The best bet would be to wait until version 1v51 comes out (or try the latest from http://www.espruino.com/binaries/git). Hopefully I'll get it out today, but I made some more changes to the TI driver. Hopefully it'll be more stable now, and I added code so that if there's a problem with the interface, it actually power cycles the CC3000 and reinitialises it.
The CC3000 will almost certainly have outdated firmware no matter when you bought it. I believe Adafruit found a firmware version they were happy with and just decided to stick with it in order to make sure that nobody's code needed changing. I wouldn't update yet though - hopefully these recent changes will really improve matters.
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The best bet would be to wait until version 1v51 comes out (or try the latest from http://www.espruino.com/binaries/git). Hopefully I'll get it out today, but I made some more changes to the TI driver. Hopefully it'll be more stable now, and I added code so that if there's a problem with the interface, it actually power cycles the CC3000 and reinitialises it.
The CC3000 will almost certainly have outdated firmware no matter when you bought it. I believe Adafruit found a firmware version they were happy with and just decided to stick with it in order to make sure that nobody's code needed changing. I wouldn't update yet though - hopefully these recent changes will really improve matters.