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Refer to the CHANGELOG for all info. --------- Co-authored-by: Wouter van Wageningen <wouter.vdub@yahoo.com> Co-authored-by: Josh Munic <jpmunic@gmail.com> Co-authored-by: Jonathan Haas <haasjona@gmail.com>
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authors: 1
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caption: 'This release really is a sea-change'
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date: '2019-08-25'
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intro: 'Welcome to version 2 of FreeSewing, the open source platform for made-to-measure sewing patterns.'
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title: 'Announcing FreeSewing v2.0'
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---
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Welcome to version 2 of FreeSewing, the open source platform for
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made-to-measure sewing patterns.
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This release culminates more than a year of work, and comes two years to the
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day since FreeSewing first went live. Today, we once again raise the bar for
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what you can expect from modern-day sewing patterns.
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## 🦄 Harder, better, faster, stronger
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[\*](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDpmVUEjagg)
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We are _extremely_ excited about this release, which is not just merely a new
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major version with some breaking changes, but a complete rewrite in
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JavaScript/Node.js. We won't go into the nitty gritty here, but if you'd like
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to know how we've done it, check out [the developer
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docs](https://freesewing.dev) or [FreeSewing on
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GitHub](https://github.com/freesewing).
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## ✨ Live preview
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FreeSewing has always had a reputation for publishing sewing patterns with tons
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of options for you to tweak. Which is great, but can be a bit overwhelming
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because you only got to see the result of all those tweaks at the very end.
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But those days are gone. Now, no matter what changes you make, you get a live
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preview of what your pattern will look like, taking the guesswork out of
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configuring your pattern exactly as you like it.
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## 🧂 Recipes
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Where we used to store your patterns for you, now we'll store your _recipes_
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instead. You can go through as many pattern iterations as you want. And when
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you're happy, we'll save all the settings it takes to create that exact pattern
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in a so-called recipe.
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You can then at any time re-use that recipe to recreate your pattern, or use it
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as a starting point to make a slightly different pattern. You can also share
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these recipes, allowing others to generate the same look for their own
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measurements.
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## 🤝 Getting involved was never easier
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What hasn't changed is that we still support 5 languages (shout-out to all
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translators) and that FreeSewing is still a 100% communal effort (shout-out to
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all contributors). There's only volunteers here, and if you'd like to help out,
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it's never been easier.
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For those who are interested in our code, head over to our new developer
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documentation at [freesewing.dev](https://freesewing.dev) to learn about the
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new platform, our core API, our plugins, and more.
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For those of you who are interested in designing patterns, we have updated our
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[pattern design tutorial](https://freesewing.dev/tutorial) so you can hit the
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ground running.
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There's good news for translators too, as we now use
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[Crowdin](https://crowdin.com/) which makes translation a breeze. If you'd like
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to help out with translation, or maybe even add a new language to FreeSewing,
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make sure to [get in touch](https://discord.freesewing.org/).
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## 💩 Usual caveats apply
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It's conventional wisdom in software development that refactoring code is good,
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but rewriting it from scratch is bad. Still, we did it anyway because we wanted
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to make it easier for people to get involved in the project, and generate
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patterns in real-time in the browser.
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That being said, this is a .zero release so you may stumble upon an issue left
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or right. When you do, please [let us know](https://discord.freesewing.org/) or
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submit an issue.
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## 🤞 Tell us what you think
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We'd love to hear your feedback. We're **@freesewing_org** on
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[Twitter](https://twitter.com/freesewing_org) and
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[Instagram](https://instagram.com/freesewing_org), use the **#freesewing**
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hashtag, or [check our share page](#fixme).
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