Hooks for the Backend
Blueprint is a middleware for Express that syncs frontend state to your backend so you can build server-hooks rather than endpoints. Server-side hooks operate just like React hooks. They have access to your frontend state, execute on dependency changes, trigger re-renders, and are type-safe. Building with server-side hooks allows devs to create complex applications with straightforward code. See the documentation site for more.
Code:
//server
import {app, useState, useQuery} from "blueprint-server";
const area = (width: number, height: number) =>
width * height;
const myApp = app(() => {
const width$ = useState("width", 10);
const height$ = useState("height", 15);
const area$ = useQuery(area, [width$, height$]);
return {
name: "myApp",
state: [width$, height$],
queries: [area$]
};
});
export default myApp;
//frontend
import {app, state, query} from "blueprint-react";
const MyApp = app("myApp");
const useWidth = state<number>("myApp", "width");
const useHeight = state<number>("myApp", "height");
const useArea = query<number>("myApp", "area");
const UI = () => {
const [width, setWidth] = useWidth();
const [height, setHeight] = useHeight();
const [area] = useArea();
return (
<MyApp>
<input defaultValue={width} onChange={e => setWidth(e.target.value)} />
<input defaultValue={height} onChange={e => setHeight(e.target.value)} />
<div>Area of Rectangle: {area}</div>
</MyApp>
);
};See the live example at blueprint-docs.readthedocs.io.
Get started by following this tutorial.
Blueprint welcomes all contributors. Contributions can take many forms - bug fixes, enhancements, tests, issues, feedback, etc. Please reach out to Steven at steven.m.wexler@gmail.com.