Question
Nasco
BR
Last activity: 12 Jul 2021 7:57 EDT
Is Resource Kit compatible between MAJOR Pega versions?
Hi Team, good day. We have several different Pega versions running on the same AIX box, and we have been using the Pega Resource Kit scripts to automate the CI/CD deployment process, and one struggle that we are facing is related to the need for different Resource Kit for each Pega version.
Please let me give you a scenario: - Is the Pega Resource Kit provided by version 8.2.4 compatible with version 8.2.5? Let me go a little further in this question.
Would the Pega Resource Kit provided by any Pega version 8 be compatible between all Pega 8.x.x versions?
Would that also be extended to Pega Version 7? I mean, in other words, would the Pega Resource Kit provided by Pega 7 is compatible with all Pega 7.x.x versions? Thank you
Pegasystems Inc.
US
The answer is NO
Upgrade from one ui-kit version to another ui-kit version is a major version upgrade – this is similar to upgrading from React 15 to React 16 or Jquery 2.0 to Jquery 3.0 (https://jquery.com/upgrade-guide/3.0/ )– some changes will be required to take advantage of new features or some refactoring might be needed in your existing code.
When upgrading to a major version of UI-Kit or Theme-Cosmos, some development effort is required to adopt to the new version:
- Changes in the icon font set
- New sections added due to new features
- Sections changes due to fixes / new features that are being masked by overriding the same section in a higher ruleset
- Change of DOM that affects override CSS
Because the amount of changes between ui-kit 14 and 15 is relatively small, the upgrade from ui-kit 14.0 to 15.0 has been relatively straightforward for most of our customers.
A backward compatibility would apply if the application was upgraded to a new version of the Pega Platform while keeping the SAME ui-kit version
for more details
The answer is NO
Upgrade from one ui-kit version to another ui-kit version is a major version upgrade – this is similar to upgrading from React 15 to React 16 or Jquery 2.0 to Jquery 3.0 (https://jquery.com/upgrade-guide/3.0/ )– some changes will be required to take advantage of new features or some refactoring might be needed in your existing code.
When upgrading to a major version of UI-Kit or Theme-Cosmos, some development effort is required to adopt to the new version:
- Changes in the icon font set
- New sections added due to new features
- Sections changes due to fixes / new features that are being masked by overriding the same section in a higher ruleset
- Change of DOM that affects override CSS
Because the amount of changes between ui-kit 14 and 15 is relatively small, the upgrade from ui-kit 14.0 to 15.0 has been relatively straightforward for most of our customers.
A backward compatibility would apply if the application was upgraded to a new version of the Pega Platform while keeping the SAME ui-kit version
for more details
https://community.pega.com/knowledgebase/articles/user-interface/about-ui-kit