PraxisLIVE v6 released

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PraxisLIVE v6 is now available to download from https://www.praxislive.org/

Version 6 is a substantial rewrite of some key aspects of how PraxisCORE works. Expect some rough edges! Many deprecated and legacy features have been removed. The IDE and core now require minimum Java 21. Networked hubs now use Netty and Ion to provide a more robust and structured communication protocol than was possible with OSC. Key libraries have been updated, including libP5X now based on Processing 4. Runtime dependency management is now based on MiMa rather than Ivy. Much of the project saving and execution has been moved directly into PraxisCORE.

There are a bunch of other useful changes - custom roots can now specify use of table editing rather than the graph editor; containers can filter allowed child types and even specify custom types; annotations no longer require a weight / index parameter - eg. @P int x,y,z; is now legal syntax! Examples and custom components are being updated and added showing the new features.

The most obvious change is the new vector logo, window background actions, and revamped dashboard.

The IDE build system has been moved to Maven, and various IDE modules are also published, allowing use of PraxisCORE and PraxisLIVE as a platform for other projects. More news on that soon!

Breaking changes

• Built in non-recodeable roots for MIDI, OSC and TinkerForge have been removed. These can now be replicated using custom roots. Basic implementations will be added as custom root templates when installing custom components. A migration path might be looked at for a later (post 6.0) release of the IDE.
• Most deprecated functions and types have been removed. eg. lower case casting functions like d(..) must use D(..); Property values() linking must now use doubles(); PVector is only available from video:gl:p2d and video:gl:p3d components, etc. Make sure to migrate all deprecated functionality from inside the latest PraxisLIVE v5 before attempting to migrate a project to PraxisLIVE v6.

Known issues

• Reset code to last saved isn't available, and component code that fails to compile (eg. removed deprecated features) will not show in editor. These two issues have the same cause, and a fix is being worked on.
• Minor display glitch due to graph position not being available on first sync.