Websocket Updates

• Added ability to test WebSocket servers by sending binary data types, specifically using Array Buffers
• Implemented user-created Chai-style assertation tests for WebSocket

User Interface

• Updated interface for test display results
• Added image display for WebSocket data transfer and drag-and-drop functionality for files.

Testing

• Implemented end-to-end Spectron testing for updated WebSocket functionality

Bug Fixes

• Debugged errors when combining WebSocket requests with other protocols

Scripting and Testing

• The Composer pane now has a section to write JavaScript that will execute upon Swell receiving a server response.
• Compose your test suite with ChaiJS TDD or BDD assertion-syntax.
• Make assertions on the response received by using the response object. Properties on the response object include .headers, .status, .events, .timeSent, and .timeReceived.
• View the test results in the new Tests tab on the Response pane.
• Available for REST, GraphQL, and gRPC.

Collection Runner

• Requests can be staged in the center Workspace pane and executed in the order they were added.

Scheduler

• Now has the ability to automate sending requests on a regular time interval.

Preview

• You can now see a rendered preview in the Response pane for HTML document payloads.

Bug Fixes and QoL Improvements

• Fixed UI overflow and misalignment bugs.
• Updated button styling and placement for better design consistency.
• Updated the chart to a line chart for better visual indication of the change in response latency over time.

Developer Notes

• Moved GraphQL logic out of the main file and into its own controller file.
• Fixed and completed the Spectron tests to cover gRPC (Default port is now 30051 due to Windows-specific conflicts).

UI/UX Overhaul

• Reconfigured application layout with 3 separate partitions: Composer, Workspace, Responses
• Reimagined the Graph as a Response History organized by individual requests
• Made the codemirrors and responses more readable by expanding their size and adjusting the colors
• Collections are now named Saved Workspaces
• Created a 'copy to composer' feature for requests in the workspace
• Added the ability to write over Saved Workspaces

Incorporated Concurrent Streaming for HTTP2 & SSE Servers

• Now has the ability to have multiple open streams per protocol
• Implemented a 'close connection' feature from the client UI for long running server streams

Bug Fixes

• Made improvements in all protocol implementations
• Cookies and Headers now send with GraphQL requests and Introspections
• Refactored ProtoParser to accept multiple proto file types
• Imported Collections/Workspaces are now fully functional

Developer Notes

• Debugging/Clean-up
• Reconfigured the Spectron Testing given the new UI/UX for all protocols but gRPC

Re-implemented functionality for Auto-updater component rendering. When an update is detected, a message will pop up with the option to update to the newest version of Swell.

UI/UX Overhaul

• Redesigned the UI to give it a new sleek, neumorphic design with more intuitive navigation
• Changed from scatter plot graph to bar graph for more straightforward, dynamic data analysis
• Created persistent URLs for seamless testing of different network protocols
• Improved form validation to preempt bad requests
• Implemented actionable error handling in request composers

GraphQL Schema Introspection

• Added schema introspection tool
• GraphQL Type Hinting & Schema Linter
• Included a feature that allows for smart type hinting and auto-completion when creating queries/mutations/subscriptions
• Added a schema linter to send back precise, actionable error messages

Bug Fixes

• Fixed SSE requests bug to get fully working
• Fixed GraphQL subscriptions bug to get fully working
• Resolved uncaught exception errors

Developer Notes

• Upgraded Electron to v8.5.0
• Fixed webpack to allow for hot module reloading
• Optimized gRPC composer to reduce unnecessary component rendering
• Expanded testing suites to include functional tests of all network protocols and configured into Travis CI
• Added support for loading components with dynamic imports via @loadable/component

Release Notes

Security Overhaul

• Sandboxed the app to behave as browser
• Updated Webpack to use CSP
• Implemented Preload/Context Bridge to eliminate use of Electron ipcRenderer/remote

Testing

• Implemented end-to-end Spectron testing
• Implemented React-Testing-Library for unit/integration testing

Typescript

• Set up Typescript configuration using Babel & started converting files/adding types

Additional Updates

• Updated Electron to v7.3.2
• Swapped out gRPC library to newer/more supported version @grpc/grpc-js
• Debugging/Clean-up
• Implemented style guide using eslint/prettier
• Added package builder for Windows

Swell 0.4.0 Updates:

• Added support for gRPC endpoint testing

  • Make requests for all four types of gRPC service methods: unary, client-side, server-side, and bi-directional
  • Ability to import .proto files
  • Automatic recognition of gRPC services and requests with custom parser
  • Support for sending and receiving metadata

• Enhanced Chart.js graph features

  • Accurate recording of roundtrip connection times

• Updated app versions to prevent vulnerabilities/increase security

  • Electron v7.0.1
  • Node v12.14.1

• UI/UX updates

• Global error handlers

• New testing suites

Swell 3.0 Updates:

• Enhanced GraphQL features

  • Support for GraphQL subscription
  • Visible response headers and cookies
  • Meaningful error messages
  • Status codes

• Added WS close codes

• Enhanced http features

  • Request response round trip performance improvement (50-60% faster)
  • Visible http response cookies
  • Removed proxy server while maintaining support for http methods

• Server Side Events error handling

• User Interface fix and updates

• Clear history feature

• Import & Export collection feature

• Rendering html response events