioning - @Igloczek (#2333)
• Improved paddings on select fields - @patzick (#2361)
• Fixed lack of modal backdrop - @vue-kacper, @giuliachiola (#2319)
• Form validations and improvements - @vue-kacper (#2348, #2349, #2347)
• Changing product quantity in catr - @mdanilowicz (#2345)
• Product attribute values as array - @afirlejczyk (#2379)
• Improved fetching customAttributes - @afirlejczyk (#2107)
• Removed compare button from product mobile view - @patzick (#2370)
• Configurable options attribute descriptor - @pkarw (#2384)