FastStore Release Notes - April 2022

FastStore UI

Banner

• 🐛 otherProps parameter - #1218
  Other props can now be passed on the Banner component.

DropdownMenu

• 🐛 Fix DropdownMenu position - #1199
  The DropdownMenu component no longer has issues with scrolling. Now the component has the properties scrollLeft and scrollTop to calculate the position, and adds event.preventDefault() in KeyDown press event, avoiding page scroll when pressed.

FastStore SDK

Analytics

• 🐛 Fixed URL to events - #1228
  The Analytics SDK types is now compliant with Google Analytics 4 (GA4), which means custom properties can't be added to events directly on the SDK.

lighthouse-config

Performance budget

• 🧹 Increased the performance budget back to 95 - 1201

FastStore API

VTEX Platform

Breaking change

• 💥 Removed Gatsby plugins - 1215
  All unused Gatsby plugins were removed to be more open to other frameworks. The removal of unused Gatsby plugins also improved the speed with which the FastStore monorepo was published and developed.

Before	After

• 💥 Handle channel as facet for search and product queries - 1197
  The channel function is now a string object that contains salesChannel and regionId. Before, channel were a integer that represented a sales channel now it has the following format in store.config.js:

// Default channel
  channel: '{"salesChannel":"1"}',

Enhancement

• ✨ New Search event API - #1241
  The search.query event has been added to the VTEX Intelligent Search Analytics API. This event is used to generate indices like Top Searches and Suggestions.

• ✨ New Intelligent Search API - #1216
  The simulation of search queries has been removed in favor of the new Intelligent Search API, which already performs the simulation.

Bug fix

• 🐛 @faststore/api and VTEX catalog slug mismatches - #1214
  The links between @faststore/api and VTEX Catalog are now fixed.

Chore

• 🧹 Stable tests for the faststore/api - 1200
  The tests from @faststore/api are no longer reliant on dynamic data, which means they won't fail if something changes in the account from which the data is collected.

Documentation

• 📑 Troubleshooting for Creating storefronts with Gatsby - #1261
  Check out the new tutorial for common errors that you might face while working with FastStore.

• 📑 New Other Resources - #1251

• 📑 New: send your feedback about faststore.dev - #1247

• 📑 New Starter: Next.JS - #1240

• 📑 New: Starter submission - #1239
  Submit your starter and get featured on the FastStore Community Starters Library.

• 📑 New Release Notes - Lighthouse reports - #1235

• 📑 New dark mode available in faststore.dev - #1233

• 📑 Updated Extending the schema in FastStore API documentation - #1224

• 📑 New Troubleshooting problems in FastStore - #1219
  Check out the new guide on identifying if the issue you are facing is from FasStore/WebOps or a mistake on your side.

• 📑 New Sending CMS updates to VTEX IO WebOps - #1213
  Check out the new user guide to learn how to set up WebOps to communicate with the VTEX Headless CMS and receive CMS updates via the VTEX Admin.

• 📑 Updated Configuring your VTEX account - #1212
  The [email protected] and [email protected] were updated to @1.x. Also, updated the build URL to /build-releases since Releases is now the default option to build and publish on the CMS.

• 📑 New Enabling private CMS previews - #1211
  Check out the new VTEX Headless CMS user guide on how to change public previews to private previews.

• 📑 New Gatsby 4 now available Release Note - #1210
  FastStore infrastructure now allows the use of site generators that support server-side rendering (SSR), such as Next.js and Gatsby 4.

Internal

• 📑 Updated faststore.dev homepage - #1250

• 📑 Updated FAQ page in faststore.dev - #1249

• 📑 Updated announcementBar in faststore.dev - #1237

• 📑 Updated faststore.dev description for SEO - #1230

• 📑 Added faststore.dev thumbnail - #1229

• 📑 Updated docusaurus.config.js with GA4 trackingID - #1226

• 📑 Implemented Google Analytics 4 (GA4) in faststore.dev - #1222

• 📑 Updated Gatsby overview - #1205