Release v1.17.0

[GaspardKirira]

Changelog

v1.17.0

🚀 New Features

• Introduce vix install command for initializing and installing project dependencies
• Integrate middleware module directly into the default Vix runtime
• Enable middleware usage out-of-the-box without additional setup

🧩 Middleware Support

• Full first-class middleware support across the framework
• Built-in middleware examples covering:
  • Authentication
  • CORS
  • CSRF protection
  • Rate limiting
  • IP filtering
  • Body size limiting
  • Compression
  • HTTP cache
  • ETag handling
  • Headers manipulation
  • Static files
  • Form parsing

📦 Examples

• Add complete, production-ready examples demonstrating middleware usage
• Each example is self-contained and showcases a single responsibility
• Serve as reference implementations for real-world applications

🛠 Build & Configuration

• Update CMake configuration to expose middleware properly
• Improve VixConfig.cmake for downstream consumers
• Update default configuration files

📚 Documentation

• Improve README with middleware usage and installation workflow
• Add new example documentation and usage notes

🔒 Stability

• No breaking changes
• Fully backward-compatible with previous releases