Open Event V1.19.0 Release

We are releasing Open Event Version 1.19.0, the software powering eventyay.com. 258 pull requests have been merged by 30 individual contributors, hundreds of test versions have been deployed and system stability and speed has improved substantially.

Here is a short list of important feature improvements:

  • General video support has been added 
  • Jitsi Meet has been integrated
  • Calendar support for different platforms
  • Online events are now fully supported
  • Major updates to translations like German, Japanese and Chinese
  • More custom attendee and speaker form fields have been implemented
  • Lots of improvements in the ticketing process
  • Added separate PDF export for several tickets
  • Dozens of dependencies were upgraded to latest versions

Please download the version of Open Event here:

Server Backend: https://github.com/fossasia/open-event-server/ 
Code Repository: https://github.com/fossasia/open-event-server/releases/tag/v1.19.1 
A minor update to the server component was done after the initial release to version 1.19.1

Frontend Component: https://github.com/fossasia/open-event-frontend/releases/tag/v1.19.0 
Code Repository: https://github.com/fossasia/open-event-frontend

Special thanks to Areeb Jamal and many new developers, contributors, testers and documentation writers participating in the Codeheat coding contest!

Open Event Frontend Changes

Features

bug Bug Fixes

toolbox Maintenance

Contributors

Thanks a lot to our contributors for making this release possible:

@Abhijay007, @Draco9421, @Gautam-Arora24, @MeghalBisht, @Raunaksingh100, @SARTHAK1SINGH, @Saumyachitransh01, @ShreyanshSrivastava, @Soumi150, @akash2408, @aryamanprince, @codedsun, @comradekingu, @daretobedifferent18, @djcruz93, @himanshuvarandani, @iamareebjamal, @ksraj123, @mariobehling, @maze-runnar, @nikolaytoplev, @pc-beast, @progmatic-99, @sachinchauhan2889, @terminator0309, @weblate, Areeb Jamal and J. Lavoie

Open Event Server Backend

Changes

rocket Features

bug Bug Fixes

toolbox Maintenance

Documentation

  • chore(docs): Add comma in storage options docs (#7415) – @Lakshita2002
  • chore(docs): Correct name of Postgres “peer” authentication method (#7381) – @hongquan
  • chore(docs): Improve local installation guide (#7320) – @hongquan

Contributors

Thanks a lot to our contributors for making this release possible:@Lakshita2002, @Soumi150, @codedsun, @hongquan, @iamareebjamal, @manav1403, @mansiag, @maze-runnar, @sachinchauhan2889

Open Event Server v1.18.0 released

We are releasing a new version of the Open Event Server which is powering eventyay. v1.18.0 comes with new features, major bug fixes and maintenance changes.

Features
  • Add invoice generation, billing and payment logic
  • Add ability to create online events
  • Add more social media URLs in settings
Bug Fixes
  • Fix Admin Sales API
  • Fix Admin’s ability to view draft events
  • Fix long-standing paypal charging issue
  • Fix proper float level amount usage in payments
Maintenance
  • Make celery container depend on web, to avoid DB race issue
  • Remove soft deletion from some models
  • Upgrade python code syntax to latest versions and remove code smells
  • Add tests for disabled dredd sections
  • Dependency Updates

Special thanks to Areeb Jamal and many new developers, contributors, testers and documentation writers!

Code Repository: https://github.com/fossasia/open-event-server
Release Link: https://github.com/fossasia/open-event-server/releases/tag/v1.18.0

Features

Bug Fixes

Maintenance

  • chore: Prepare for v1.18.0 (#7337) – @iamareebjamal
  • chore: Fix dangerous default argument (#7335) – @deepsource-autofix
  • chore: Fix comparison constant position (#7334) – @deepsource-autofix
  • chore: Refactor unnecessary else / elif when if block has a return statement (#7332) – @deepsource-autofix
  • chore: Refactor unnecessary else / elif when if block has a raise statement (#7333) – @deepsource-autofix
  • chore: Refactor unnecessary else / elif when if block has a return statement (#7331) – @deepsource-autofix
  • chore: Use identity test to compare types (#7330) – @deepsource-autofix
  • chore: Use sys.exit() calls (#7329) – @deepsource-autofix
  • chore: Refactor unnecessary else / elif when if block has a raise statement (#7328) – @deepsource-autofix
  • chore: Simplify the if statement (#7327) – @deepsource-autofix
  • chore: Upgrade python syntax through pyupgrade (#7326) – @iamareebjamal
  • chore: Configure pre-commit for excluding files through black (#7323) – @progmatic-99
  • chore: Remove redundant cache delete command (#7308) – @iamareebjamal
  • chore: Add cron scripts (#7264) – @iamareebjamal
  • chore(docs): Adds dredd tests for calculate-amount API (#7263) – @blossom2017
  • chore: Enable dredd tests for some of the Orders API endpoints (#7261) – @blossom2017
  • chore: Enable dredd test for v1/users/checkEmail (#7230) – @blossom2017
  • chore: Make celery container depend on web (#7257) – @iamareebjamal
  • chore: Ignore more folders from docker (#7247) – @iamareebjamal
  • chore(tests): Enable dredd tests for event role permissions API (#7231) – @blossom2017

Documentation

Dependencies and Libraries

Contributors

Thanks a lot to our contributors for making this release possible:
@DiptoChakrabarty, @blossom2017, @iamareebjamal, @mansiag, @maze-runnar, @progmatic-99 and @snitin315

Open Event Frontend v1.18.0 released

We are releasing a new version of the Open Event Frontend which is powering eventyay.

v1.18.0 contains new features like:

  • Invoice functionality integrated
  • Ability to create online events
  • Enhancement in timezone picker and schedule
  • Add video and slides in session detail view
  • More social media links

Special thanks to Areeb Jamal and many new developers, contributors, testers and documentation writers!

Code Repository: https://github.com/fossasia/open-event-frontend
Release Link: https://github.com/fossasia/open-event-frontend/releases/tag/v1.18.0

Features

Bug Fixes

Maintenance

Contributors

Thanks a lot to our contributors for making this release possible:
@AbhipsaGuru1012, @HADES-01, @Neilblaze, @Raunaksingh100, @aman-jaglan, @bsanket16, @dependabot, @dependabot-preview, @dependabot-preview[bot], @dependabot[bot], @iamareebjamal, @mariobehling, @maze-runnar, @progmatic-99, @sarthakhanda, @shantanumallik and @snitin315

Open Event Frontend v1.17.0 released

We are releasing a new version of the Open Event Frontend which is powering eventyay.

v1.17.0 contains many critical bug fixes and features like:

  • Complete Scheduler Overhaul
  • Sessions UI Overhaul and Filter Implementation
  • Timezone picker and bug fixes
  • Switches state not changing fixed

Special thanks to Areeb Jamal and Haider Ali as well as all developers, contributors, testers and documentation writers!

Code Repository: https://github.com/fossasia/open-event-frontend
Release Link: https://github.com/fossasia/open-event-frontend/releases/tag/v1.17.0

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