Changes in Vue2.0

This is a live document. Last update: 08/17/2016 as of 2.0.0-rc.2
General Notes

A checked item means it has been implemented in the 2.0 development branch.
Features subject to change during development.
The breaking change list is not guaranteed to be complete during development.
There are some upgrade tips at the end.
High Level Changes

The template parser no longer relies on the DOM (unless you are using the real DOM as your template), so as long as you are using string templates (