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Changelog

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog, and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

[Unreleased]

[2.0.1] - 2024-11-30

Changed

  • Added legacy VoteFu contributors to gem authors
  • Fixed gemspec homepage to point to votefu.dev

[2.0.0] - 2024-11-29

Complete rewrite of VoteFu for modern Rails applications.

Added

Core Voting

  • Integer vote values (supports up/down, star ratings 1-5, weighted votes)
  • Scoped voting - multiple independent vote contexts per voteable
  • Counter cache support (votes_count, votes_total, upvotes_count, downvotes_count)
  • acts_as_voteable and acts_as_voter concerns
  • votes_on DSL for dynamic method generation
  • voteable_by DSL for explicit voter relationships

Algorithms (Built-in, No External Dependencies)

  • Wilson Score Lower Bound - Statistical confidence interval for quality ranking
  • Reddit Hot - Time-decaying popularity ranking
  • Hacker News - Heavily time-weighted ranking

Turbo/Hotwire Integration

  • VotesController with full Turbo Stream responses
  • View helpers: vote_widget, like_button, upvote_button, downvote_button, vote_count
  • Turbo Stream partials for seamless DOM updates
  • Stimulus controller for optimistic UI updates

ViewComponents

  • VoteWidgetComponent - Reddit-style upvote/downvote (variants: default, compact, vertical, large)
  • StarRatingComponent - 1-5 star rating with averages and counts
  • LikeButtonComponent - Simple heart/like button
  • ReactionBarComponent - Emoji reactions (Slack/GitHub style)

ActionCable Real-time Updates

  • VotesChannel for live vote broadcasts
  • JavaScript client for subscribing to vote updates
  • Auto-subscribe functionality for widgets on page

Karma System

  • has_karma DSL for reputation tracking
  • Time decay with configurable half-life
  • Weighted karma sources (upvotes vs downvotes)
  • Karma levels with progress tracking (Newcomer -> Legend)
  • Scoped karma calculation
  • Karma caching support for performance
  • karma_level, karma_progress, recent_karma methods

Styling

  • Default CSS with dark mode support
  • Size variants (compact, default, large, vertical)
  • Fully customizable via CSS

Changed

  • BREAKING: Minimum Ruby version is now 3.2
  • BREAKING: Minimum Rails version is now 7.2
  • BREAKING: Votes use integer value instead of boolean
  • BREAKING: New namespace VoteFu::Vote (was just Vote)
  • BREAKING: Counter cache columns renamed for clarity

Removed

  • All legacy Rails 2/3/4 compatibility code
  • named_scope usage (replaced with modern scope)
  • find(:all) patterns
  • External dependency on statistics2 gem

[0.0.11] - 2009-02-11

Legacy