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Tiny UI library based in Snabbdom and ES6 tagged template literals

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flea

Flea is a tiny JavaScript UI library based in Snabbdom and ES6 tagged template literals.

See live examples.

Install

npm i flea

Examples

Hello world

app({
    model: "Hi.",
    view: model => html`<h1>${model}</h1>`
})

Counter

app({
    model: 0,
    update: {
        add: model => model + 1,
        sub: model => model - 1
    },
    view: (model, msg) => html`
        <div>
            <button onclick=${msg.add}>+</button>
            <h1>${model}</h1>
            <button onclick=${msg.sub} disabled=${model <= 0}></button>
        </div>`
})

Heading bound to input

app({
    model: "",
    update: {
        text: (_, value) => value
    },
    view: (model, msg) => html`
        <div>
            <h1>Hi${model ? " " + model : ""}.</h1>
            <input oninput=${e => msg.text(e.target.value)} />
        </div>`
})

Usage

CDN

<script src="https://cdn.rawgit.com/fleajs/flea/master/dist/flea.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.rawgit.com/fleajs/flea/master/dist/html.min.js"></script>

Browserify

browserify index.js > bundle.js
<!doctype html>
<html>
<body>
    <script src="bundle.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

API

html

Use html to compose HTML elements.

const hello = html`<h1>Hello World!</h1>`

html is a tagged template string. If you are familiar with React, this is like JSX, but without breaking JavaScript.

Flea's html function translates Hyperx into a Snabbdom/h function call.

app

Use app to create your app. The app function receives an object with any of the following properties.

model

A value or object that represents the state of your app.

You never modify the model directly, instead, send actions describing how the model should change. See view.

update

Object composed of functions known as reducers. These are a kind of action you can send.

A reducer describes how the model should change and returns a new model or part of a model.

const update = {
    increment: model + 1,
    decrement: model - 1
}

If a reducer returns part of a model, that part will be merged with the current model.

You call reducers inside a view, effect or subscription.

Reducers have a signature (model, data), where

  • model is the current model, and
  • data is the data sent along with the action.

view

The view is a function that returns HTML using the html function.

The view has a signature (model, msg, params), where

  • model is the current model,
  • msg is the object you use to send actions (call reducers or cause effects) and
  • params are the route parameters if the view belongs to a route.
msg.action(data)
Routing

Instead of a view as a single function, declare an object with multiple views and use the route path as the key.

app({
    view: {
        "*": (model, msg) => {}
        "/": (model, msg) => {}
        "/:slug": (model, msg, params) => {}
    }
})
  • * default route used when no other route matches, e.g, 404 page, etc.

  • / index route

  • /:a/:b/:c matches a route with three components using the regular expression [A-Za-z0-9]+ and stores each captured group in the params object, which is passed into the view function.

The route path syntax is based in the same syntax found in Express.

setLocation

To update the address bar relative location and render a different view, use msg.setLocation(path).

Anchors

As a bonus, we intercept all <a href="/path">...</a> clicks and call msg.setLocation("/path") for you. If you want to opt out of this, add the custom attribute data-no-routing to any anchor element that should be handled differently.

<a data-no-routing>...</a>

effects

Effects cause side effects and are often asynchronous, like writing to a database, or sending requests to servers. They can dispatch other actions too.

Effects have a signature (model, msg, error), where

  • model is the current model,
  • msg is an object you use to call reducers / cause effects (see view), and
  • error is a function you may call with an error if something goes wrong.
const update = {
    add: model => model + 1
}

const effects = {
    waitThenAdd: (_, msg) => setTimeout(msg.add, 1000)
}

subs

Subscriptions are functions that run once when the DOM is ready. Use a subscription to register global events, like mouse or keyboard listeners.

While reducers and effects are actions you cause, you can't call subscriptions directly.

A subscription has a signature (model, msg, error).

const update = {
    move: (model, { x, y }) => ({ x, y })
}

const subs = [
    (_, msg) => addEventListener("mousemove", e => msg.move({ x: e.clientX, y: e.clientY }))
]

hooks

Hooks are functions called for certain events during the lifetime of the app. You can use hooks to implement middleware, loggers, etc.

onUpdate

Called when the model changes. Signature (lastModel, newModel, data).

onAction

Called when an action (reducer or effect) is dispatched. Signature (name, data).

onError

Called when you use the error function inside a subscription or effect. If you don't use this hook, the default behavior is to throw. Signature (err).

root

The root is the HTML element that will serve as a container for your app. If none is given, a div element is appended to the document.body.

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Package last updated on 05 Jan 2017

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