Brickrouge.js

Brickrouge.js creates interoperable custom elements—or widgets—from HTML elements. Because the HTML is already there, widgets come to life seamlessly for the user, without bump or refresh.

The special attribute brickrouge-is is used to recognize Brickrouge widgets from classic HTML elements, it defines the name of the widget factory.

Brickrouge.js is framework agnostic.

Usage

The following example demonstrates how to create a widget that creates a copy of itself when its button is pressed.

<div brickrouge-is="copy"><button>copy</button></div>

!function(Brickrouge) {

	// Defining a private constructor
	function Copy(element, options)
	{
		element
		.querySelector('button')
		.addEventListener('click', function() {
			var copy = element.cloneNode(true)
			, parent = element.parentNode

			parent.insertBefore(copy, element)
			parent.insertBefore(element, copy)
		}, false)
	}

	// Registering factory for 'copy' widgets
	Brickrouge.register('copy', (element, options) => {
		return new Copy(element, options)
	})

} (Brickrouge)

Running Brickrouge

Brickrouge.run() is used to run Brickrouge. The DOM is observed for mutations and widgets found in document.body are built.

The best way to invoke the method is as a DOM ready callback:

document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', Brickrouge.run)

The MutationObserver interface—or DOM polling if it's not available—is used to automatically build new widgets.

Events

A widget has been built

The widget event is fired after a widget has been built.

/**
 * @param {Brickrouge.WidgetEvent} ev
 * @listens Brickrouge#widget
 */
Brickrouge.observeWidget(ev => {

    console.log('A widget has been built:', ev.widget)

})

The DOM was updated

The update event is fired after the DOM was updated.

/**
 * @param {Brickrouge.UpdateEvent} ev
 * @listens Brickrouge#update
 */
Brickrouge.observeUpdate(ev => {

    console.log('This fragment updated the DOM:', ev.fragment)
    console.log('These elements are new widgets:', ev.elements)
    console.log('These widgets have been built:', ev.widgets)

})

Note: The event is fired a first time after Brickrouge is ran.

Brickrouge is running

The running event is fired after Brickrouge is ran.

/**
 * @param {Brickrouge.RunningEvent} ev
 * @listens Brickrouge#running
 */
Brickrouge.observeRunning(ev => {

	console.log('Brickrouge is running, we can do stuff')

})

Helpers

• Brickrouge.isWidget(): Whether the element is a widget.

   var element = document.getElementById('my-element')
  
   if (Brickrouge.isWidget(element)
   {
   	console.log('is an widget')
   }
   else
   {
   	console.log('is not a widget')
   }

• Brickrouge.isBuilt(): Whether the widget for this element is built.

   var element = document.getElementById('my-element')
  
   if (Brickrouge.isBuilt(element)
   {
   	console.log('widget is built')
   }
   else
   {
   	console.log('widget is not built, also might not be a widget')
   }

• Brickrouge.uidOf(): Returns the unique identifier associated with an element. If the uniqueNumber property is available it will return it, otherwise it creates a unique identifier of its own.

   var element = document.getElementById('my-element')
  
   console.log('uid:', Brickrouge.uidOf(element))

• Brickrouge.empty(): Removes the children of an element.

   var element = document.getElementById('my-element')
  
   Brickrouge.empty(element)

• Brickrouge.clone(): Clone a custom element, taking care of removing sensitive attributes.

   var element = document.getElementById('my-element')
   var clone = Brickrouge.clone(element)

• Brickrouge.Dataset.from(): Returns the dataset values associated with an element.

   var element = document.getElementById('my-element')
   var dataset = Brickrouge.Dataset.from(element)

• Brickrouge.Widget.from() or Brickrouge.from(): Returns the widget associated with an element and creates it if needed.

   var element = document.getElementById('my-element')
  
   try
   {
   	var widget = Brickrouge.from(element) 
   }
   catch (e)
   {
   	console.log('probably not a widget')
   }

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Build

To build Brickrouge.js you first need to install webpack and the harmony branch of Uglifyjs2, then just use the command make. The files dist/main.js and dist/brickrouge-uncompressed.js should be built.

$ git clone [email protected]:Brickrouge/Brickrouge.js.git
$ cd Brickrouge.js
$ make

License

main.js is licensed under the New BSD License - See the LICENSE file for details.