👯 SuperModel.js 👯

Harness the power of proxies!

• +: no depencies
• +: small size, SuperModel.min.js is ~4.5kb uncompressed
• -: only works in environments supporting Proxy

you can install from npm: npm install --save super-model-js

API

• SuperModel( data = {}, emitter = SuperModel.emitter(), store = new Map() ) - create a new model
• .on(type, func), .once(type, func)- model event listener
• .on[type](func), .once[type](func)- event listener, type as function property
• .emit(type, ...values)- emit an event with values
• .emit[type](...values)- emit, event type as a function property
• .emitAsync(type, ...values)- emit an event with values (non-blocking)
• .del(key)- delete model property
• model(key, =val)- shorthand function based property get/set
• model({...props})- update properties with an object
• model[prop]- get/set model property
• model.async[prop]- get/set model property using promises
• model.valid(key, =validator)- make a property validate-able by adding a validator func/RegExp
• model.valid[prop]- set - prop validator func/RegExp, get - run validator and get bool result
• .sync(obj, key, modelProperty = key)- set and update a model property on an object
• .sync.stop(obj, key)- stop syncing a model property on an object
• .store()- Map containing all model properties
• .toJSON() - Get all model.store properties as JSON
• .toJSONArray() - Get all model.store properties as "[[key, val], ...]"
• .has(key)- checks whether model.store has a certain key
• .emitter()- just the event emitting part of the model

Learn By Example

Async/Await Values

  // view.js
  const model = SuperModel()
  feed.render(await model.async.news)

  // news.js
  model.news = await (await fetch('/latest')).json()

  // psst... it also works if you simply assign a promise as is
  model.news = (await fetch('/latest')).json()

Data Binding

  <textarea id=txtarea>type something...</textarea>
  <article id=txtdisplay></article>

const input = document.querySelector('#txtarea')
const output = document.querySelector('#txtdisplay')

const model = SuperModel()
model.sync.msg(input)
model.sync.msg(output, 'innerText')

Validate Properties

  const model = SuperModel()
  model.valid.username = /^[a-zA-Z0-9._]{3,55}$/g
  model.username = '**Bad Username**'
  model.valid.username // -> false
  model.valid('username') // -> false


  model.ui = {...someUIcomponent}

  model.valid.ui = ui => !ui.hidden && ui.userlist.includes(model.username)
  // or
  model.valid('ui', ui => !ui.hidden && ui.userlist.includes(model.username))

  model.valid.ui // -> bool


  // listen for validation event
  model.on('validate:username', isValid => {
    // ...
  })
  // or
  model.on.validate((propName, isValid) => {
    if (propName === 'username') {
      // ...
    }
  })

Emit Events

more or less node.js style events

  const model = SuperModel()

  model.on.myevent((...values) => {
    // ... do something
    console.log(...values)
  })

  model.emit.myevent('new', 'values')
  // or
  model.emit('myevent', 'newer', 'values')

stop event listeners

  const model = SuperModel()

  const off = model.on.happening(() => {})
  off() // no longer happening

Mutations

internally all values are stored in a map

  const model = SuperModel()
  model.store // -> Map{"key":"value"}

  // set
  model('key', 'value')
  model({ key: 'value' })
  model.key = 'value'

  // get
  model('key') // -> val
  model.key // -> val
  model.async.key // -> promise.then(val => {...})

  // delete
  model.del('key')
  delete model.key

listening to mutation events

there are 3 mutation types set, get, del
model.on('type:key', val => {})
model.on('type', (key, val) => {})

  const model = SuperModel()

  model.on('set:existentialism', val => {
    // render to dom or something...
  })
  // or
  model.on.set((key, val) => {
    if (key === 'existentialism') {
      // ...
    }
  })

  model.existentialism = 'What ever matters to you.'

other things

sync model values with other objects
.sync(obj, key, modelProperty = key),
.sync.stop(obj, key)

  const model = SuperModel()
  model({ PhilosophyOfTheDay: 'pragmatism' })

  const PHODelement = document.querySelector('#PHOD')

  // this keeps obj[key] updated with model[prop]
  model.sync(PHODelement, 'textContent', 'PhilosophyOfTheDay')

  if (nolongerToday) {
    // this will update the element's text
    model.PhilosophyOfTheDay = 'nominalism'
  } else if (fedUpWithPositivism) {
    model.PhilosophyOfTheDay = 'critical-realism'
  }

  // stop syncing
  model.sync.stop(PHODelement, 'textContent')

.emitAsync is the same as .emit
it's just less slightly blocking by running the event loop
and each event listener in a setTimeout(ln, 0)

  const model = SuperModel()
  model.emitAsync('evtType', ...['values'])