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Post by gramstrong » Tue, May 22, 2018, 5:25 PM UTC

coldcode wrote: post #16

This makes me almost want to write web code again - compared to things like React and Angular 1-2-3-4-5-6.

Post by simplify » Tue, May 22, 2018, 5:42 PM UTC

spankalee wrote: post #38

malydok wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Then you need to send lit-html over to the client also. This would be a great alternative if one doesn't already use Babel, but what's the selling point otherwise? Is there an easy way to combine lit-html's render with the HyperApp one?

IMO, the problem of composing renderers is solved at the component level. Each component should be able to freely choose its rendering library and control its own encapsulated DOM without interfering with other components, or leaking it's choice of template library to the outside. Web Components and Shadow DOM make this possible. You can mix and match components that use lit-html, Polymer, Preact, etc., and mostly li…

Post by JustSomeNobody » Tue, May 22, 2018, 5:46 PM UTC

spankalee wrote: post #35

If you're interesting in a reactive template library that doesn't require a compiler for non-standard JavaScript syntax, check out a library I've been working on for a little while now, lit-html: https://github.com/Polymer/lit-html Where JSX would look like this: const view = (state, actions) => ( {state.count} actions.down(1)}>- actions.up(1)}>+ ) The lit-html would be: const view = (state, actions) => html` {state.…

Post by gandreani » Tue, May 22, 2018, 5:49 PM UTC

Post by fouc » Tue, May 22, 2018, 5:51 PM UTC

curiousreacter wrote: post #7

Side question: Isn't it grossly inefficient that in Redux, you have reducers that return an entirely new state object? Wouldn't it be better to return some kind of data that represents just the diff you intend to make, like {op: INCREMENT, arg: 1, key: "Foo"}?