ITB 0.0.8
This release of ITB 0.0.8 focuses on practical workflow improvements, broader customization options, and measurable performance gains for data modeling.
📦 Release Overview
This release bundles significant improvements across components:
| Component | Version | Focus |
|---|---|---|
| WebApp | 0.0.8 | 7 UI/UX features + Performance optimization |
🎯 WebApp 0.0.8
7 UI/UX Features + Comprehensive Performance Optimization
Highlights
🎯 Advanced Workflows
- ✨ Drag Entity from Sidebar to Canvas - Intuitive drag-and-drop entity placement
- ✨ Drag & Context Menu for Related Entities - Explore relationships without sidebar searching
- ✨ Comprehensive Canvas Context Menus - Right-click actions for entities, edges, and canvas
- ✨ User Settings Dialog - Centralized preferences for language, theme, canvas behavior, and grid
- ✨ Generate All Artifacts Button - One-click artifact generation with progress tracking
- ✨ Entity Tree Auto-Reveal - Canvas selection automatically reveals and scrolls to entity in sidebar
⚡ Performance
- ⚡ Canvas Rendering Performance Boost - 60%+ render time reduction for large viewpoints
- Viewport culling: Only visible elements rendered
- Shared data maps for entity types and attributes
- Lazy edge labels (hidden below 50% zoom)
- Singleton dialogs: One instance for entire canvas
- Cached handle positions for edge routing
- Debounced viewpoint switching batched via requestAnimationFrame
- Result: Large 30-entity, 40-edge viewpoints now render in under 10 seconds (vs. ~25 seconds)
→ View WebApp 0.0.8 Release Details
🎓 Summary
ITB 0.0.8 is a focused update that improves day-to-day modeling workflows and responsiveness. The 7 UI features reduce interaction overhead, and the 60%+ rendering improvement makes larger viewpoints easier to work with in regular usage.
Key Achievements:
- ✅ Intuitive drag-and-drop workflows
- ✅ Context-aware actions reduce clicks
- ✅ Customizable workspace settings
- ✅ 60%+ performance improvement
- ✅ Large models now production-ready
⚠️ Upgrade Notes
Recommended Actions
- Backup your current workspace: Export any critical models before upgrading
- Clear browser cache: Some CSS and layout changes may require cache refresh
- Test large models: If working with models exceeding 50 entities, test the new performance improvements
Compatibility
- ✅ Fully backward compatible with existing models
- ✅ Existing workspace configurations preserved
- ✅ Storage layout unchanged
- ✅ API format unchanged
🙏 Thank You
Thank you to all contributors and users who shared feedback and tested pre-release versions. That input helped refine this release.
ITB 0.0.8 — March 20, 2026