• 2015.10.23 in #222 Dancer2 module updates now on CPAN
  Jason is the latest addition to the Core Dancer Crew, and he's already getting to work.
• 2016.07.22 in #261 Dancer 2 0.201000 Released
  A new version of Dancer2 has been released, David Golden has stepped down from the core team, and Peter Mottram has joined the core team.
• 2016.08 in #266 Dancer2 0.203000 improves session security, fixes decoding bugs
  
• 2016.08.13 in #264 Dancer 0.202000 Releases
  Dancer 0.202000 allows plugins to call DSL (even of other plugins!) and fixes unicode support for parameter methods.
• 2016.08.23 in #266 CMOS #1: Jason Crome on Perl Dancer 2
  Perl Dancer is one of the modern Perl web frameworks. Jason talks about the project and how it is used.
• 2016.09.04 in #267 Dancer2 0.203001 improves speed of apps, fixes missing dependency
  There's a new release of Dancer2.
• 2016.10.11 in #273 Dancer2 0.204000
  A new table release of Dancer, the main features of which are improved configuration handling, and improved static content caching.
• 2016.12.21 in #283 Dancer2 0.204002 is now available, fixes public_dir option, adds plugin convenience
  
• 2016.12.24 in #283 Contributing to Dancer
  Do you want to contribute to Dancer? If yes, then you should definitely read this post.
• 2017.01.25 in #288 Dancer2 0.204003
  There's a new release of Dancer 2, which fixes an issue with unlisted dependencies, and also improves error handling.
• 2017.03.10 in #294 Dancer2 0.205000 improves application speed, deprecates request->dispatch_path
  The new release is on CPAN featuring changes by a number of new contributors.
• 2017.07.11 in #312 Dancer2 0.205001 improves documentation and internals
  New Dancer2 release!
• 2017.10.01 in #323 Dancer Survey 2017
  It is actully only 5-10 min. Unless you want to write an essay.
• 2017.10.09 in #325 Dancer 2017 Survey: Update
  Jason gives an update on the Dancer 2017 Survey, and encourages you to contribute, if you haven't already.
• 2017.10.17 in #326 Dancer2 0.205002 released; survey update
  See the list of change in the article and follow this link to the Dancer Survey.
• 2018.04.09 in #350 Dancer2 0.206000_01 trial version released
  
• 2018.04.10 in #351 Dancer2 0.206000_02 Trial Released
  
• 2018.04.20 in #352 Dancer2 0.206000 released, addresses potential security issues
  
• 2018.05.23 in #357 New Dancer trial version released
  Check the changes and test the new version with your application. You do have tests for your application, don't you?
• 2018.10.08 in #377 Dancer2::Logger::Log4perl released
  
• 2018.10.11 in #377 2018 Dancer Advent Calendar
  Do you want to write an article for the advent calendar? Tell us your Dancer success stories, all about a plugin you authored, how your migration from D1 to D2 went... the sky is the limit.
• 2018.10.19 in #378 Dancer2::Session::CHI released
  New session storage backend added for Dancer2 as a part of distribution Dancer2::Session::CHI. If you are currently using CHI in your Dancer2 applications, this will let you use CHI as your backing datastore for storage data. Please see the pod for details.
• 2018.10.24 in #379 New Dancer::Plugin::reCAPTCHA released
  
• 2018.11.14 in #382 Dancer2 0.207000 released
  Jason announced the release of Dancer2 with lots of bug fixes, enhancements and documentations. If you use Dancer2 in your work project then you must read this blog to get the complete change history.
• 2018.11.15 in #382 Inaugural Charlotte Perl Mongers meet & greet
  Jason Chrome invites all Perl developer in the Charlotte, NC to the first social event for the Charlotte Perl Mongers.
• 2018.12.14 in #386 It's the Twelve Days of Dancer!
  Jason came up with mini-advent calendar this year. There are already fun stuff out there. Check it out yourself here
• 2019.06.19 in #413 Dancer2 0.208000 released
  
• 2019.08.05 in #419 Dancer2 0.208001 Released
  
• 2019.12.14 in #438 Dancer2 0.208002
  After a long gap, Dancer2 released with bug fix, enhancement and documentation fix by Jason A. Crome.
• 2019.12.24 in #440 Dancer2 0.300000 released
  Jason announced the latest release of Dancer2.
• 2020.04.06 in #455 Dancer2 0.300001 Released
  This maintenance release brings brings a revamped tutorial, fixing of a YAML-related regression, repair of an encoding bug, and a slew of documentation fixes.
• 2020.05.26 in #462 Call for Grant Proposals (May 2020 Round)
  
• 2020.05.27 in #462 Dancer2 0.300004 Released
  Jason shared latest Dancer2 release fixed bugs related to cookies etc.
• 2020.07.24 in #470 Call for Grant Proposals (July 2020 Round)
  Do you have any proposal that could benefit Perl or Raku then do send in your proposal.
• 2020.09.24 in #479 Call for Grant Proposals (September 2020 Round)
  The Grants Committee is accepting grant proposals all the time. We evaluate them every two months and another round is starting. The application deadline for this round is 23:59 October 1st 2020, UTC.
• 2020.09.24 in #479 Grant Proposal: General Perl OpenAPI Validator / Interpreter
  Create a standalone implementation of OpenAPI 3.0 to facilitate parsing, creating, and validating OpenAPI specifications.
• 2020.10.16 in #482 Grant Cancellation: Improve Perl 6 Networking Support
  
• 2020.10.18 in #482 Grants: September 2020 Votes
  
• 2020.12.13 in #490 The Twelve Days of Dancer, 2020 Edition
  Jason announced the Advent Calendar 2020 for Dancer2.
• 2020.12.20 in #491 The Twelve Days of Dancer
  
• 2021.01.26 in #497 Dancer2 0.300005 Released
  A bunch of small new features, enhancements, and bug fixes. The announcement even mentions my little contribution, setting up GitHub Actions for Continuous Integration.
• 2021.03.15 in #504 Dancer2 0.301000 Released
  Happy to see my favourite distribution is being looked after with love.
• 2021.04.18 in #508 Dancer2 0.301002 Released
  Jason shared the changes that the latest release of Dancer2 brought.
• 2021.06.03 in #515 Dancer2 0.301003 Released
  
• 2021.06.06 in #515 Dancer2 0.301004 Released
  
• 2021.10.25 in #536 Call for Grants: November 2021 Round
  
• 2021.10.25 in #536 Grant Proposal: Optimizations building upon the new Raku dispatch mechanism
  
• 2021.10.25 in #536 Final Report: Raku Dispatch and Compiler Improvements Grant Update
  
• 2021.11.16 in #539 Grants: November 2021 Votes
  
• 2021.12.29 in #545 Draft: Dancer2 Deprecation Policy
  See the open issue.

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