How stable is the BridgeDb API?

An important considerations for developers who want to start using BridgeDb is: How stable is the Application programming interface (API)?

Currently, the stable version of BridgeDb is 1.0. This has been released Mar 5 2010.

We plan to maintain backwards compatibility for subsequent releases with the same major version number. That means that all public methods in 1.0 will work in 1.1. We might add modules in 1.1 that are not present in 1.0. We might also add deprecation warnings for old methods if we create better alternatives. We will not remove deprecated methods as long as we're still using the same major version number.

The only time that we may break backwards compatibility is for releases with a new major release number. When that happens, we'll provide clear migration instructions. And we'll try to keep supporting older API versions for as long as there is a need.

Click on Roadmap to see which version BridgeDb is currently at, and what the plan is for upcoming releases.