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Curvature.js
v.0.0.68
Curvature is a lightweight javascript framework with an emphasis on straightforwardness.
This document serves only as an overview. For more in-depth, interactive documentation, see http://curvature.seanmorr.is/.
Getting started
Install with npm:
$ npm install curvature
Creating Views
Create a view class:
import { View } from 'curvature/base/View';
class MyView extends View
{
constructor()
{
super();
this.template = `<b>Hello, world!</b>`;
}
}
or an anonymous view:
import { View } from 'curvature/base/View';
const view = View.from(`<b>Hello, world!</b>`);
Render a view directly into an existing tag:
import { View } from 'curvature/base/View';
const view = View.from(`<b>Hello, world!</b>`);
const div = document.querySelector('div.hello');
view.render(div);
Render a view to the <body>
tag as soon as the DOM is ready:
import { View } from 'curvature/base/View';
const view = View.from(`<b>Hello, world!</b>`);
document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', () => {
const body = document.querySelector('body');
view.render(body.element);
});
Separating Templates
Writing HTML into a javascript string can be annoying.
Use the rawquire
babel macro to import templates directly from html files, and maintin your syntax highlighting.
$ npm install rawquire
my-template.html:
<p>This is my template!</p>
MyView.js:
import { rawquire } from 'rawquire/rawquire.macro';
import { View } from 'curvature/base/View';
class MyView extends View
{
constructor()
{
super();
this.template = rawquire('./my-template.html');
}
}
Variable Binding
Use the cv-bind
attribute, or [[squarebrackets]]
to insert variables from the view.args
property into your templates:
my-template.html
<p><span cv-bind = "prefix"></span> [[time]]</p>
MyView.js
import { rawquire } from 'rawquire/rawquire.macro';
import { View } from 'curvature/base/View';
class MyView extends View
{
constructor()
{
super();
this.args.prefix = 'The time is';
this.onInterval(1, ()=>{
this.args.time = Date.now();
});
this.template = rawquire('my-template.html');
}
}
Event Listeners
Use the cv-on
attribute to listen for events on your view object:
clickable.html
<button cv-on = "click:click(event)">click me!</button>
Clickable.js
import { rawquire } from 'rawquire/rawquire.macro';
import { View } from 'curvature/base/View';
class Clickable extends View
{
constructor()
{
super();
this.template = rawquire('./clickable.html');
}
click(event)
{
alert('button clicked!');
}
}
Or, for anonymous views:
import { View } from 'curvature/base/View';
const view = View.from(`<button cv-on = "click:click(event)">click me!</button>`);
view.click = (event) => {
alert('button clicked!');
};
If the event & method names match, you can just specify it once.
import { View } from 'curvature/base/View';
const view = View.from(`<button cv-on = "click(event)">click me!</button>`);
view.click = (event) => {
alert('button clicked!');
};
Multiple listeners may be provided in a ";" separated list:
import { View } from 'curvature/base/View';
const view = View.from(`<button cv-on = "click(event);hover(event)">click me!</button>`);
view.click = (event) => {
alert('button clicked!');
};
view.hover = (event) => {
console.log('button hovered!');
};