Release/1.3.0

[GregTheGreek]

Description

This minor release contains an assortment of improvements, and is the first release by @ChainSafeSystems

Changelog

Added

• Support for typescript files (.ts) to be written alongside regular .js files (Add typescript support #3652)
• Add compareBlock function that allows for complex block comparisons (Add function compare blocks #3682)

Changed

• Improve RequestManager send method (Improve RequestManager send method #3649)
• npm run build now uses TSC to compile (.js allowed) and the build folder is now located under lib (Add typescript support #3652)
• Modernized web3-core to use newer es syntax (Add typescript support #3652)
• Bumped web3-providers-ipc oboe version to 2.1.5 (Bump web3-providers-ipc oboe version to 2.1.5 #3661)
• Bump lodash from 4.17.15 to 4.17.19 (Bump lodash from 4.17.15 to 4.17.19 #3641)
• Bump websocket version which removes node-gyp from web3.js (websocket's native dependencies #3685)

Fixed

• Fix parsing of non-eth_subscription provider events (Fix parsing of non-eth_subscription provider events #3660)
• Fix parsedUrl problem of websocket provider (Not implemented error with react native #3666)
• Fix return value for clearSubscriptions (clearSubscriptions return undefined #3689)

Compare View

v1.2.11 -> v1.3.0

Type of change

• Release Candidate

Checklist:

• I have selected the correct base branch.
• I have performed a self-review of my own code.
• I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas.
• I have made corresponding changes to the documentation.
• My changes generate no new warnings.
• Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules.
• I ran npm run dtslint with success and extended the tests and types if necessary.
• I ran npm run test:unit with success.
• I ran npm run test:cov and my test cases cover all the lines and branches of the added code.
• I ran npm run build and tested dist/web3.min.js in a browser.
• I have tested my code on the live network.
• I have checked the Deploy Preview and it looks correct.
• I have updated the CHANGELOG.md file in the root folder.

[coveralls]

Coverage decreased (-2.3%) to 78.032% when pulling a88944f on release/1.3.0 into 67aa557 on 1.x.

[spacesailor24]

Replicating the steps mentioned in previous release for web3@1.3.0-rc.0

As part of the RC process, am doing some test installations in other projects and running their tests to see if everything.

• installs properly
• builds
• tests pass

(This list will be actively edited)

Project	Desc	Status
oz-test-helpers	Test utils. Subset of their suite is web3 contracts	✔️
synthetix	~1000 units	✔️

UPDATE

Previously oz-test-helpers was failing with the below error, but is no longer doing so - not sure what changed

For oz-test-helpers, after running tests I am receiving:

168 passing (14s)
  1 failing

  1) Contract: expectEvent (web3 contracts) 
       "before each" hook for "accepts emitted events":
     Error: Returned error: Exceeds block gas limit
      at Object.ErrorResponse (node_modules/web3-core-helpers/src/errors.js:29:16)
      at /home/anon/tmp/openzeppelin-test-helpers/node_modules/web3-core-requestmanager/src/index.js:140:36
      at /home/anon/tmp/openzeppelin-test-helpers/node_modules/truffle/build/webpack:/packages/truffle-provider/wrapper.js:112:1
      at XMLHttpRequest.request.onreadystatechange (node_modules/truffle/build/webpack:/~/web3/~/web3-providers-http/src/index.js:96:1)
      at XMLHttpRequestEventTarget.dispatchEvent (node_modules/truffle/build/webpack:/~/xhr2-cookies/dist/xml-http-request-event-target.js:34:1)
      at XMLHttpRequest._setReadyState (node_modules/truffle/build/webpack:/~/xhr2-cookies/dist/xml-http-request.js:208:1)
      at XMLHttpRequest._onHttpResponseEnd (node_modules/truffle/build/webpack:/~/xhr2-cookies/dist/xml-http-request.js:318:1)
      at IncomingMessage.<anonymous> (node_modules/truffle/build/webpack:/~/xhr2-cookies/dist/xml-http-request.js:289:47)
      at endReadableNT (_stream_readable.js:1187:12)
      at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:84:21)

[ryanio]

I tested the new web3.min.js file with Infura and MetaMask providers and looks good. In MetaMask had success changing accounts and subscribing to new block headers. ✅

[frankiebee]

looks good. Thank you!!