@doars/staark-isomorphic
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A server side rendering library for staark.
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staark isomorphic
A server side rendering library for staark. It provides methods to convert a staark abstract node tree into a string, making it excellent for server-side rendering (SSR) and static site generation (SSG).
You have two primary functions at your disposal stringify and stringifyFull. These functions allow the application state and abstract node tree to be rendered to strings. Let’s walk through how each of these functions can be used effectively.
The stringify function is your gateway to converting your application’s view into a static HTML string. This is particularly useful for generating the initial HTML on the server before sending it to the client. It takes in two parameters a view function that takes in the state and outputs the abstract node tree, and optionally an initial state object that your application starts with. When you call stringify, it returns an array with two elements, firstly the rendered HTML as a string, as well as the abstract node tree.
import { node as n, stringify } from '@doars/staark-isomorphic'
const [html, tree] = stringify(
(state) => n('div', [
n('span', state.count),
n('button', {
click: () => state.count++,
}, 'add')
]),
{ count: 0 },
)
console.log(html) // '<div><span>0</span><button>add</button></div>'
console.log(tree) // [...]The stringifyFull function goes a step further by not only rendering your view to a static HTML string but also serializing the abstract node tree and the entire application state. This is particularly useful when you need to transfer the initial state and abstract node structure from server to client. It takes in two parameters a view function that takes in the state and outputs the abstract node tree, and optionally an initial state object that your application starts with. When you call stringifyFull, it returns an array with three elements, firstly the rendered HTML as a string, as well as the serialized abstract node tree, and finally the serialized initial state.
import { node as n, stringifyFull } from '@doars/staark-isomorphic'
const [html, tree, state] = stringifyFull(
(state) => n('div', [
n('span', state.count),
n('button', {
click: () => state.count++,
}, 'add')
]),
{ count: 0 },
)
console.log(html) // '<div><span>0</span><button>add</button></div>'
console.log(tree) // '[...]'
console.log(state) // '{"count":0}'The added benefit of stringify the abstract node tree and state is that this can also be passed to staark the front-end for re-hydration alongside the rendered HTML.
<body>
<div id="app">
<div><span>0</span><button>add</button></div>
</div>
<script type="module">
import { mount, node as n } from '@doars/staark'
const stringifiedTree = '[...]'
const stringifiedState = '{"count":0}'
mount(
document.body.querySelector('#app'),
(state) => n('div', [
n('span', state.count),
n('button', {
click: () => state.count++,
}, 'add')
]),
stringifiedState,
stringifiedTree,
)
</script>
</body>If you don't care about the state because you might be using your own state solution then you'll only need the rendered abstract node tree. Well there are two functions specially made for this, the stringifyPatch and stringifyPatchFull functions. The difference between these and the previous two are that the first parameter is the abstract node tree that would be returned by the render function and that there is no second parameter for providing the state.
import { node as n, stringifyPatch } from '@doars/staark-isomorphic'
const [html, tree] = stringifyPatch(
n('div', [
n('p', 'Hello there'),
n('p', 'General Kenobi'),
]),
)
console.log(html) // '<div><p>Hello there</p><p>General Kenobi</p></div>'
console.log(tree) // [...]And of course the stringifyPatchFull function will render not just the abstract node tree but stringify it as well.
import { node as n, stringifyPatchFull } from '@doars/staark-isomorphic'
const [html, tree] = stringifyPatchFull(
n('div', [
n('p', 'Hello there'),
n('p', 'General Kenobi'),
]),
)
console.log(html) // '<div><p>Hello there</p><p>General Kenobi</p></div>'
console.log(tree) // '[...]'As mentioned before the stringifyPatch and stringifyPatchFull functions are ideal to re-hydrate this can be done with staark-patch.
<body>
<div id="app">
<div><p>Hello there</p><p>General Kenobi</p></div>
</div>
<script type="module">
import { node as n, prepare } from '@doars/staark-patch'
const stringifiedTree = '[...]'
const patch = prepare(
document.body.querySelector('#app'),
stringifiedTree,
)
patch(
n('div', [
n('p', 'Hello there'),****
n('p', 'General Kenobi'),
]),
)
</script>
</body>The library also exports the factory, fctory, memo, nde, and text functions from staark so these don't have te imported from there separately. But do note that stringifyPatch and stringifyPatchFull do not support the memo node since there is no state to provide to these memoization functions.
Installation
Via NPM
npm install @doars/staark-isomorphicIIFE build via a CDN
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