compound-changelog(3) -- Changes in CompoundJS

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Fixed HTTPS support
Introduce req.locals API to early access controller action context (this).
compound.loadConfigs(dir) for loading configs from entire directory into compound.app.settings
Added vhost route option.
Added presenters
Controllers now support promises

man: Docs in roff (man). Change compound help command to proxy request to man. Unfortunately compound have optional ronn rubygem dependency.
inject middleware: New API for middleware injections.
mocha: All tests rewritten. Mocha is new default test engine.
cleanup core: Generators, assets compiler, clientside moved to separate packages. Refactor and speedup render.
new helpers: icon, imageTag, metaTag, anchor, contentFor, button.
async initializers: Initializer may accept second optional param: Function done. In that case next initializer will be called only when done callback called.
compound.model() api:
- compound.model('modelname') - getter (case insensitive)
- compound.model('ModelName', true) - case sensitive getter
- compound.model(NamedFn) - setter for model as named fn (or jugglingdb model)

generators: New generators structure. Fully rewritten by Sascha Gehlich.
noeval controllers: Finally we have correct controllers with inheritance, proper require, debug and meta-programming. Added predefined meta-controllers.
clientside compound: A lot of restructuring and rewriting for clienside, separate server and client loading logic.
miscellaneous: Fixes in i18n, helpers, logging, docs, etc..

config/autoload: No more weird npmfile with require problems.
domain: Basic middleware to support nodejs domains.
any view engine: Now any express-friendly templating engine supported.
block-less helpers: View helpers formTag, formFor and fieldsFor doesn require blocks.
bugs: A lot of bugfixes after rewriting

railwayjs renamed: Major API changes started at this point. No backwards compatibility with RailwayJS.
compoundjs.com: Static website generated from markdown added to repository
assets compiler: Now built-in core. Allows to generate css/js from assets stored in app/assets directory
express v3: Switch to latest express
Events API: Improved loading process, now utilizes events API based on nodejs event emitter