# Lithium 0.2 Released! It is both my privilege and pleasure to announce that the 0.2 release of Lithium was tagged just moments ago. We've been hard at work over the past three weeks, and in approximately [200 commits](/lithium/wiki/releases/0_2) since then we have managed to squeeze in a huge number of features, enhancements and documentation for the RADest of frameworks. You can get the `lithium-0.2` tag from the git repository, or you can [download a release](http://rad-dev.org/lithium/versions) in the archive format of your choice. ### Developments of Interest - The creation of our very first official tutorial, by [John David Anderson](http://twitter.com/raisinbread). The tutorial covers the basics of setting up the [ubiquitous blog](/lithium/wiki/drafts/blog-tutorial) example, but with a twist - the persistent datastore behind it is actually [ MongoDB](http://www.mongodb.org/display/DOCS/Home), a very slick document-oriented non-relational database. And that brings us to one of the major additions for this release: - Adapters for both [ MongoDB](http://www.mongodb.org/display/DOCS/Home) and [ CouchDB](http://couchdb.apache.org/) as persistent data storage options. We've taken several steps to ensure that document-oriented databases are first-class citizens in the Lithium-world. Watch out for future developments in this area as we continue to improve and expand support for non-relational persistent storage. ### Other notable events - Significant improvements & additional coverage on the `lithium\data` layer. - Addition of a PHP-native session adapter. This will be complemented by a `Cookie` adapter as well as a `Database` session adapter in future releases. - Increased test coverage for many classes in the data package, thanks to the hard work of Lithium team member `alkemann`. - Increased doc block coverage almost everywhere. - Abstraction of common adapter methods into a generic `Adaptable` class. - Reorganization of mock classes to a central location for testing, in `lithium\tests\mocks\*`. - Addition of `lithium\tests\integration\*` for core integration tests - Various optimizations, ensuring that the kernel of the framework remains lean & fast. The entire Rad-Dev team is committed to making Lithium one of the most flexible, efficient and forward-looking web frameworks in existence. I hope that you will all agree that this latest release is a stepping stone in the right direction. As always, if you have any questions, comments or problems, please drop by in either of our official IRC channels: `#li3` (general discussion) or `#li3-core` (framework development only) on `irc.freenode.net`. Toodles! <br /> ~Joël~