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docs mainly signals

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import { S } from "deka-dom-el/signals";
const signal= S(0);
// computation pattern
const double= S(()=> 2*signal());
const ac= new AbortController();
S.on(signal, v=> console.log("signal", v), { signal: ac.signal });
S.on(double, v=> console.log("double", v), { signal: ac.signal });
signal(signal()+1);
const interval= 5000;
const id= setInterval(()=> signal(signal()+1), interval);
ac.signal.addEventListener("abort",
()=> setTimeout(()=> clearInterval(id), 2*interval));
setTimeout(()=> ac.abort(), 3*interval)

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import { S } from "deka-dom-el/signals";
// α — `signal` represents a reactive value
const signal= S(0);
// β — just reacts on signal changes
S.on(signal, console.log);
// γ — just updates the value
signal(signal()+1);
setInterval(()=> signal(signal()+1), 5000);

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@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import { el } from "../../index.js";
export function h3({ textContent, id }){
if(!id) id= "h-"+textContent.toLowerCase().replaceAll(/\s/g, "-").replaceAll(/[^a-z-]/g, "");
return el("h3", { id }).append(
el("a", { textContent: "§", href: "#"+id, tabIndex: -1 }),
el("a", { textContent: "#", href: "#"+id, tabIndex: -1 }),
" ", textContent
);
}

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@ -116,6 +116,30 @@ export function page({ pkg, info }){
" We can use the ", el("code", "elNS"), " function:"
),
el(example, { src: fileURL("./components/examples/elements/dekaElNS.js"), page_id }),
el("div", { className: "notice" }).append(
el("p", "Mnemonic"),
el("ul").append(
el("li").append(
el("code", "assign(<element>, ...<idl-objects>): <element>"), " — assign properties to the element",
),
el("li").append(
el("code", "el(<tag-name>, <primitive>)[.append(...)]: <element-from-tag-name>"), " — simple element containing only text",
),
el("li").append(
el("code", "el(<tag-name>, <idl-object>)[.append(...)]: <element-from-tag-name>"), " — element with more properties",
),
el("li").append(
el("code", "el(<function>, <function-argument(s)>)[.append(...)]: <element-returned-by-function>"), " — using component represented by function",
),
el("li").append(
el("code", "el(<...>, <...>, ...<addons>)"), " — see following page"
),
el("li").append(
el("code", "elNS(<namespace>)(<as-el-see-above>)[.append(...)]: <element-based-on-arguments>"), " — typically SVG elements",
)
)
),
el(prevNext, info)
)

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@ -113,6 +113,25 @@ export function page({ pkg, info }){
el(h3, "Final notes"),
el("p", "The library also provides a method to dispatch the events."),
el(example, { src: fileURL("./components/examples/events/compareDispatch.js"), page_id }),
el("div", { className: "notice" }).append(
el("p", "Mnemonic"),
el("ul").append(
el("li").append(
el("code", "on(<event>, <listener>[, <options>])(<element>)"), " — just ", el("code", "<element>.addEventListener(<event>, <listener>[, <options>])")
),
el("li").append(
el("code", "on.<live-cycle>(<event>, <listener>[, <options>])(<element>)"), " — corresponds to custom elemnets callbacks ", el("code", "<live-cycle>Callback(...){...}"),
". To connect to custom element see following page, else it is simulated by MutationObserver."
),
el("li").append(
el("code", "dispatchEvent(<event>[, <options>])(element)"), " — just ", el("code", "<element>.dispatchEvent(new Event(<event>[, <options>]))")
),
el("li").append(
el("code", "dispatchEvent(<event>[, <options>])(element, detail)"), " — just ", el("code", "<element>.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent(<event>, { detail, ...<options> }))")
),
)
),
el(prevNext, info)
)

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@ -14,107 +14,67 @@ export function page({ pkg, info }){
return el().append(
el(header, { info, pkg }),
el("main").append(
el("h2", "Listenning to the native DOM events and other Addons"),
el("h2", "Using signals to manage reactivity"),
el("p").append(
"We quickly introduce helper to listening to the native DOM events.",
" ",
"And library syntax/pattern so-called ", el("em", "Addon"), " to",
" incorporate not only this in UI templates declaratively."
"How a program responds to variable data or user",
" interactions is one of the fundamental problems of programming.",
" If we desire to solve the issue in a declarative manner,",
" signals may be a viable approach.",
),
el(example, { src: fileURL("./components/examples/signals/intro.js"), page_id }),
el(h3, "Events and listenners"),
el(h3, "Introducing signals"),
el("p").append(
"In JavaScript you can listen to the native DOM events of the given element by using ",
el("a", { href: "https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/EventTarget/addEventListener", title: "addEventListener on MDN" }).append(
el("code", "element.addEventListener(type, listener, options)")
), ".",
" ",
"The library provides an alternative (", el("code", "on"), ") accepting the differen order",
" of the arguments:"
"Using signals, we split program logic into the three parts.",
" Firstly (α), we create a variable (constant) representing reactive",
" value. Somewhere later, we can register (β) a logic reacting",
" to the signal value changes. Similarly, in a remaining part (γ), we",
" can update the signal value."
),
el(example, { src: fileURL("./components/examples/events/compare.js"), page_id }),
el("p").append(
"this is actually one of the two differences. The another one is that ", el("code", "on"),
" accepts only object as the ", el("code", "options"), " (but it is still optional)."
"All this is just an example of ",
el("a", { textContent: "Event-driven programming", href: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Event-driven_programming", title: "Wikipedia: Event-driven programming" }),
" and ",
el("a", { textContent: "Publishsubscribe pattern", href: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publish%E2%80%93subscribe_pattern", title: "Wikipedia: Publishsubscribe pattern" }),
" (compare for example with ", el("a", { textContent: "fpubsub library", href: "https://www.npmjs.com/package/fpubsub", title: "NPM package: fpubsub" }), ").",
" All three parts can be in some manner independent and still connected",
" to the same reactive entity."
),
el("p", { className: "notice" }).append(
"The other difference is that there is ", el("strong", "no"), " ", el("code", "off"), " function.",
" ",
"You can remove listener declaratively using ", el("a", { textContent: "AbortSignal", href: "https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/EventTarget/addEventListener#signal", title: "part of addEventListener on MDN" }),
":"
el("p").append(
"Signals are implemented in the library as functions. To see current value",
" of signal, just call it without any arguments ", el("code", "console.log(signal())"), ".",
" To update the signal value, pass any argument ", el("code", "signal('a new value')"), ".",
" For listenning the signal value changes, use ", el("code", "S.on(signal, console.log)"), "."
),
el(example, { src: fileURL("./components/examples/events/abortSignal.js"), page_id }),
el("p").append(
"Similarly to the ", el("code", "on"), " function to register DOM events listener.",
" You can use ", el("code", "AbortController"), "/", el("code", "AbortSignal"), " to",
" ", el("em", "off"), "/stop listenning. For representing “live” piece of code computation pattern:"
),
el(example, { src: fileURL("./components/examples/signals/computations-abort.js"), page_id }),
el("div", { className: "notice" }).append(
el("p", "So, there are (typically) three ways to handle events. You can use:"),
el("p", "Mnemonic"),
el("ul").append(
el("li").append( el("code", `el("button", { textContent: "click me", "=onclick": "console.log(event)" })`)),
el("li").append( el("code", `el("button", { textContent: "click me", onclick: console.log })`)),
el("li").append( el("code", `el("button", { textContent: "click me" }, on("click", console.log))`))
),
el("p").append(
"In the first example we force to use HTML attribute (it corresponds to ", el("code", `<button onclick="console.log(event)">click me</button>`), ").",
" ",
el("em", "Side note: this can be useful in case of SSR."),
" ",
"To study difference, you can read a nice summary here: ", el("a", { href: "https://gist.github.com/WebReflection/b404c36f46371e3b1173bf5492acc944", textContent: "GIST @WebReflection/web_events.md" }), "."
el("li").append(
el("code", "S(<value>)"), " — signal: reactive value",
),
el("li").append(
el("code", "S(()=> <computation>)"), " — signal: reactive value dependent on calculation using other signals",
),
el("li").append(
el("code", "S.on(<signal>, <listener>[, <options>])"), " — listen to the signal value changes",
),
el("li").append(
el("code", "S.clear(...<signals>)"), " — off and clear signals",
),
el("li").append(
el("code", "S(<value>, <actions>)"), " — signal: pattern to create complex reactive objects/arrays",
),
el("li").append(
el("code", "S.action(<signal>, <action-name>, ...<action-arguments>)"), " — invoke an action for given signal"
)
)
),
el(h3, "Addons"),
el("p").append(
"From practical point of view, ", el("em", "Addons"), " are just functions that accept any html element",
" as their first parameter. You can see that the ", el("code", "on(…)"), " fullfills this requirement."
),
el("p").append(
"You can use Addons as ≥3rd argument of ", el("code", "el"), " function. This way is possible to extends",
" you templates by additional (3rd party) functionalities. But for now mainly, you can add events listeners:"
),
el(example, { src: fileURL("./components/examples/events/templateWithListeners.js"), page_id }),
el("p").append(
"As the example shows, you can also provide types in JSDoc+TypeScript by using global type ", el("code", "ddeElementAddon"), ".",
" ",
"Also notice, you can use Addons to get element reference.",
),
el(h3, "Life-cycle events"),
el("p").append(
"Addons are called immediately when the element is created, even it is not connected to live DOM yet.",
" ",
"Therefore, you can understand the Addon to be “oncreate” event."
),
el("p").append(
"The library provide three additional live-cycle events corresponding to how they are named in",
" a case of custom elements: ", el("code", "on.connected"), ", ", el("code", "on.disconnected"),
" and ", el("code", "on.attributeChanged"), "."
),
el(example, { src: fileURL("./components/examples/events/live-cycle.js"), page_id }),
el("p").append(
"For Custom elements, we will later introduce a way to replace ", el("code", "*Callback"),
" syntax with ", el("code", "dde:*"), " events. The ", el("code", "on.*"), " functions then",
" listen to the appropriate Custom Elements events (see ", el("a", { textContent: "Custom element lifecycle callbacks | MDN", href: "https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Web_components/Using_custom_elements#custom_element_lifecycle_callbacks" }), ")."
),
el("p").append(
"But, in case of regular elemnets the ", el("a", { href: "https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/MutationObserver" }).append(el("code", "MutationObserver"), " | MDN"),
" is internaly used to track these events. Therefore, there are some drawbacks:",
),
el("ul").append(
el("li").append(
"To proper listener registration, you need to use ", el("code", "on.*"), " not `on(\"dde:*\", …)`!"
),
el("li").append(
"Use sparingly! Internally, library must loop of all registered events and fires event properly.",
" ",
el("strong", "It is good practice to use the fact that if an element is removed, its children are also removed!"),
" ",
"In this spirit, we will introduce later the ", el("strong", "host"), " syntax to register",
" clean up procedures when the component is removed from the app."
),
),
el(h3, "Final notes"),
el("p", "The library also provides a method to dispatch the events."),
el(example, { src: fileURL("./components/examples/events/compareDispatch.js"), page_id }),
el(prevNext, info)
)
);
}

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@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ export const pages= [
{ id: "index", href: "./", title: "Introduction", description: "Introducing a library." },
{ id: "p02-elements", href: "p02-elements", title: "Elements", description: "Basic concepts of elements modifications and creations." },
{ id: "p03-events", href: "p03-events", title: "Events and Addons", description: "Using not only events in UI declaratively." },
{ id: "p04-signals", href: "p04-signals", title: "Signals and reactivity", description: "Handling reactivity in UI via signals." },
];
/**
* @typedef registerClientFile