Adapt Learning Community: Authoring tool v0.5.0-rc.1 available for testing

PRE-WARNING: This is still beta software, and should not be used in production installations.

Without further ado, the authoring tool core dev team would like to announce that a release candidate for the upcoming v0.5.0 release is now available for testing!

This release bundles lots of enhancements and fixes, but the two main shout-out features are:

The ability to import courses created in the framework or another authoring tool instance
The change of dependency from Node.js v4.x.x to v8.x.x, which brings with it massive performance gains, and lots of security fixes

Testing instructions

We're always looking for helpers to test new releases, so if you're adventurous and have some spare time, we'd really appreciate your help.

Make sure you update your Node.js install to v8.x.x. We recommend you use a version manager to do this, such as NVM (Mac OS X and Linux), or NVM for windows (windows).

Before using the beta code, please ensure you back-up your existing authoring tool data, or start afresh with a new DB and code-base.

Check you're using Node.js v8.x.x (you can do this using node --version)
Pull the code from git tagged v0.5.0-rc.1
If testing with an existing install, remove your node_modules folder
Run npm install && grunt build:prod
Log any issues you find to GitHub, following our guidelines

You can view specific testing instructions for the release on the wiki.

If you have any questions, get in touch via commenting on this post or Gitter.

wow, great news! we will test it!

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Installing or updating an existing install, I can't get further than node install, which returns the following error:

Cloned https://github.com/adaptlearning/adapt_framework.git successfully. ERROR: error: pathspec 'tags/v0.5.0-rc.1' did not match any file(s) known to git.

Did the tag name change?

Thanks

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Hi Steve, did you use 'tags/v...' or 'tag/v...' ? I could be wrong, but I think you need tag.

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Thanks John, but it is tags/

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Hello Steve,

that is the repository for the Framework. Please use the following:
https://github.com/adaptlearning/adapt_authoring.git

Regards Thomas

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Thanks Thomas, I see it now.

So I should run node install (which installs the default version of the authoring tool), then git clone and branch from tag v0.5.0 after that?

The install script runs like this:

> Git repository URL to be used for the authoring tool source code (https://github.com/adaptlearning/adapt_authoring.git)

> Git repository URL to be used for the framework source code (https://github.com/adaptlearning/adapt_framework.git)

> Specific git revision to be used for the framework. Accepts any valid revision type (e.g. branch/tag/commit) (tags/v2.2.5)

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If you just want to test the v0.5.0 Version and not use this installation for production it is easier to download the sourcecode as a zip directly. https://github.com/adaptlearning/adapt_authoring/releases/tag/v0.5.0-rc.1

Please note, the Authoring Tool must be installed as a git repository to be able to update the Tool later. So please make sure to always clone the code for production installations.

https://github.com/adaptlearning/adapt_authoring/wiki/Install-on-Server#2-clone-the-adapt_authoring-project

Regards Thomas

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I tried to import the course which was exported from the Authoring tool but I am unable to do so.

I am getting the error:

Course import failed

Package does not contain a schema.

Can you please help me in finding out the possible reason of these error?

Node version : 8.11.3

Authoring tool: v0.5.0-rc.1

Framework: 2.2.5

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Hi,

Are you sure it is a source export (framework export) and not a download (build)? This is the most common issue when importing.