WEISS release 1.3.0

[André Favoto via Tech-talk <tech-talk at aps.anl.gov>]

Hi folks!

It's a pleasure to announce release 1.3.0 of WEISS, a 100% web-native system for designing and operating EPICS OPIs.

Try it out here: https://demo.weiss-controls.org/

Documentation: https://docs.weiss-controls.org (check the new tutorial section!)

Source: https://github.com/weiss-controls/weiss - consider starring the project if it interests you.

I have not announced 1.2.0 here, but here are some of the new features and improvements gathered since then:

• Add rules support - all widgets now can have properties dynamically changed;
• New widgets: GraphXY, Histogram, Spinner;
• Add alarm summary panel with severity and PV names filtering;
• A standalone web Alarm Handling service with a panel, latching alarms and acknowledgment is underway;
• Include Display Format property for all text and value monitoring widgets (string, hex, engineering, scientific or timestamp);
• Add PV snapshot save/restore filterable by OPI;
• Standalone S&R service is planned for next releases;
• Major performance upgrade on React rendering layer;
• Update documentation - add tutorial page with animations and update contents, see it here: https://docs.weiss-controls.org/getting_started/tutorial.html
• Ensure support for Podman build through CI pipeline;
• Add "Distribute horizontally", "Distribute vertically", "Match width" and "Match height" functions to Toolbar;
• Several other bug fixes and UX improvements (see release notes).

All details about latest and previous releases are available in https://github.com/weiss-controls/weiss/releases

In case of questions, problems, or suggestions, don't hesitate to reach out.

Cheers,

André Favoto