readme update for v0.8.0 release

Author: jeevatkm

README.md

@@ -1,29 +1,20 @@
-# essentials - aah framework
-[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/go-aah/essentials.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/go-aah/essentials) [![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/go-aah/essentials/branch/master/graph/badge.svg)](https://codecov.io/gh/go-aah/essentials/branch/master) [![Go Report Card](https://goreportcard.com/badge/aahframework.org/essentials.v0)](https://goreportcard.com/report/aahframework.org/essentials.v0)
-[![Version](https://img.shields.io/badge/version-0.7-blue.svg)](https://github.com/go-aah/essentials/releases/latest) [![GoDoc](https://godoc.org/aahframework.org/essentials.v0?status.svg)](https://godoc.org/aahframework.org/essentials.v0)  [![License](https://img.shields.io/github/license/go-aah/essentials.svg)](LICENSE)
+<p align="center">
+  <img src="https://cdn.aahframework.org/assets/img/aah-logo-64x64.png" />
+  <h2 align="center">Essentials by aah framework</h2>
+  <p>Essentials contains simple & useful util functions for Go. aah framework utilizes essentials (aka `ess`) library across. Essentials library complements to standard packages, refer Godoc to know more.</p>
+</p>
+<p align="center">
+  <p align="center"><a href="https://travis-ci.org/go-aah/essentials"><img src="https://travis-ci.org/go-aah/essentials.svg?branch=master" alt="Build Status"></a> <a href="https://codecov.io/gh/go-aah/essentials/branch/master"><img src="https://codecov.io/gh/go-aah/essentials/branch/master/graph/badge.svg" alt="Code Coverage"></a> <a href="https://goreportcard.com/report/aahframework.org/essentials.v0"><img src="https://goreportcard.com/badge/aahframework.org/essentials.v0" alt="Go Report Card"></a> <a href="https://github.com/go-aah/essentials/releases/latest"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/version-0.8.0-blue.svg" alt="Release Version"></a> <a href="https://godoc.org/aahframework.org/essentials.v0"><img src="https://godoc.org/aahframework.org/essentials.v0?status.svg" alt="Godoc"></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/aahframework"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/[email protected]" alt="Twitter @aahframework"></a></p>
+</p>
 
-***v0.7 [released](https://github.com/go-aah/essentials/releases/latest) and tagged on Sep 29, 2017***
+### News
 
-`essentials` contains simple & useful utils methods for Go. aah framework utilizes essentials (aka `ess`) library across. Essentials library complements with handy methods, refer godoc to know more about methods:
+  * `v0.8.0` [released](https://github.com/go-aah/essentials/releases/latest) and tagged on Jun 20, 2018.
 
-  * filepath
-  * GUID (Globally Unique Identifier - Mongo Object ID algorithm)
-  * random string, random byte generation at fixed length
-  * go
-  * io
-  * os
-  * reflect
-  * string
-  * encode
-  * archive (zip)
+## Installation
 
-*`essentials` developed for aah framework. However, it's an independent library, can be used separately with any `Go` language project. Feel free to use it.*
-
-# Installation
-#### Stable Version - Production Ready
-```sh
-# install the library
+```bash
 go get -u aahframework.org/essentials.v0
 ```
 
-Visit official website https://aahframework.org to learn more.
+Visit official website https://aahframework.org to learn more about `aah` framework.

version.go

@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 // go-aah/essentials source code and usage is governed by a MIT style
 // license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 
-// Package ess provides simple & useful utils for Go. aah framework utilizes
-// essentials library across. It's pretty handy you can use it too :)
+// Package ess provides simple & useful util functions for Go. aah framework
+// utilizes essentials library across.
 package ess
 
 // Version no. of essentials library
-var Version = "0.8.0-edge"
+var Version = "0.8.0"