v1.0.1 — Polish & Developer Experience

This patch release focuses on error message refinement, performance benchmarks, and bundle size optimization.

Error Message Refinement

Error messages have been completely overhauled:

• Centralized factory: Consistent error creation across all validators
• Richer formatting: Errors are grouped by category (Missing vs Invalid) with colored hints
• Actionable suggestions: Every error includes a suggested fix
• NO_COLOR support: Respects NO_COLOR, CI, and TERM=dumb environment variables

● Missing required (2)
  DATABASE_URL
    → Add this variable to your .env file or set it in the environment.
  JWT_SECRET
    → Add this variable to your .env file or set it in the environment.
 
✗ Invalid (1)
  PORT
    → Expected a number, received "not-a-number"
    → Ensure the value is a numeric string or number.

Performance

Core validation benchmarks:

Bundle Size

Zero dependency core remains tiny:

Validator Chainability Fix

refine() now preserves type-specific methods via Object.assign, so chains like number().min(0).max(100) work correctly.

Full Changelog

See the GitHub Release for the complete list of changes.