Build dom structure easy way with plain JavaScript. Can be used on both client and server side.
$ npm install domjs
To port it to Browser or any other (non CJS) environment, use your favorite CJS bundler. No favorite yet? Try: Browserify, Webmake or Webpack
What would be the easiest, most intuitive way to build html5 DOM tree with plain JavaScript ?
var mytemplate = function () {
header(
h1('Heading'),
h2('Subheading'));
nav(
ul({ 'class': 'breadcrumbs' },
li(a({ href: '/' }, 'Home')),
li(a({ href: '/section/'}, 'Section')),
li(a('Subject'))));
article(
p('Lorem ipsum...'));
footer('Footer stuff');
};This is how templates for domjs can be written.
Plain domjs usage example:
var domjs = require('domjs')(document);
var ns = domjs.ns;
var dom = domjs.collect(function () {
ns.header(
ns.h1('Heading'),
ns.h2('Subheading'));
ns.nav(
ns.ul({ 'class': 'breadcrumbs' },
ns.li(a({ href: '/' }, 'Home')),
ns.li(a({ href: '/section/'}, 'Section')),
ns.li(a('Subject'))));
ns.article(
ns.p('Lorem ipsum...'));
ns.footer('Footer stuff');
});
document.body.appendChild(dom); // Insert generated DOM into document bodyTo use domjs functions literally as in first example, you will need to prepare dedicated function wrapper (either programmatically or manually) as e.g. following:
var myTemplate = (function () {}
var { article, footer, h1, h2, header, li, nav, p, ul } = ns;
return function () {
header(
h1('Heading'),
h2('Subheading'));
nav(
ul({ 'class': 'breadcrumbs' },
li(a({ href: '/' }, 'Home')),
li(a({ href: '/section/'}, 'Section')),
li(a('Subject'))));
article(
p('Lorem ipsum...'));
footer('Footer stuff');
};
}());
var dom = domjs.collect(myTemplate);You can create custom elements:
var myCustomElement = domjs.ns.myCustomElement = domjs.ns.element.bind(domjs, 'my-custom-element');Optionally you may also provide some custom constructor or methods for that element:
// This has to be defined before any `my-custom-element` is created by domjs
require('domjs/ext')['my-custom-element'] = {
_construct: function (/* constuctor args */) {},
methodA: function () { ... }
};You can save references to elements and operate on them later:
var myul = ul(li('one'), li('two'), li('three'));
// ... some code ...
// add extra items to myul
myul(li('four'), li('five'));
// append myul into other element
div(myul);You can access DOM elements directly, just invoke returned function with no arguments
(myul() instanceof DOMElement) === trueComment type nodes:
comment('my comment');CDATA type nodes
cdata('cdata text');Text nodes in main scope:
text('my text');Elements with names that are reserved keywords in JavaScript language, like 'var', should be created with preceding underscore added to its name:
_var('var content');
$ npm test
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