chore: add support for alpha releases (#5551)

data/locale.yml

@@ -127,6 +127,8 @@ releases:
   stable_desc: Regular, supported releases
   beta_releases: Beta Releases
   beta_desc: Test your app with upcoming changes
+  alpha_releases: Alpha Releases
+  alpha_desc: Test features slightly more on the edge
   nightly_releases: Nightly Releases
   nightly_desc: Experiment with the latest features
   next: Next

lib/releases.js

@@ -7,13 +7,17 @@ class Release {
   }
 
   isStable() {
-    return !this.isBeta() && !this.isNightly()
+    return !this.isBeta() && !this.isAlpha() && !this.isNightly()
   }
 
   isBeta() {
     return this.semver.prerelease.includes('beta')
   }
 
+  isAlpha() {
+    return this.semver.prerelease.includes('alpha')
+  }
+
   isNightly() {
     return this.semver.prerelease.includes('nightly')
   }
@@ -35,6 +39,7 @@ class Releases {
     // highest version to lowest.
     this.stableRelease = this.all.find((r) => r.hasNpmDistTag('latest'))
     this.betaRelease = this.all.find((r) => r.hasNpmDistTag('beta'))
+    this.alphaRelease = this.all.find((r) => r.hasNpmDistTag('alpha'))
     this.nightlyRelease = this.all.find((r) => r.hasNpmDistTag('nightly'))
   }
 
@@ -44,6 +49,8 @@ class Releases {
         return this.all.filter((r) => r.isStable())
       case 'beta':
         return this.all.filter((r) => r.isBeta())
+      case 'alpha':
+        return this.all.filter((r) => r.isAlpha())
       case 'nightly':
         return this.all.filter((r) => r.isNightly())
       default:

package.json

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
     "electron-apps": "1.8878.0",
     "electron-i18n": "1.3082.0",
     "electron-markdown": "^0.8.2",
-    "electron-releases": "3.740.0",
+    "electron-releases": "3.741.0",
     "electron-userland-reports": "1.6.0",
     "express": "^4.17.1",
     "express-hbs": "^2.3.4",

routes/feed/releases.js

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ const memoize = require('fast-memoize')
 
 const { setupFeed } = require('./mainFeed')
 
-const VALID_TYPES = new Set(['stable', 'beta', 'nightly'])
+const VALID_TYPES = new Set(['stable', 'beta', 'alpha', 'nightly'])
 
 const getReleasesForTypes = memoize((all, queryTypes) => {
   const releases = []
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ const getReleasesForTypes = memoize((all, queryTypes) => {
             return r.isStable()
           case 'beta':
             return r.isBeta()
+          case 'alpha':
+            return r.isAlpha()
           case 'nightly':
             return r.isNightly()
         }

server.js

@@ -211,6 +211,7 @@ app.get('/languages', routes.languages.index)
 app.get('/releases', (req, res) => res.redirect(301, '/releases/stable'))
 app.get('/releases/stable', routes.releases.index('stable'))
 app.get('/releases/beta', routes.releases.index('beta'))
+app.get('/releases/alpha', routes.releases.index('alpha'))
 app.get('/releases/nightly', routes.releases.index('nightly'))
 app.get('/releases.json', routes.feed.releases)
 app.get('/releases.xml', routes.feed.releases)

test/index.js

@@ -398,6 +398,23 @@ describe('electronjs.org', () => {
       })
     })
 
+    test('/releases/alpha', async () => {
+      const $ = await get('/releases/alpha')
+      $('h1').text().should.include('Releases')
+      $('.release-entry').length.should.be.at.least(2)
+      $('a.releases-link-alpha').hasClass('active').should.eq(true)
+      const pages = $('.paginate-container .page-link').last()
+      const lastPage = parseInt(pages.text().trim(), 10)
+      lastPage.should.be.at.least(1)
+
+      const titles = $('.release-entry')
+        .map((i, el) => $(el).text().trim())
+        .get()
+      titles.forEach((title) => {
+        title.should.match(/Electron \d+\.\d+\.\d+-alpha\.\d+/)
+      })
+    })
+
     test('/releases/nightly', async () => {
       const $ = await get('/releases/nightly')
       $('h1').text().should.include('Releases')

views/home.hbs

@@ -29,6 +29,14 @@
 # Chromium   {{releases.betaRelease.data.deps.chrome}}</span></code></pre>
           </div>
         </div>
+        <div class="electron-version">
+          <div id="electron-version-alpha" class="highlight highlight-dark text-left my-3 px-3">
+            <pre class="overflow-hidden"><code><span class="no-select">$ </span>npm i -D electron@alpha<span class="c1 no-select">
+# Electron   {{{releases.alphaRelease.data.version}}}
+# Node       {{releases.alphaRelease.data.deps.node}}
+# Chromium   {{releases.alphaRelease.data.deps.chrome}}</span></code></pre>
+          </div>
+        </div>
         <div class="electron-version">
           <div id="electron-version-nightly" class="highlight highlight-dark text-left my-3 px-3">
             <pre class="overflow-hidden"><code><span class="no-select">$ </span>npm i -D electron-nightly<span class="c1 no-select">

views/releases/index.hbs

@@ -21,6 +21,12 @@
           <p>{{localized.releases.beta_desc}}</p>
         </div>
       </a>
+      <a class="releases-link-alpha {{#eq releasesPage.type 'alpha'}}active{{/eq}}" href="/releases/alpha">
+        <div class="menu-item" style="{{#eq releasesPage.type 'alpha'}}border-left: 1px solid #4078C0; background: #fcfcfc{{/eq}}">
+          <span class="octicon octicon-beaker"></span>{{localized.releases.alpha_releases}}
+          <p>{{localized.releases.alpha_desc}}</p>
+        </div>
+      </a>
       <a class="releases-link-nightly {{#eq releasesPage.type 'nightly'}}active{{/eq}}" href="/releases/nightly">
         <div class="menu-item" style="{{#eq releasesPage.type 'nightly'}}border-left: 1px solid #4078C0; background: #fcfcfc{{/eq}}">
           <span class="octicon octicon-calendar"></span>{{localized.releases.nightly_releases}}
@@ -76,6 +82,12 @@
             <p>{{localized.releases.beta_desc}}</p>
           </div>
         </a>
+        <a class="releases-link-alpha" href="/releases/alpha">
+          <div class="menu-item {{#eq releasesPage.type 'alpha'}}active{{/eq}}">
+            <span class="octicon octicon-beaker"></span>{{localized.releases.alpha_releases}}
+            <p>{{localized.releases.alpha_desc}}</p>
+          </div>
+        </a>
         <a class="releases-link-nightly" href="/releases/nightly">
           <div class="menu-item {{#eq releasesPage.type 'nightly'}}active{{/eq}}">
             <span class="octicon octicon-calendar"></span>{{localized.releases.nightly_releases}}