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Summer 2015 release (August 2015)

• Major features in Firefly
  • JavaScript API  for visualization 
    • https://github.com/lsst/firefly/blob/master/docs/fftools-api-overview.md
  • Python wrapper API  for visualization
    • https://github.com/lsst/firefly/blob/master/docs/firefly-python-wrapper.md
  • Firefly server capabilities extension. It can support external Python jobs 
    • https://github.com/lsst/firefly/blob/master/docs/firefly-external-task-launcher.md
  • A simple histogram plot
  • Create a standalone release with embedded Tomcat 7.
    •  https://github.com/lsst/firefly/releases
• Major features for LSST DM
  • Able to access catalog data through the data access API
• More document  and deployment instructions
  • https://github.com/lsst/firefly
  • https://github.com/lsst/firefly/tree/master/docs

Winter and Extra 2016 release (May 2016)

During cycles winter and extra 2016, SUIT group has embarked on a major rewrite of the Firefly client side code, converting the Java/GWT based code to pure JavaScript (ES6) code, adopting React/Redux framework. The goal is to finish more than 90% of the client code conversion by the end of X16. 

Fall 2016 release (November 2016 goal)

• Beta version of SUIT web portal
• A generic Firefly viewer