Coralite blog posts

Articles and deep dives on all things Coralite, architecture, and progressive enhancement.

The AI Versioning Trap: Why We Might Be Stuck, and How the Native Web Can Help

Thomas David - 14 July 26

Learn why Large Language Models make traditional framework updates painful, and why building on native web APIs with Coralite is the future.

Coralite v0.43.1 Released: Robust Parameter Injection and Imperative Element Prefixing

Thomas David - 10 July 26

Coralite v0.43.1 resolves server-side client parameter destructuring bugs, fixes prefixing for imperatively created components, and adds environment-specific attribute tests.

Coralite v0.43.0 Released: State Observation and Structured Mocking

Thomas David - 9 July 26

Coralite v0.43.0 introduces explicit state observation via the new observe() API, a redesigned structured schema for testing mocks, and an AST-based dependency scanner to track dynamic components.

Coralite v0.42.0 Released: Decoupled Component Manifests and Improved CLI Reporting

Thomas David - 8 July 26

Coralite v0.42.0 introduces decoupled component manifests for faster incremental builds, component build reporting in the CLI, mode-aware testing updates, and runtime environment exposure.

Coralite v0.41.0 Released: First-Class Testing Mode and Enhanced Attribute Coercion

Thomas David - 5 July 26

Coralite v0.41.0 introduces a dedicated testing mode for zero-config E2E testing, support for shorthand attribute schemas, and improved native HTML boolean attribute toggling.

Coralite v0.40.2 Released: Recursive Dependency Tracking for Incremental Builds

Thomas David - 30 June 26

Coralite v0.40.2 introduces recursive dependency tracking to optimize incremental builds, fixes a TypeError in onPageDelete handlers, and refactors custom element upgrades.

Coralite v0.40.1 Released: Robust Asset Tracking and Cleanup

Thomas David - 25 June 26

Coralite v0.40.1 introduces robust centralized asset tracking, enhanced build directory cleanup, and refined HTML parser warnings.

Coralite v0.40.0 Released: Introducing Granular Lifecycle Management

Thomas David - 25 June 26

Coralite v0.40.0 introduces a centralized lifecycle manager for granular component state tracking, upgrades the asset pipeline with flexible CLI configurations, and expands E2E testing across development and production targets.

Coralite v0.39.0 Released: Faster Builds and Rich Hydration Serialization

Thomas David - 24 June 26

Coralite v0.39.0 introduces incremental production builds for faster deploy cycles, and switches to serialize-javascript for hydration and plugin configurations to support complex data types.

Coralite v0.38.6 Released: Fix for Imperative Getter Tokens

Thomas David - 23 June 26

Coralite v0.38.6 addresses an issue where getters used as template tokens in imperatively created components would render as empty strings.

Coralite v0.38.5 Released: Deterministic Styling for Imperative Components

Thomas David - 23 June 26

Coralite v0.38.5 resolves rendering and styling behaviors for imperative components, upgrades Playwright to 1.61.0, and updates key workspace dependencies.

Coralite v0.38.4 Released: External CSS and Enhanced Plugin Hooks

Thomas David - 22 June 26

Coralite v0.38.4 introduces production external CSS generation, enhanced plugin rendering hooks, esbuild-based CSS minification, and robust client-side component hydration.

Coralite v0.38.3 Released: Enforcing Page-Component Boundaries

Thomas David - 21 June 26

Coralite v0.38.3 aligns tests and documentation with the 'Pages as Consumers' architecture, reorders lifecycle hooks for plugin reactivity, and fixes hydration and incremental sitemap builds.

Coralite v0.38.2 Released: Reliable Server-to-Client State Propagation

Thomas David - 20 June 26

Coralite v0.38.2 improves state synchronization by ensuring server() hook results correctly propagate to client state, client getters, and imperative components.

Coralite v0.38.1 Released: Dynamic Component Loading and Improved Plugin Typing

Thomas David - 19 June 26

Coralite v0.38.1 introduces dynamic custom element resolution via HTML insertion APIs, client-side plugin updates, and stricter TypeScript definitions for plugin lifecycle context.