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import { T, t } from "./utils/index.js";
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export const info= {
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title: t`Elements`,
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description: t`Basic concepts of elements modifications and creations.`,
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description: t`Building user interfaces with declarative DOM element creation.`,
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};
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import { el } from "deka-dom-el";
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@@ -48,107 +48,214 @@ const references= {
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export function page({ pkg, info }){
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const page_id= info.id;
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return el(simplePage, { info, pkg }).append(
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el("h2", t`Native JavaScript DOM elements creations`),
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el("p", t`
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Let’s go through all patterns we would like to use and what needs to be improved for better experience.
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el("h2", t`Declarative DOM Element Creation`),
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el("p").append(...T`
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Building user interfaces in JavaScript often involves creating and manipulating DOM elements.
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DDE provides a simple yet powerful approach to element creation that is declarative, chainable,
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and maintains a clean syntax close to HTML structure.
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`),
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el("div", { class: "callout" }).append(
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el("h4", t`DDE Elements: Key Benefits`),
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el("ul").append(
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el("li", t`Declarative element creation with intuitive property assignment`),
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el("li", t`Chainable methods for natural DOM tree construction`),
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el("li", t`Simplified component patterns for code reuse`),
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el("li", t`Normalized property/attribute handling across browsers`),
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el("li", t`Smart element return values for cleaner code flow`)
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)
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),
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el(code, { src: fileURL("./components/examples/elements/intro.js"), page_id }),
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el(h3, t`Creating element(s) (with custom attributes)`),
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el(h3, t`Creating Elements: Native vs DDE`),
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el("p").append(...T`
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You can create a native DOM element by using the ${el("a", references.mdn_create).append(
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el("code", "document.createElement()") )}. It is also possible to provide a some attribute(s) declaratively
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using ${el("code", "Object.assign()")}. More precisely, this way you can sets some
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${el("a", references.mdn_idl).append( el("abbr", { textContent: "IDL", title: "Interface Description Language" }))}
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also known as a JavaScript property.
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`),
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el(example, { src: fileURL("./components/examples/elements/nativeCreateElement.js"), page_id }),
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el("p").append(...T`
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To make this easier, you can use the ${el("code", "el")} function. Internally in basic examples,
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it is wrapper around ${el("code", "assign(document.createElement(…), { … })")}.
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In standard JavaScript, you create DOM elements using the
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${el("a", references.mdn_create).append(el("code", "document.createElement()"))} method
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and then set properties individually or with Object.assign():
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`),
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el("div", { class: "illustration" }).append(
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el("div", { class: "comparison" }).append(
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el("div").append(
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el("h5", t`Native DOM API`),
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el(code, { content: `// Create element with properties
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const button = document.createElement('button');
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button.textContent = "Click me";
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button.className = "primary";
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button.disabled = true;
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// Or using Object.assign()
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const button = Object.assign(
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document.createElement('button'),
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{
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textContent: "Click me",
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className: "primary",
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disabled: true
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}
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);`, page_id })
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),
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el("div").append(
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el("h5", t`DDE Approach`),
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el(code, { content: `// Create element with properties
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const button = el("button", {
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textContent: "Click me",
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className: "primary",
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disabled: true
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});
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// Shorter and more expressive
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// than the native approach`, page_id })
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)
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)
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),
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el(example, { src: fileURL("./components/examples/elements/dekaCreateElement.js"), page_id }),
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el("p").append(...T`
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The ${el("code", "assign")} function provides improved behaviour of ${el("code", "Object.assign()")}.
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You can declaratively sets any IDL and attribute of the given element. Function prefers IDL and fallback
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to the ${el("code", "element.setAttribute")} if there is no writable property in the element prototype.
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The ${el("code", "el")} function provides a simple wrapper around ${el("code", "document.createElement")}
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with enhanced property assignment.
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`),
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el(h3, t`Advanced Property Assignment`),
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el("p").append(...T`
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You can study all JavaScript elements interfaces to the corresponding HTML elements. All HTML elements
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inherits from ${el("a", { textContent: "HTMLElement", ...references.mdn_el })}. To see
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all available IDLs for example for paragraphs, see ${el("a", { textContent: "HTMLParagraphElement",
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...references.mdn_p })}. Moreover, the ${el("code", "assign")} provides a way to sets declaratively
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some convenient properties:
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The ${el("code", "assign")} function is the heart of DDE's element property handling. It provides
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intelligent assignment of both properties (IDL) and attributes:
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`),
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el("ul").append(
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el("li").append(...T`
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It is possible to sets ${el("code", "data-*")}/${el("code", "aria-*")} attributes using object notation.
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`),
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el("li").append(...T`
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In opposite, it is also possible to sets ${el("code", "data-*")}/${el("code", "aria-*")} attribute
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using camelCase notation.
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`),
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el("li").append(...T`You can use string or object as a value for ${el("code", "style")} property.`),
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el("li").append(...T`
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${el("code", "className")} (IDL – preffered)/${el("code", "class")} are ways to add CSS classes
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to the element. You can use string (similarly to ${el("code", "class=\"…\"")} syntax in HTML).
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`),
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el("li").append(...T`
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Use ${el("code", "classList")} to toggle specific classes. This will be handy later when
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the reactivity via signals is beeing introduced.
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`),
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el("li").append(...T`
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The ${el("code", "assign")} also accepts the ${el("code", "undefined")} as a value for any property
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to remove it from the element declaratively. Also for some IDL the corresponding attribute is removed
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as it can be confusing. ${el("em").append(...T`For example, natievly the element’s ${el("code", "id")}
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is removed by setting the IDL to an empty string.`)}
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`),
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el("li").append(...T`
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You can use ${el("code", "=")} or ${el("code", ".")} to force processing given key as attribute/property
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of the element.
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`)
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el("div", { class: "function-table" }).append(
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el("dl").append(
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el("dt", t`Property vs Attribute Priority`),
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el("dd", t`Prefers IDL properties, falls back to setAttribute() when no writable property exists`),
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el("dt", t`Data and ARIA Attributes`),
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el("dd", t`Both dataset.* and data-* syntaxes supported (same for ARIA)`),
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el("dt", t`Style Handling`),
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el("dd", t`Accepts string or object notation for style property`),
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el("dt", t`Class Management`),
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el("dd", t`Works with className, class, or classList object for toggling classes`),
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el("dt", t`Force Modes`),
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el("dd", t`Use = prefix to force attribute mode, . prefix to force property mode`),
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el("dt", t`Attribute Removal`),
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el("dd", t`Pass undefined to remove a property or attribute`)
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)
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),
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el("p").append(...T`
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For processing, the ${el("code", "assign")} internally uses ${el("code", "assignAttribute")} and
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${el("code", "classListDeclarative")}.
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`),
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el(example, { src: fileURL("./components/examples/elements/dekaAssign.js"), page_id }),
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el(h3, t`Native JavaScript templating`),
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el("p", t`By default, the native JS has no good way to define HTML template using DOM API:`),
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el(example, { src: fileURL("./components/examples/elements/nativeAppend.js"), page_id }),
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el("div", { class: "note" }).append(
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el("p").append(...T`
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You can explore standard HTML element properties in the MDN documentation for
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${el("a", { textContent: "HTMLElement", ...references.mdn_el })} (base class)
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and specific element interfaces like ${el("a", { textContent: "HTMLParagraphElement", ...references.mdn_p })}.
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`)
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),
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el(h3, t`Building DOM Trees with Chainable Methods`),
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el("p").append(...T`
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This library therefore overwrites the ${el("code", "append")} method of created elements to always return
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parent element.
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One of the most powerful features of DDE is its approach to building element trees.
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Unlike the native DOM API which doesn't return the parent after appendChild(), DDE's
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append() always returns the parent element:
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`),
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el("div", { class: "illustration" }).append(
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el("div", { class: "comparison" }).append(
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el("div", { class: "bad-practice" }).append(
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el("h5", t`❌ Native DOM API`),
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el(code, { content: `// Verbose, needs temp variables
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const div = document.createElement('div');
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const h1 = document.createElement('h1');
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h1.textContent = 'Title';
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div.appendChild(h1);
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const p = document.createElement('p');
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p.textContent = 'Paragraph';
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div.appendChild(p);
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// appendChild doesn't return parent
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// so chaining is not possible`, page_id })
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),
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el("div", { class: "good-practice" }).append(
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el("h5", t`✅ DDE Approach`),
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el(code, { content: `// Chainable, natural nesting
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const div = el("div").append(
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el("h1", "Title"),
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el("p", "Paragraph")
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);
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// append() returns parent element
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// making chains easy and intuitive`, page_id })
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)
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)
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),
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el(example, { src: fileURL("./components/examples/elements/dekaAppend.js"), page_id }),
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el(h3, t`Basic (state-less) components`),
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el("p").append(...T`
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You can use functions for encapsulation (repeating) logic. The ${el("code", "el")} accepts function
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as first argument. In that case, the function should return dom elements and the second argument for
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${el("code", "el")} is argument for given element.
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This chainable approach results in code that more closely mirrors the structure of your HTML,
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making it easier to understand and maintain.
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`),
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el(h3, t`Building Reusable Components`),
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el("p").append(...T`
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DDE makes it simple to create reusable element components through regular JavaScript functions.
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The ${el("code", "el()")} function accepts a component function as its first argument:
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`),
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el(example, { src: fileURL("./components/examples/elements/dekaBasicComponent.js"), page_id }),
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el("p").append(...T`
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As you can see, in case of state-less/basic components there is no difference between calling component
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function directly or using ${el("code", "el")} function.
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`),
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el("p", { className: "notice" }).append(...T`
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It is nice to use similar naming convention as native DOM API. This allows us to use
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${el("a", { textContent: t`the destructuring assignment syntax`, ...references.mdn_destruct })} and keep
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track of the native API (things are best remembered through regular use).
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Component functions receive props as their argument and return element(s). This pattern
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encourages code reuse and better organization of your UI code.
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`),
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el("div", { class: "tip" }).append(
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el("p").append(...T`
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It's helpful to use naming conventions similar to native DOM elements for your components.
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This allows you to use ${el("a", { textContent: "destructuring assignment", ...references.mdn_destruct })}
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and keeps your code consistent with the DOM API.
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`)
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),
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el(h3, t`Creating non-HTML elements`),
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el(h3, t`Working with SVG and Other Namespaces`),
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el("p").append(...T`
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Similarly to the native DOM API (${el("a", references.mdn_ns).append(el("code", "document.createElementNS"))})
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for non-HTML elements we need to tell JavaScript which kind of the element to create. We can use
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the ${el("code", "elNS")} function:
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For non-HTML elements like SVG, MathML, or custom namespaces, DDE provides the ${el("code", "elNS")} function
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which corresponds to the native ${el("a", references.mdn_ns).append(el("code", "document.createElementNS"))}:
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`),
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el(example, { src: fileURL("./components/examples/elements/dekaElNS.js"), page_id }),
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el("p").append(...T`
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This function returns a namespace-specific element creator, allowing you to work with any element type
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using the same consistent interface.
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`),
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el(h3, t`Best Practices`),
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el("ol").append(
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el("li").append(...T`
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${el("strong", "Prefer composition over complexity")}: Create small component functions that can be
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combined rather than large, complex templates
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`),
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el("li").append(...T`
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${el("strong", "Use meaningful component names")}: Name your component functions after the elements or
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patterns they create
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`),
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el("li").append(...T`
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${el("strong", "Destructure for better readability")}: Use ${el("code", "const { div, p, button } = el")}
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to create element-specific functions
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`),
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el("li").append(...T`
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${el("strong", "Be consistent with property usage")}: Prefer using the same pattern (property vs attribute)
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throughout your code
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`)
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),
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el("div", { class: "troubleshooting" }).append(
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el("h4", t`Common Element Creation Pitfalls`),
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el("dl").append(
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el("dt", t`Elements not showing up in DOM`),
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el("dd", t`Remember to append elements to the document or a parent that's already in the document`),
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el("dt", t`Properties not being applied correctly`),
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el("dd", t`Check if you're mixing up property (IDL) names with attribute names (e.g., className vs class)`),
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el("dt", t`Event listeners not working`),
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el("dd", t`Ensure you're using the correct event binding approach (see Events section)`),
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el("dt", t`SVG elements not rendering correctly`),
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el("dd", t`Make sure you're using elNS with the correct SVG namespace for SVG elements`)
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)
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),
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el(mnemonic)
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);
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