@storybook/addon-essentials provides a curated set of essential Storybook addons designed to enhance the development and testing workflow for UI components. Version 8.5.3 builds upon the foundation of version 8.5.2, offering subtle but important improvements.
The core functionality remains consistent, providing developers with tools like Docs for automated documentation, Actions for tracking user interactions, Measure and Outline for precise layout inspection, Controls for interactive prop manipulation, Toolbars for theming, Viewport for responsive design testing, Highlight for component boundary visualization, and Backgrounds for versatile theme contexts. Both versions rely on ts-dedent for cleaner code and share the same development dependencies, including typescript. They are also both MIT licensed, showing a dedication with open source.
The key difference lies in the updated dependencies within the addon itself. Version 8.5.3 upgrades all the @storybook/addon-* dependencies to version 8.5.3, aligning with the core Storybook release. This ensures compatibility and access to the latest features and bug fixes across the Storybook ecosystem. Developers upgrading from 8.5.2 to 8.5.3 of @storybook/addon-essentials can expect improved stability and potential performance gains stemming from these dependency updates, guaranteeing that all the essentials work together more seamlessly. Make sure to check for peer dependencies as well, like storybook version that has been updated from 8.5.2 to 8.5.3
The are not vulnerabilities for the version 8.5.3 of the package @storybook/addon-essentials