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title: Embark 2.5.0
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summary: Today we're excited to announce the release of Embark 2.5.0! Read on for what's in it.
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author: iuri_matias
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categories:
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- announcements
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layout: blog-post
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---
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## To Update to 2.5.0
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Embark's npm package has changed from `embark-framework` to `embark`, this sometimes can create conflicts. To update, first uninstall embark-framework 1 to avoid any conflicts with `npm uninstall -g embark-framework` followed by `npm install -g embark`
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to update from 2.4.2:
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```
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npm install -g embark@2.5
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```
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afterwards make sure `embark version` returns `2.5.0`.
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## In this release
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This release updates to the lastest dependencies, fixes a few things and has a lot of work under the hood necessary for future releases.
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## Updates
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* support for geth 1.6.5
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* updated to use web3.js 0.19.11
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* updated to use solc 0.4.11
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## Misc Bugfixes and Improvements
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* `embark new` will now prompt for the dapp name if not specified as `embark new <yourDappName>`
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* embark.js: `ContractName.new()` as been added as an alias for `ContractName.deploy()`
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* embark.js: a method to easily send ether to a contract has been added: `ContractName.send(value, unit, options)` e.g `ContractName.send(2, "ether", {from: web3.eth.accounts[1]})`
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* orbit: Fix for orbit to make it work if the blockchain component is disabled
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* orbit: Use default config for orbit it none is specified in the config file
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* Demo app now has warning message for incompatible whisper versions
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* the JSON files of the contracts are now being outputted at dist/contracts/ (experimental)
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* whisper: Dashboard now displays the whisper version of the node
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* plugin API: extensions can now also be added as directories within the dapp directory
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* plugin API: plugins can now register a component to be displayed in the dashboard. e.g:
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```Javascript
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embark.registerServiceCheck('PluginService', function(cb) {
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if (someFunctionThatChecksTheService()) {
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cb({name: "MyServiceName", status: "on"});
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} else {
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cb({name: "MyServiceName", status: "off"});
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}
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});
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```
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## Thank you
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A big thanks to all that contributed to this release including [Nathan Hernandez](https://github.com/nathanph), [Antonio Tenorio-Fornés](https://github.com/atfornes), [Jon Johnson](https://github.com/jonjonsonjr), Andy Nogueira, [roo2](https://github.com/roo2), [Carl Mönnig](https://github.com/carlmon), [Michael Yeates](https://github.com/michaeljyeates), [Todd Baur](https://github.com/toadkicker), [黄俊钦](https://github.com/imtypist), [Ramiro Moreira](https://github.com/RamiroMoreira), [gregg dourgarian](https://github.com/greggdourgarian)
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## Chatroom
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To discuss about Embark or Dapp development, please [join us at the gitter channel](https://gitter.im/iurimatias/embark-framework)
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