Merge branch 'release/17.9.0'

Author: verlok

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 ## Version 17
 
+#### 17.9.0
+
+- Allowing to pass empty string (`""`) as value for class options (`class_loading`, `class_applied`, `class_loaded`, `class_error`, `class_entered`, `class_exited`) so that no DOM mutation will happen if not necessary. This is a potential performance improvement. Suggested in [#605](https://github.com/verlok/vanilla-lazyload/issues/605).
+
 #### 17.8.8
 
 - Fixed dependency issues detected by `npm audit`

README.md

@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ Please note that the video poster can be lazily loaded too.
 
 ## 👩‍💻 Getting started - Script
 
-The latest, recommended version of LazyLoad is **17.8.8**.
+The latest, recommended version of LazyLoad is **17.9.0**.
 
 Quickly understand how to upgrade from a previous version reading the [practical upgrade guide](UPGRADE.md).
 
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ Quickly understand how to upgrade from a previous version reading the [practical
 The easiest way to use LazyLoad is to include the script from a CDN:
 
 ```html
-<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/vanilla-lazyload@17.8.8/dist/lazyload.min.js"></script>
+<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/vanilla-lazyload@17.9.0/dist/lazyload.min.js"></script>
 ```
 
 Then, in your javascript code:
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ Then include the script.
 ```html
 <script
   async
-  src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/vanilla-lazyload@17.8.8/dist/lazyload.min.js"
+  src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/vanilla-lazyload@17.9.0/dist/lazyload.min.js"
 ></script>
 ```
 
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ Then include the script.
 ```html
 <script
   async
-  src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/vanilla-lazyload@17.8.8/dist/lazyload.min.js"
+  src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/vanilla-lazyload@17.9.0/dist/lazyload.min.js"
 ></script>
 ```