Release 0.8.0

@emberkit/core 0.8.0@emberkit/cli 1.0.0@emberkit/icons & @emberkit/ui 6.0.0

This release adds reactive effects, View Transitions, dev-time API routing, SQL raw imports, stronger hydration bindings, and fixes for loading emberkit.config.ts in the Vite plugin.

Highlights

Area	What changed
Signals	`createEffect` and `createMemo` track dependencies and re-run when signals change
View Transitions	Built-in SPA transitions via `render(..., { viewTransitions: true })`
Dev API	`devApiPlugin` and `src/routes/_api/*` file routes in development
Hydration	Richer `data-ek-bind` for inputs; guidance for async lists after SSR
Vite	`sqlRawPlugin()` for `*.sql?raw` imports (Workers / edge)

Reactive effects and memos

Before 0.8.0, createEffect ran once on the client. It now:

Tracks reads inside the effect (and inside createMemo)
Re-runs when those signals change
Respects untrack() and batches notifications via batch()
Skips execution during SSR (window is undefined)

import { createSignal, createEffect } from '@emberkit/core';

const [query, setQuery] = createSignal('');

createEffect(() => {
  document.title = `Search: ${query()}`;
});

See Signals — Effects.

View Transitions

Enable smooth route changes with the native View Transitions API:

import { render } from '@emberkit/core';
import App from './routes/_layout.tsx';
import { routes } from 'virtual:emberkit-routes';

render(App, document.getElementById('app')!, {
  routes,
  viewTransitions: true,
});

Also exported: supportsViewTransitions, withViewTransition, initViewTransitions, navigateWithViewTransition, and navigate(..., { viewTransition: true }).

Full guide: View Transitions.

Dev API middleware

In development, forward /api and /api/* to a Node handler or to file-based routes under src/routes/_api/.

Option A — config:

// emberkit.config.ts
export default defineConfig({
  devApi: {
    handler: './src/server/api-router.node.ts',
    export: 'handleApiRequestNode',
  },
});

Option B — explicit Vite plugin (same behavior):

import { devApiPlugin, emberkitVitePlugin } from '@emberkit/core/vite-plugin';

plugins: [
  devApiPlugin({
    handler: './src/server/api-router.node.ts',
    export: 'handleApiRequestNode',
  }),
  emberkitVitePlugin(),
];

If devApi is not set and you have src/routes/_api/* routes, file-based API routing is enabled automatically.

Details: Dev API.

sqlRawPlugin

Import SQL files as strings at build time (useful for migrations on Cloudflare Workers, where there is no filesystem):

import migration from '../migrations/001_init.sql?raw';

import { sqlRawPlugin, emberkitVitePlugin } from '@emberkit/core/vite-plugin';

plugins: [sqlRawPlugin(), emberkitVitePlugin()];

Hydration improvements

Inputs: data-ek-bind on <input>, <textarea>, and <select> syncs .value; buttons can bind disabled.
SSR + async lists: Hydration does not re-render .map() lists when a signal updates. See Dynamic lists after SSR.

Vite plugin fixes (0.8.0)

emberkit.config.ts is transpiled with esbuild when the plugin loads options (fixes devApi not applying under plain Node).
SSR dev middleware skips /api requests so they are not rendered as HTML pages.
API prefix matching accepts /api and /api/* (not only /api/... with a trailing path).

CLI 1.0.0

The CLI major version aligns with core 0.8.0. Scaffold templates pin compatible dependency ranges. No breaking CLI command changes beyond version alignment.

Migration checklist

Bump dependencies: @emberkit/core@^0.8.0, @emberkit/cli@^1.0.0, optional @emberkit/icons@^6.0.0 / @emberkit/ui@^6.0.0.
Remove local shims if you copied vite.dev-api-plugin.ts or vite-sql-raw.ts from older apps.
Add devApi or devApiPlugin for local API routes.
Enable viewTransitions: true in render() and remove custom view-transition scripts if duplicated.
For SSR pages with client-fetched lists, follow hydration guidance for dynamic lists.