The Ember Times No. 129 - December 20th 2019

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+title: The Ember Times - Issue No. 129
+author: Chris Ng, Amy Lam, Isaac Lee, Godfrey Chan, Jessica Jordan
+tags: Recent Posts, Newsletter, Ember.js Times, Ember Times, 2019
+alias : "blog/2019/12/20-the-ember-times-issue-129.html"
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+---
+
+Happy Holidays, Emberistas! 🐹🌲⛄️
+
+Ember Octane is here 🐹🎉,
+new ember-autofocus-modifier 💡,
+3 new RFCs for template helpers 3️⃣,
+ember-apollo-client v2 released 🎉
+and join us for the last 11 days of DecEmber 1️⃣1️⃣!
+
+READMORE
+
+---
+
+## [Octane Is Here 🎉](https://blog.emberjs.com/2019/12/20/octane-is-here.html)
+
+[Ember 3.15](https://blog.emberjs.com/2019/12/20/ember-3-15-released.html) was released this week. In addition to the usual new features, improvements and bug fixes, this release also marks the official release of Ember's first edition - **Ember Octane**!
+
+But what is Ember Octane? Ember Octane is the **new, recommended way** for developers **to build Ember applications** and **addons**.
+
+<!--alex ignore easy-->
+Octane features a new reactivity model, a renewed practice of building components and a stronger focus on HTML driven web development than ever before. It aims to make the development of performant Ember apps not only more easy and productive, but also **more fun** right from the start. And on top of that, Ember Octane is **fully opt-in** and **interoperable** for existing Ember apps - which means you can try out the new way of building modern Ember Octane apps gradually, without having to rewrite your entire app today.
+
+Want to know all about Ember Octane? Learn more about what's new in Octane and how to get started [in the official Ember Octane release announcement](https://blog.emberjs.com/2019/12/20/octane-is-here.html) by [Yehuda Katz (@wycats)](https://github.com/wycats)! Need help? Check out the **#topic-octane-migration** channel on the [Ember Discord](https://discordapp.com/invite/emberjs)!
+
+---
+
+## [New ember-autofocus-modifier 💡](https://medium.com/qonto-engineering/autofocus-modifier-improving-our-component-apis-fd589b98f4e)
+
+While building an autofocus feature for their components, Qonto engineers were also able to improve their APIs. [Cyrille David (@dcyriller)](https://github.com/dcyriller) and team wanted to add autofocus to several components across two apps. For example, both their one-time-password input and their email input component needed autofocus. Since mixins are no longer recommended in the Ember ecosystem, Cyrille went with modifiers. [And they blogged about their experience here!](https://medium.com/qonto-engineering/autofocus-modifier-improving-our-component-apis-fd589b98f4e)
+
+Modifiers are a new feature in [the recently released Ember Octane edition](https://blog.emberjs.com/2019/12/20/octane-is-here.html). They allow for **sharing code between components**, similar to directives in Vue or Angular. We revisited [Chris Garrett (@pzuraq)](https://github.com/pzuraq)'s blog [Coming Soon in Ember Octane - Part 4: Modifiers](https://blog.emberjs.com/2019/03/06/coming-soon-in-ember-octane-part-4.html) and the [new Octane Guides: Out-of-Component-Modifications](https://guides.emberjs.com/release/components/template-lifecycle-dom-and-modifiers/#toc_out-of-component-modifications) to learn more!
+
+Qonto wrapped up the code in a small addon, [`ember-autofocus-modifier`](https://github.com/qonto/ember-autofocus-modifier). You can use the code as-is, or copy the [snippet code](https://github.com/qonto/ember-autofocus-modifier/blob/v0.0.1/addon/modifiers/autofocus.js) and experiment with creating your own modifier.
+
+---
+
+## [Three New RFCs to Add New Template Helpers 3️⃣](https://github.com/emberjs/rfcs/pulls?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=is%3Aopen+is%3Apr+author%3Acibernox+templates)
+
+[Miguel Camba @cibernox](https://github.com/cibernox) opened a slew of RFCs around adding new built-in operators to Ember templates. The idea comes from functionality provided in [ember-truth-helpers](https://github.com/jmurphyau/ember-truth-helpers) and is a subset of his [other RFC](https://github.com/emberjs/rfcs/pull/388) to add basic helpers to Ember templates.
+
+The three template helper RFCs Miguel proposed are the following:
+
+- [Adding Equality Operators](https://github.com/emberjs/rfcs/pull/560) such as the `{{eq}}` and `{{neq}}` helpers
+- [Adding Numeric Comparison Operators](https://github.com/emberjs/rfcs/pull/561), specifically the `{{lt}}` and `{{gt}}` helpers
+- [Adding Logical Operators](https://github.com/emberjs/rfcs/pull/562) which are the `{{and}}`, `{{or}}` and `{{not}}` helpers
+
+Help get this off the ground by adding your input to these changes today!
+
+---
+
+## [ember-apollo-client v2 Released 🎉](https://twitter.com/josemarluedke/status/1204908862676975617)
+
+After a year in beta cycle, [ember-apollo-client](https://github.com/ember-graphql/ember-apollo-client/) celebrates a new major release! Version 2 comes with several enhanced features and follows modern practices in Ember and the JavaScript ecosystem. To learn more about v2, please see the [changelog](https://github.com/ember-graphql/ember-apollo-client/releases/tag/v2.0.0).
+
+We extend our thanks to all contributors: [@FabHof](https://github.com/FabHof), [@brunoocasali](https://github.com/brunoocasali), [@buschtoens](https://github.com/buschtoens), [@dmzza](https://github.com/dmzza), [@vsergiu93](https://github.com/vsergiu93), [@lstrzebinczyk](https://github.com/lstrzebinczyk), [@jasonmit](https://github.com/jasonmit), [@coladarci](https://github.com/coladarci), [@jgwhite](https://github.com/jgwhite), [@christophermlne](https://github.com/christophermlne), [@bgentry](https://github.com/bgentry), and [@josemarluedke](https://github.com/josemarluedke).
+
+If you would like to build an Ember + GraphQL app, we encourage you to try out [ember-apollo-client](https://github.com/ember-graphql/ember-apollo-client) today!
+
+---
+
+## [The Final Countdown with DecEmber 📆](https://blog.emberjs.com/tags/december.html)
+
+With the series **DecEmber series "Countdown to the New Year: 31 Days of Ember addons"** the community is featuring their favorite
+Ember addons on a daily basis until the end of 2019 - which means, there are **only 11 more days** to go! Follow the DecEmber series [on the Ember blog](https://blog.emberjs.com/tags/december.html)!
+
+This week, community members wrote about [their love ❤️ for powerful select UIs](https://blog.emberjs.com/2019/12/14/countdown-to-the-new-year-ember-power-select.html), the [beauty of well-formatted templates](https://blog.emberjs.com/2019/12/19/countdown-to-the-new-year-ember-template-lint.html), the [joy of sharing your app beyond language barriers](https://blog.emberjs.com/2019/12/16/countdown-to-the-new-year-2019-ember-intl.html) and how amazing Ember addons help them with writing amazing web applications!
+
+Do you want to share your joy for a particular addon yourself? [Sign up for any of the open issues with the DecEmber label](https://github.com/ember-learn/ember-blog/labels/decEmber) and take a look [at our contribution guide](https://github.com/ember-learn/ember-blog/blob/master/source/december-2019-instructions.md) to get started. For questions or feedback, reach out to us on the **#dev-ember-learning** channel on the [Ember Discord](https://discordapp.com/invite/emberjs) or ping [Melanie Sumner (@MelSumner)](https://github.com/MelSumner), [Jen Weber (@jenweber)](https://github.com/jenweber) or [Jessica Jordan (@jessica-jordan)](https://github.com/jessica-jordan).
+
+---
+
+## [Contributors' Corner 👏](https://guides.emberjs.com/release/contributing/repositories/)
+
+<p>This week we'd like to thank <a href="https://github.com/hjdivad" target="gh-user">@hjdivad</a>, <a href="https://github.com/rwjblue" target="gh-user">@rwjblue</a>, <a href="https://github.com/chancancode" target="gh-user">@chancancode</a>, <a href="https://github.com/kellyselden" target="gh-user">@kellyselden</a>, <a href="https://github.com/Turbo87" target="gh-user">@Turbo87</a>, <a href="https://github.com/pichfl" target="gh-user">@pichfl</a>, <a href="https://github.com/jessica-jordan" target="gh-user">@jessica-jordan</a>, <a href="https://github.com/jenweber" target="gh-user">@jenweber</a>, <a href="https://github.com/acorncom" target="gh-user">@acorncom</a>, <a href="https://github.com/bartocc" target="gh-user">@bartocc</a>, <a href="https://github.com/pzuraq" target="gh-user">@pzuraq</a>, <a href="https://github.com/igorT" target="gh-user">@igorT</a>, <a href="https://github.com/patricklx" target="gh-user">@patricklx</a> and <a href="https://github.com/craigteegarden" target="gh-user">@craigteegarden</a>  for their contributions to Ember and related repositories! 💖</p>
+
+---
+
+## [Got a Question? Ask Readers' Questions! 🤓](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScqu7Lw_9cIkRtAiXKitgkAo4xX_pV1pdCfMJgIr6Py1V-9Og/viewform)
+
+<div class="blog-row">
+  <img class="float-right small transparent padded" alt="Office Hours Tomster Mascot" title="Readers' Questions" src="/images/tomsters/officehours.png" />
+
+  <p>Wondering about something related to Ember, Ember Data, Glimmer, or addons in the Ember ecosystem, but don't know where to ask? Readers’ Questions are just for you!</p>
+
+  <p><strong>Submit your own</strong> short and sweet <strong>question</strong> under <a href="https://bit.ly/ask-ember-core" target="rq">bit.ly/ask-ember-core</a>. And don’t worry, there are no silly questions, we appreciate them all - promise! 🤞</p>
+</div>
+
+---
+
+## [#embertimes 📰](https://blog.emberjs.com/tags/newsletter.html)
+
+Want to write for the Ember Times? Have a suggestion for next week's issue? Join us at [#support-ember-times](https://discordapp.com/channels/480462759797063690/485450546887786506) on the [Ember Community Discord](https://discordapp.com/invite/zT3asNS) or ping us [@embertimes](https://twitter.com/embertimes) on Twitter.
+
+Keep on top of what's been going on in Emberland this week by subscribing to our [e-mail newsletter](https://the-emberjs-times.ongoodbits.com/)! You can also find our posts on the [Ember blog](https://emberjs.com/blog/tags/newsletter.html).
+
+---
+
+
+## [Happy Holidays from The Ember Times Team 🐹](https://blog.emberjs.com/tags/newsletter)
+
+The Ember Times team wishes you a pleasant, joyful holiday season (and if you don't celebrate any big holidays this month, we wish you a pleasant and joyful time!) with your loved ones, family, friends and animal companions!🌲⛄️🎆
+
+<!--alex ignore special-->
+Since most us writers at The Ember Times are looking forward to the holiday season as well, we will be away for a short winter break; on **January 10, 2020** we are back with the next Ember Times and an **exclusive special edition**!
+
+---
+
+Enjoy the rest of the year and see you over in the new one! ✨
+
+Be kind,
+
+Chris Ng, Amy Lam, Isaac Lee, Godfrey Chan, Jessica Jordan and the Learning Team