# Roadmap

[You can find out what we have planned over at our GitHub Issues.](https://github.com/docpad/docpad/issues)

[Want to help? Check out our Contribute Guide.](https://docpad.bevry.me/community/contribute)

### Done <a href="#done" id="done"></a>

#### Version 6 <a href="#version-6" id="version-6"></a>

* v6.60
  * Added caching HTTP headers
* v6.59
  * [Fix Watchr once and for all](https://github.com/bevry/watchr/issues/33)
* v6.58
  * Dynamic documents are rendered through the generate action
* v6.56
  * Database caching disabled by default
* v6.55
  * Database caching aka [Importer Speed Optimisations](https://github.com/bevry/docpad/issues/590)
* v6.54
  * Abstracted out notifications into plugin
  * i18n support without native binary
* v6.53
  * Locales can now be merged together
* v6.51
  * Run the local DocPad installation if it exists
* v6.49
  * Cleanup on destroy
* v6.48
  * Version conflict warning
* v6.47
  * Inline elements in styles block
* v6.46
  * [Importer support](https://github.com/bevry/watchr/issues/500)
* v6.45
  * Added `docpad update` command
* v6.44
  * Virtual document support
* v6.43
  * Added `docpad install` command
* v6.41
  * Debugging and tracing improvements
* v6.38
  * Init empty directories
* v6.35
  * Plugin priorities
* v6.32
  * Streams based logging
* v6.31
  * Progress bar for generation
* v6.30
  * Abstracting out the core begins
* v6.26
  * Node 0.10 support
* v6.25
  * Persistant database
* v6.24
  * Plugins can now extend the CLI
* v6.23
  * Foreign encoding support
* v6.13
  * Statistics
* v6.8
  * `.env` file support
* v6.7
  * [Express.js](http://expressjs.com/) v3 support
* v6.6
  * Added `docpad-debug` executable
* v6.4
  * Custom error pages
* v6.3
  * Multiple environment support
* v6.2
  * Environment specific configuration
  * Better Node.js deployments
  * Better extendability
* v6.1
  * [Element based renderers](https://github.com/bevry/docpad/issues/194)
* v6.0
  * Added differential rendering
  * Allow configuration files to hook into events
  * Streamlined and cleaned
  * Extensible CLI

#### Version 5 <a href="#version-5" id="version-5"></a>

* v5.2
  * Everything is now parsed into the in-memory database
  * Added `docpad.cson` configuration
  * Added custom collections via configuration support
* v5.1
  * Added support for binary files
* v5.0
  * Plugins are now handled via NPM
  * Uses Backbone for Models and Collections

#### Version 4 <a href="#version-4" id="version-4"></a>

* v4.1
  * Added skeleton exchange
* v4.0
  * Added support for partials

#### Version 3 <a href="#version-3" id="version-3"></a>

* v3.2
  * You can now select which skeleton on creation of a new project
  * Unit Tests
  * Modular API for rendering single files
  * Modular API for rendering single content blocks
  * Hidden files are now ignored in watchr
* v3.1
  * Added an interactive CLI
* v3.0
  * New event system, which supports blocking and queuing of events

#### Version 2 <a href="#version-2" id="version-2"></a>

Version 2 focused on improving the possibilities of the plugin infrastructure as well as adding support for windows and cloud based services.

* v2.3
  * Cloud Support
* v2.2
  * Windows Support
* v2.1
  * Dynamic Documents
    * These are rendered per request, and have access to the Express.js request object
    * They enable things like form handling, search, real-time updating data, etc.
* v2.0
  * Plugin's have their own `package.json`
    * This specifies the plugin's dependencies
    * When the plugin is used, DocPad will do a `cd $pluginDir; npm install`
  * Plugins and DocPad configurable through project's `package.json`
  * Plugins and DocPad configurable through project's `docpad.coffee`
  * Front-End Administration Plugin
    * Adds in some client-side JavaScript
    * Utilises contentEditable with semantic properties to update
  * REST Plugin
    * Support read and write of files
    * Requires some sort of authentication method... to be decided

#### Version 1 <a href="#version-1" id="version-1"></a>

Version 1 focused on improving the scalability, stability, and ease-of-use of DocPad. Bringing it to a vastly superior alternative to other static site generators.

#### Version 0 <a href="#version-0" id="version-0"></a>

Version 0 focused on fixing the content creation and website development pain.