v2.2.0

2.2: WebGPU and bugfixes

The 2.2 minor release contains work on WebGPU rendering that has been going on over the past year! WebGPU mode is included in a core add-on now. This release also contains a number of improvements in documentation and p5.strands bugfixes.

To load both p5.js and WebGPU mode, add these two script tags to your sketch:

<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/[email protected]/lib/p5.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/[email protected]/lib/p5.webgpu.js"></script>

Then load WebGPU mode in createCanvas:

async function setup() {
  await createCanvas(400, 400, WEBGPU);
}

Read more about how it works and where we plan on taking it here!
You're also welcome to come by the Discord #webgpu channel 🌱

What's Changed 🎊

• Ported the stroke shader to WebGPU renderer by @lukeplowden in #7915
• Framebuffer support on WebGPU renderer by @davepagurek in #8008
• webgpu ci test by @tychedelia in #8023
• Add WIP WebGPU mode by @davepagurek in #8179
• Update release action to omit WebGPU tests, add TS tests by @davepagurek in #8337
• FES parameter validation decoration use .apply() for faster function invocation by @limzykenneth in #8332
• Add WebGPU built files to npm releases by @davepagurek in #8338
• Make sure bytes are aligned in p5.Geometry by @davepagurek in #8340
• Fix WebGPU buffer memory leaks by @davepagurek in #8342
• Fix JSDoc return type for p5.Vector.cross (2.0) by @Geethegreat in #8346
• Add support for instanceID() in WebGPU mode by @davepagurek in #8348
• Fix WebGPU filters in CDN builds using duck typing for nodes (closes … by @Piyushrathoree in #8349
• Fix Camera.slerp for ortho by cloning projMatrix into uPMatrix when active by @nakednous in #8351
• fixed the issue with alpha blending - fixing blur remaining by @Piyushrathoree in #8354
• Support background(image) in WEBGL Renderer3D by @reshma045 in #8352
• Fix LogicalExpression (&&, ||) handling in p5.strands by @Aayushdev18 in #8359
• Fix p5.strands filters not working on minified code by @davepagurek in #8367
• More fixes for minified filters by @davepagurek in #8372
• Fix transforms in clip() by using shape system for primitives using manual method by @VANSH3104 in #8236
• Make sure text binds an index buffer by @davepagurek in #8393
• Fix font measurement with font families containing special characters by @davepagurek in #8391
• Fix for strands branching by @davepagurek in #8394
• Fix assignments to properties of inputs in branches in p5.strands by @davepagurek in #8397
• Fix set() to support p5.Graphics objects by @VANSH3104 in #8326
• Fix type for shuffle() and add type test. by @nbogie in #8410
• Fix p5.strands parsing of named function callbacks by @davepagurek in #8414

New Contributors

• @tychedelia made their first contribution in #8023
• @Piyushrathoree made their first contribution in #8349
• @Aayushdev18 made their first contribution in #8359

Full Changelog: v2.1.2...v2.2.0