ATK 5.3 released

We've just released ATK 5.3, the next stable version of the Achievo ATK framework. The new release can be downloaded here.

This release contains numerous changes and improvements.

Some highlights of the changes since ATK 5.2.2:

• Improved performance and reduced memory footprint
• New debug console for tracing debug statements and debugging queries
• Added Open Office document generation engine
• Added a preliminary MS SQL driver
• Improved atkMetaNode (see previous blog posts)
• Recordlist caching for dramatically increased performance in admin pages
• New attributes such as an atkLiveTextPreview
• Direct linking feature for example for linking directly to edit pages from inside e-mails
• New atkConfig class for easier per-module configuration settings
• Added Traditional Chinese translation
• Hierarchical group support in authorisation
• Support for multiple named database connections

And many, many more fixes and improvements (you can see the complete change log on the release notes page).