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MIT License | MIT License |
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crank
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Coroutines in JavaScript for Web Components
If you enjoy this approach, you might enjoy the Crank JS framework. https://crank.js.org/
> Crank uses generator functions to define stateful components. You store state in local variables, and `yield` rather than `return` to keep it around.
- Crank.js, the Just JavaScript Framework
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A Proposal for an asynchronous Rust GUI framework
I'm very interested in seeing if using the commonly implemented forms of compiler support for async programming can also be well used for GUI programming. One wishawa[0] is also perusing this approach in Rust but I first came upon this idea from the crank-js[1] authors. It wasn't clear to me why that one never went anywhere. Was it failure with the approach or was React just a good solution in the space? I can say this though, there's something strikingly elegant about those initial samples of using JavaScript generators for components.
[0]: https://github.com/wishawa/async_ui
[1]: https://github.com/bikeshaving/crank
Take a look at crank.js, a JavaScript framework where components can be written as async functions or as generators. It seems similar to what you're trying to do :)
- UnsuckJS: Progressively enhance HTML with lightweight JavaScript libraries
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Algebraic Effects – You Can Touch This (2019)
Well there's https://crank.js.org that uses native js generators where you would you normally put hooks in. Never used it but looked like a very neat idea.
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What happens if you mix React, Mobx and generators*? Ok, let's do it!
Reminds me of https://github.com/bikeshaving/crank, which was rather fun for a PoC I made a while back.
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Are my components supposed to render multiple times?
Strictly speaking, the framework hides this complexity away, but it still exists and it is the framework that's now paying the extra cost. Of course a framework is allowed, and should, when possible, hide away these things. For example Crank.js uses generators to allow for async Components as first class citizens, https://github.com/bikeshaving/crank, but they're still having to deal with the pitfalls of asynchronous work.
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React State Museum - Examples to help portray the how, why, which, pros, and cons of various state management systems in the React ecosystem
To give the author of https://crank.js.org/ due credit, after reading through the descriptive posts I was impressed by the amount of thought and design that went into it.
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What's New in React 18?
> What do you propose as an alternative?
There are lots of alternatives, but perhaps the simplest would have been to use async generators. This is how Crank[0] (mentioned elsewhere in this thread) works, and it allows you to do anything (AFAIK) that's possible with hooks with a much simpler and more testable API.
> So, sure, there are limitations and rules you have to pay attention to with hooks... but that's just programming.
No, it's not. The biggest problem with React hooks is that they are not composed of transferable knowledge, meaning memorizing these rules and patterns does not transfer outside of React; likewise, I can't use much of the knowledge I have already built up over many years of my career when using hooks. It's the same argument that's made against Rails, where you have to learn tons of Rails-specific idioms (on top of having to understand general concepts like relational database access patterns) instead of just writing code in a way that's more direct and intuitive for anyone.
My brain has limited RAM. The more things I have to keep in my head when developing against an API, the more likely I am to make a mistake. With every release of React, I seem to have to keep more and more of these details in my brain as I work. Contrast this with something like Svelte, where you really only need to fully grok about two concepts to use it effectively. I understand that this is the tradeoff the React team made, but I'm not convinced it's worth it.
[0]: https://crank.js.org/ and https://crank.js.org/blog/introducing-crank
bau
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I'm Done With React
Likewise, done with React. I wrote Bau, an alternative to React in less than 300 lines of code, as well as a css-in-js lib (bau-css), a router (bau-router), and a component library (bau-ui). Check it out at https://github.com/grucloud/bau
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Recommend me a new framework
Check out my reactive ui library called bau, under 2kB, 25 times leaner than react. The philosophy is simple: easy to use and hard to misuse. There is no JSX, no Virtual Dom, no api that requires reading a long guide on how to not misuse it (useEffect can you hear me?). On top of it, there are libs to perform css in js, routers, multi-page app, components library, etc.. Available at https://github.com/grucloud/bau, feedback welcome.
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Styled Components vs Tailwind vs Plain Ol' CSS
I built a css-in-js library under 33 lines of code: bau-css, 25 times smaller than styled-component, it is also much faster as no CSS parsing into an AST is performed. This is accomplished by using the css nested feature of modern browser.
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What's the best option these days for CSS in JS?
Check it out at https://github.com/grucloud/bau/tree/main/bau-css
- Show HN: Bau-CSS: CSS in JavaScript in 33 lines
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bau-css: CSS in JS in 33 lines of code
I'm stoked to announce the release of bau-css, a lean CSS in JS library that simplifies your styling needs. It's just 33 lines of code and offers an API compatible with styled-component emotion. Check it out here: https://github.com/grucloud/bau/tree/main/bau-css
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UnsuckJS: Progressively enhance HTML with lightweight JavaScript libraries
Thanks, I've just added mine called bau, a reactive ui library under 300 lines of code, available at https://github.com/grucloud/bau
What are some alternatives?
js-framework-benchmark - A comparison of the performance of a few popular javascript frameworks
shadcn/ui - Beautifully designed components that you can copy and paste into your apps. Accessible. Customizable. Open Source.
React - The library for web and native user interfaces.
panda - 🐼 Universal, Type-Safe, CSS-in-JS Framework for Product Teams ⚡️
async_ui - Lifetime-Friendly, Component-Based, Retained-Mode UI Powered by Async Rust
vanilla-extract - Zero-runtime Stylesheets-in-TypeScript
ava - Node.js test runner that lets you develop with confidence 🚀
unsuckjs.com - Progressively enhance HTML with lightweight JavaScript libraries.
sucrase - Super-fast alternative to Babel for when you can target modern JS runtimes
wasp - The fastest way to develop full-stack web apps with React & Node.js.
solid - A declarative, efficient, and flexible JavaScript library for building user interfaces.
awesome-python-htmx - A curated list of things related to python-based web development using htmx