/jquery-components

A jQuery plugin for HTML/JS components.

MIT LicenseMIT

jQuery Components

Somewhere between a basic jQuery enhanced page and a full-blown Angular website lives a area that jquery-components hopes to fill. For those that want to roll their own SPA website and just want an easier way to make resuable bits of functionality, jquery-components might be for you.

Project Status

Alpha. Right now this is just a proof of concept. I don't have a need for this at the moment and so the project will likely stay dormant until that need arises.

Background

The patterns used in jquery-components are similar to the component support in KnockoutJS.

Example

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" />

    <title>jQuery Components Sample</title>
</head>
<body>
    <h1>Hello jQuery Components</h1>
    <div id="component"></div>

    <script type="text/template" id="comp1">
        <h1>Component 1</h1>
        <button>Click Me!</button>
    </script>

    <script type="text/template" id="comp2">
        <h1>Component 2</h1>
    </script>

    <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.12.4/jquery.min.js"></script>
    <script src="jquery-components.js"></script>
    <script>
        // Comp1 View Model
        function Comp1($el) {
            // $el is a jQuery object of the component being inserted
            this.afterAppend = function () {
                // Automatically called when the component is appended to the DOM
            };
            this.beforeRemove = function () {
                // Automatically called when the component is about to be removed from the DOM (disposed)
            }

            // Within the component, do any jQuery you want.
            $el.click(function () {
                // Bind the '#component' div to component 2. This will cause jquery-components
                // to remove 'comp1' from the DOM, clone template 'comp2', pass it to a new instance
                // of Comp2 view model, and inject it into the DOM.
                $('#component').component('comp2');
            });
        }

        // Register components
        $.components.register('comp1', {
            viewModel: Comp1,
            template: { selector: '#comp1' }
        });

        $.components.register('comp2', {
            template: { selector: '#comp2' }
        });

        // Bind component 1. This will cause jquery-components to clone template 'comp1', pass it
        // to a new instance of the Comp1 view model, and inject it into the DOM.
        $('#component').component('comp1');

    </script>
</body>
</html>

Components are registered using the $.components.register function and a template and view model are specified. Then using the $().component() function on a host element, the template is cloned, passed to a new view model instance, and then injected into the DOM.

License

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2017 Jacob Slusser, https://github.com/jacobslusser

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.