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Components switching with DML

#dml #javascript

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With DML, switching components is very easy, choose a base point, and 'call' your component.

    function Home () {
      let home = div("HOME", cssComp);
      selectBase(div('', 'margin-left:20px'));
        print(`
        <br >
              DML doesn't interrupt your coding flow.... 
        `)
      unselectBase();
    }

    let Todo = () => {
      let todo = selectBase(div("TODOS...", cssComp));
      ul(["Task One", "Task Two"])
      unselectBase();
    }

    function Counter () {
      let counter = div("COUNTER", cssComp);
      selectBase(counter);
        let value = div("0");
        button("inc").onclick = () => 
          value.innerText = Number(value.innerText) + 1;
        button("dec").onclick = () => 
          value.innerText = Number(value.innerText) - 1;
      unselectBase()
    }


    function cleanElt (elt) {
       while(elt.firstChild) {
        elt.removeChild(elt.firstChild);
       }
    }

    function router(component) {
      selectBase(main)
        cleanElt(main);
        component();
      unselectBase();
    }

    function Navbar () {
      selectBase(div('', cssNavbar))
        button("Home",cssButton ).onclick = () => router(Home);
        button("Todo", cssButton).onclick = () => router(Todo);
        button("Counter", cssButton).onclick = () => router(Counter);
      unselectBase();
    }

    Navbar();

    let main = div('', cssContainer);

    router(Home);
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You can test it here : ComponentsSwitcher

<html lang="de">
  <head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>title</title>
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <script src="https://efpage.de/DML/DML_homepage/lib/DML-min.js"></script>
  </head>
  <body> 
  <script> 
    const cssComp = `
      text-align:center;
      font-size:32px;
      color:white;
    `;

    const cssContainer =  `
      background:#344053;
      height: calc(100vh - 70px);
      color:white;
      padding-top: 30px;
    `;

    const  cssButton = `
      color:black;
      line-height: 2rem;
      border: 1px solid transparent
      margin-right: 5px;
      cursor: pointer;
    `

    const cssNavbar = `
      background: rgba(0,0,12,0.4);
      border-bottom: 2px solid white;
    `

    function Home () {
      let home = div("HOME", cssComp);
      selectBase(div('', 'margin-left:20px'));
        print(`
        <br >
              DML doesn't interrupt your coding flow.... 
        `)
      unselectBase();
    }

    let Todo = () => {
      let todo = selectBase(div("TODOS...", cssComp));
      ul(["Task One", "Task Two"])
      unselectBase();
    }

    function Counter () {
      let counter = div("COUNTER", cssComp);
      selectBase(counter);
        let value = div("0");
        button("inc").onclick = () => 
          value.innerText = Number(value.innerText) + 1;
        bdec = button("dec").onclick = () => 
          value.innerText = Number(value.innerText) - 1;
      unselectBase()
    }



   function Tree () {
    print("From the offical site : ")
    br()
    let base = selectBase(div("", "width:350px;margin:0 auto"))
    let canvas = canvas2D()
    let cx = canvas.ctx

    // recursion
    function branch(length, angle, scale, level) {
      cx.fillRect(0, 0, .1 * length, length);
      let r=constrain(level*25,0,255)
      cx.fillStyle = "rgb("+r+ "," + (255-r)+ ",0)";
      if (level > 10) {  // -> exit
        return;
      }
      cx.save();  
      cx.translate(0, length);  // Draw
      cx.rotate(-angle); branch(length * scale, angle, scale, level + 1);
      cx.rotate(2 * angle); branch(length * scale, angle, scale, level + 1);
      cx.restore();
    }

    // draw graphics
    let w = canvas.width = base.clientWidth 
    canvas.height = w;
    canvas.clear(); cx.translate(w / 2, w); 
    cx.rotate(-3.14152)
    let t;
    branch(base.clientWidth / 7, 0.33, 0.82, 0 , 0.01+0.1*Math.sin(0.1*t++))
    unselectBase()     
   }

    function cleanElt (elt) {
       while(elt.firstChild) {
        elt.removeChild(elt.firstChild);
       }
    }

    function router(component) {
      selectBase(main)
        cleanElt(main);
        component();
      unselectBase();
    }

    function Navbar () {
      selectBase(div('', cssNavbar))
        button("Home",cssButton ).onclick = () => router(Home);
        button("Canvas", cssButton).onclick = () => router(Tree);
        button("Counter", cssButton).onclick = () => router(Counter);
      unselectBase();
    }

    Navbar();

    let main = div('', cssContainer);

    router(Tree); 

 </script>
  </body>
</html>
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Eckehard • • Edited

Very nice example.

For a larger setup it could be helpful to create a Navbar class and put all the functions together there. This will make the Navbar a reusable component.

    // A navbar component class
    function Navbar() { return new _Navbar() }
    class _Navbar {
      constructor() {  // Build an empty div as container
        this.navbar = div('', cssNavbar)
      }
      setTarget(main) {  // attach a content-container
        this.main = main
      }
      addItem(title, route) { // add a new router button
        selectBase(this.navbar)
        button(title, cssButton).onclick = () => this.setRoute(route);
        unselectBase()
      }
      setRoute(component) {  // replace the content
        while (this.main.firstChild)
          this.main.removeChild(this.main.firstChild);
        selectBase(this.main)
        component()  // Create content dynamically
        unselectBase()
      }
    }

    // Create elements
    let nav = Navbar();
    nav.addItem("Home", Home)
    nav.addItem("Canvas", Tree)
    nav.addItem("Counter", Counter)

    nav.setTarget(div('', cssContainer));
    nav.setRoute(Tree)
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There is one little disadvantage in the setup: the "component()" content is created any time the user hit´s a button. This may cause delay for larger content (e.g. a larger Tree) and will reset the state of your panel any time your are switching. And - if the components are not deleted - it may cause a memory leak. After removing elements from the DOM you need to manually delete them (el = Null).

But it is far better to keep the "prerendered" components instead, and make them just not visible. You just need to remove the element from the DOM after creation:

function Navbar() { return new _Navbar() }
    class _Navbar {
      constructor() {
        this.navbar = div('', cssNavbar)
        this.components = {}
      }

      // Set target element
      setTarget(main) {
        this.main = main
      }

      // Add new item to the Navbar
      addItem(title, component) {

        // Create button
        selectBase(this.navbar)
        button(title, cssButton).onclick = () => this.setRoute(component);
        unselectBase()

        // Create content
        let myDiv = selectBase(div())       // create div as a container  
        component()                         // Create content in myDiv
        unselectBase()
        myDiv.parentNode.removeChild(myDiv) // Remove container from the DOM
        this.components[component] = myDiv  // Save container "with content" in **components**
      }

      // Change the content of target element
      setRoute(component) {
        if (this.main.firstChild)
          this.main.replaceChild(this.components[component], this.main.firstChild)
        else
          this.main.append(this.components[component])
      }

    }
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Now you just switch your working "components" instead of calling component() again. This will preserve the state of the individual components while switching and ist much faster.

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artydev •

Thank you very Eckehard
Using Class is indeed a nice way to create complex compone nt
I must use them a little more
The like very much the idea of prerendering components to preserve states
Thanks again
Regard

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Eckehard •

Classes are not that hard to use. Making code reusable is always a bit harder, but as you see, there is a natural transistion for procedural code to class based code. In fact, it´s a common practice to start with procedural code and create the classes later. You often will see some global definitions that prevent your code from being reused easily. That´s a good point to start rebuilding your app.

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