DOMK

Powerful DOM toolkit

Installation

npm install domk --save

Why domk ?

Domk is made for small and medium projects.
Domk is the best fit for SSR projects.
No boilerplate, principle, configuration needed.
With Domk you can manipulate DOM easier and more flexible.
Domk is an alternative for jQuery or static template engines.
Domk is very compact, only 3kb after GZiped

Getting started

Let's create simple clock app

import domk from "domk";
 
document.body.innerHTML = `<h1></h1>`;
 
// create date formatter
const formatter = new Intl.DateTimeFormat("en", {
  hour12: true,
  hour: "numeric",
  minute: "2-digit",
  second: "2-digit",
});
 
const Clock = domk.one(
  // select h1 element, the first argument is query selector text
  // if there are many h1 elements in the document,
  // the first one will be selected because we call domk.one()
  // using domk.all() to update multiple matched elements at once
  "h1",
  // define updates for selected elements
  function () {
    return {
      // update element text
      text: formatter.format(new Date()),
    };
  }
);
 
// call Clock.update every 1 second
setInterval(Clock.update, 1000);

We can make the above example more compact

setInterval(
  domk.one("h1", () => ({ text: new Date().toString() })).update,
  1000
);

Click counter app

import domk from "domk";
 
let count = 0;
let Counter;
 
document.body.innerHTML = `<button></button>`;
 
function handleClick() {
  count++;
  Counter.update(count);
}
 
Counter = domk.one(
  "button",
  // model is value of count
  function (model) {
    return {
      text: model
        ? `Clicked ${model} ${model === 1 ? "time" : "times"}`
        : "Click here",
      // define event listeners
      on: {
        // click event
        click: handleClick,
      },
    };
  }
);
 
Counter.update(count);

List rendering

In this example, we create a list of youtube links, Domk does not generate HTML tags automatically (like React, Angular do), We must provide some existing tags, those will be used for templating

let cats = [
  { id: "J---aiyznGQ", name: "Keyboard Cat" },
  { id: "z_AbfPXTKms", name: "Maru" },
  { id: "OUtn3pvWmpg", name: "Henri The Existential Cat" },
];
 
// UL is list container
// The first child of UL will be used for templating
document.body.innerHTML = `
<h1>The Famous Cats of YouTube</h1>
<!-- UL is list container -->
<ul>
  <li>
    <a target="_blank" ></a>
  </li>
</ul>
`;
 
// define Cat component, no update() call needed
// when the Cat component is created, it is just like a template
// it will be called later on by another component
const Cat = domk.one("a", (cat) => ({
  href: `https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=${cat.id}`,
  text: `${cat.index}: ${cat.name}`,
}));
 
domk
  .one("ul", (cats) => ({
    children: {
      // define model for children
      model: cats.map((cat, index) => ({ ...cat, index: index + 1 })),
      // each child element will be updated by Cat component
      update: Cat,
    },
  }))
  .update(cats);

Benchmark

Advanced Usages

References

domk(options)

Create a new Domk component with specified options.

options (optional): A plain object has following properties
- model (optional): A function returns current model or a model object
- container (optional): A dom node or query selector string. By default, domk uses document as container
return: Domk component

const mutableTodos = [];
let immutableTodos = [];
 
domk({ model: mutableTodos });
domk({ model: () => immutableTodos });
domk({ container: "#app" });
domk({ container: document.body });

domk.one(selector, updateFn) & domk.all(selector, updateFn)

Query single (domk.one) or multiple elements (domk.all) and apply updating specs to matched elements.

selector: A valid query selector string that can be used to querySelector() and querySelectorAll()
updateFn: A function retrieves 2 arguments model and context and returns updating specs.

Domk component

An object contains all update specs for specified element

.one(selector, updateFn) & Domk.all(selector, updateFn)

Perform the same as domk.all and domk.one

.update()

Domk.update(model, container)
Domk.update(container)

model()

model(props)
model(props, reducer)
model(reducer)

domk.nested()

domk.nested(modelFn)

domk.children()

domk.children(modelFn)
domk.children(modelFn, component)
domk.children(modelFn, updateFn)
domk.children(modelFn, keyFn, component)
domk.children(modelFn, keyFn, updateFn)

Updating specs

A plain object has following properties

id

Update element id attribute

domk.one("div", () => ({ id: "new-id" })).update();

<div id="new-id"></div>

name

Update element name attribute

class

Update element class. A value can be string or class map object.

let isVisible = false;
domk.one("div.box1", () => ({ class: { hide: !isVisible } })).update();
domk
  .one("div.box2", () => ({ class: isVisible ? "visible" : "invisible" }))
  .update();

<div class="box1 hide"></div>
<div class="box2 invisible"></div>

domk does not remove original classes (box1, box2), it just append updated classes (hide, visible, invisible)

style

Update element style. A value can be string or style map object.

domk.one("div.box1", () => ({ style: "font-weight: bold" })).update();
domk.one("div.box2", () => ({ style: { opacity: 0.5 } })).update();

<div class="box1" style="font-weight: bold"></div>
<div class="box2" style="opacity: 0.5"></div>

domk does not add browser prefixes automatically

selected

Update selected property of option element

checked

Update checked property of input element

disabled

Update disabled property of input element

value

Update value property of input element

href

Update href attribute of anchor element

text

Update textContent property of html element

domk.one("div", { text: "<strong>This is formatted text</strong>" }).update();

<div>&lt;strong&gt;This is formatted text&lt;/strong&gt;</div>

html

Update innerHTML property of html element

domk.one("div", { html: "<strong>This is formatted text</strong>" }).update();

<div><strong>This is formatted text</strong></div>

init

An init value for a current node. Init value can be function, Node object or HTML string.

A function retrieves current node object as first argument.
HTML string: Node contents will be replaced with given value.
Node object: Clone of given node will be appended to current node.

domk
  .one("div.box1", { init: "<strong>This is formatted text</strong>" })
  .update();
 
domk.one("div.box2", { init: document.querySelector("#content") }).update();
 
const Box3 = domk.one("div.box3", {
  init(node) {
    console.log(node.innerHTML); // Box 3 contents
  },
});
 
// init action invoked once
Box3.update();
Box3.update();
Box3.update();

<div id="content"><button>Click me</button></div>
 
<div class="box1"><strong>This is formatted text</strong></div>
 
<div class="box2">
  <div id="content"><button>Click me</button></div>
</div>
 
<div class="box3">Box 3 contents</div>

on

Update event listeners

domk
  .one("div", {
    on: {
      click() {
        alert("Hi there");
      },
      mouseover(e) {
        console.log("You are hovering", e.target);
      },
      mouseout(e) {
        console.log("You leave", e.target);
      },
    },
  })
  .update();

prop

Update multiple properties at once

domk.one("button", { prop: { disabled: true, value: "Click me" } }).update();

attr

Update multiple attributes at once

domk.one("a", {
  attr: {
    href: "http://google.com",
    title: "Click me",
  },
});

children

Update the child node of the current node according to the specified model.

domk
  .one(".list1", {
    children: {
      model: [1, 2, 3],
      update: (number) => ({ text: number }),
    },
  })
  .update();
 
domk
  .one(".list2", (letters) => ({
    children: {
      model: letters,
      update: (letter) => ({ text: letter }),
    },
  }))
  .update(["A", "B", "C"]);

Before updating

<ul class="list1">
  <!-- LI element is used to templating -->
  <li></li>
</ul>
 
<ul class="list2">
  <!-- LI element is used to templating -->
  <li></li>
</ul>

After updating

<ul class="list1">
  <li>1</li>
  <li>2</li>
  <li>3</li>
</ul>
 
<ul class="list2">
  <li>A</li>
  <li>B</li>
  <li>C</li>
</ul>

Dependencies

Nothing

domk