fastdom

fastdom

Eliminates layout thrashing by batching DOM read/write operations.

var fastdom = new FastDom();

fastdom.read(function() {
  console.log('<DOM Read>');
});

fastdom.write(function() {
  console.log('<DOM Write>');
});

fastdom.read(function() {
  console.log('<DOM Read>');
});

fastdom.write(function() {
  console.log('<DOM Write>');
});

// Output:

<DOM Read>
<DOM Read>
<DOM Write>
<DOM Write>

Examples

• Aspect ratio example

Installation

FastDom is CommonJS and AMD compatible, you can install it in one of the following ways:

$ npm install fastdom

or

$ bower install fastdom

or

Old fashioned download.

How it works

FastDom works as a regulatory layer between your app/library and the DOM. By batching DOM access we avoid unnecessary document reflows and speed up layout perfomance dramatically.

Each read/write job is added to a corresponding read/write queue. The queues are emptied (reads, then writes) at the turn of the next frame using window.requestAnimationFrame.

FastDom aims to behave like a singleton across all modules in your app. When any module requires 'fastdom' they get the same instance back, meaning FastDom can harmonize DOM access app-wide.

Potentially a third-party library could depend on FastDom, and better intrgrate within an app that itself uses it.

API

FastDom#read(callback[, context])

Schedules a job for the 'read' queue. Returns a unique ID that can be used to clear the scheduled job.

fastdom.read(function() {
  var width = element.clientWidth;
});

FastDom#write(callback[, context])

Schedules a job for the 'write' queue. Returns a unique ID that can be used to clear the scheduled job.

fastdom.write(function() {
  element.style.width = width + 'px';
});

FastDom#clearRead(id)

Removes a job from the 'read' queue by id.

var id = fastdom.read(function(){});
fastdom.clearRead(id);

FastDom#clearWrite(id)

Removes a job from the 'write' queue by id.

var id = fastdom.write(function(){});
fastdom.clearWrite(id);

FastDom#defer(frames, callback[, context])

Defers a job for the number of frames specified. This is useful is you have a particualrly expensive piece of work to do, and don't want it to be done with all the other work.

For example; you are using third party library that doesn't expose an API that allows you split DOM read/write work, fastdom.defer() will push this work futher into the future and prevent it from disrupting other carefully batched work.

fastdom.defer(3, expensiveStuff);

Tests

With PhantomJS

$ npm install
$ npm test

Without PhantomJS

Open test/index.html in your browser.

Author

• Wilson Page - @wilsonpage

Contributors

• Wilson Page - @wilsonpage
• George Crawford - @georgecrawford

License

(The MIT License)

Copyright (c) 2013 Wilson Page [e-mail]

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The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

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