domql

DOMQL

DOM rendering Javascript framework.

• Minimalistic
• No dependencies
• Extendable
• No transpilations, simple ES6 code
• One-time import and subtrees

You can start with starter-kit as a boilerplate, or jump into the live editor playground.

TODO:

• error reporting
• virtual DOM tree
• create
  • create using prototype class
  • support multiple level prototypes
  • DOM caching
• state
• binding
  • with other component
  • with state
• update
  • set (recreate)
  • only iterate with diff
• events
  • event handling
  • bubbling and propogation
• run changes inside animationFrame

Getting started

To install all dependencies and run dev server, run:

yarn && yarn start

Examples

Initialization:

import DOM from '@rackai/domql'

DOM.create({ text: 'Rendered' })

Attributes:

var link = {
  tag: 'a',
  class: 'menu link',
  attr: {
    href: '#'
  }
}

var img = {
  tag: 'img',
  class: 'avatar',
  attr: {
    src: '...'
  }
}

Reusing:

var Link = {
  tag: 'a'
}

var ListItem = {
  proto: Link,
  class: 'ui link',
  attr: {
    href: '#'
  }
}

var menu = {
  childProto: ListItem,
  home: 'Home',
  text: 'About'
}

var header = {
  logo: {},
  menu
}

Array Support:

var navItems = ['Home', 'About', 'FAQ', 'Contact']

var menu = {
  proto: ListItem,
  ...navItems
}

Update:

var val = {
  text: 0
}

var Increment = {
  tag: 'button',
  text: 'Increment',
  on: {
    click: (e) => {
      val.update({ text: val.text++ })
    }
  }
}

API

Properties

Property	Type	Description	Default
key	Number String	Defines the key of the Element	The key of the object, or randomly generated name
proto	Object Array	Clones the other element	undefined
childProto	Object Array	Specifies the proto for all child elements	undefined
tag	String	Specifis the HTML tag	div or related HTML tag if the key matches
class	Any	Specifies the HTML class	undefined
attr	Object	Specifies the set of HTML attributes	{}
text	Any	Text inside the element	undefined
content	Object Array	Fragment wrapper to use dynamic content loading	undefined

To specify your own property per Element, set the function inside define property like:

var User = {
  define: {
    username: param => param.toUpperCase()
  },
  text: element => element.username
}

var Contact = {
  proto: User,
  username: 'nikoloza'
}

Methods

Method	Description	Params
update	Updates element by passed object	properties: Object Array
set	Sets passed element in the content property	element: Object Array

Events

All native DOM events are supported and can be specified inside on parameter. Additionally, init and render can be also invoked. All events except these two receive event object as a first parameter, following the element object itself.

Reserved keywords

key
tag
node
proto
on
class
text
data
style
attr
update
set
define

Anything except these keywords will create a new nested child element. The easier method to specify HTML tag is to use related nodeName as a key, for example:

var layout = { // this will be <div>
  header: {}, // will create <header>
  aside: {}, // will create <aside>
  main: { // will create <main>
    childProto: {
      article: { // will create <article>
        title: {}, // will create <div>
        description: {}, // will create <div>
        _rating: {} // will create <div class="rating">
      }
    }
  },
  footer: {} //  will create <footer>
}

Credits

Inspired by brisky