Day 17 - Semantic versionig

What it is semantic versioning?

Versioning our apps helps us keep track of what’s been added/removed at what point. SemVer (Semantic versioning) is a 3-component system in the format of x.y.z where:

• x- stands for a major version
• y- stands for a minor version
• z- stands for a patch

Major.Minor.Patch.

Example

Therefore a package with version 1.3.5 means the following:

major	.	minor	.	patch
1		3		5

More informations from npm

If a project is going to be shared with others, it should start at 1.0.0, (though some projects on npm don’t follow this rule).

After this, changes should be handled as follows:

Code status	Stage	Rule	Example version
First release	New product	Start with 1.0.0	1.0.0
Backward compatible bug fix	Patch release	Increment the third digit	1.0.1
Backward compatible new feature	Minor release	Increment the middle digit and reset last digit to zero	1.1.0
Changes that break backward compatibility	Major release	Increment the first digit and reset middle and last digits to zero	2.0.0

Source: npm documentation