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Barebone base for building Hypermedia-driven applications

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hydrofoil-shell

UI-agnostic base element which can be used to build hypermedia-driven single page applications.

Implemented using lit-element

Installation

yarn add @hydrofoil/hydrofoil-shell

Usage

<hydrofoil-shell>

The core element, which manages a state (single resource representation).

This element is abstract. It does not:

  • handle of client-server interaction (doesn't load the resource)
  • does not render any shell UI
  • delegates the rending of resource representations to <lit-view> element

Using the element

In order to actually deploy a shell element simple steps are required:

  1. inherit from the base
  2. implement loadResourceInternal
  3. override renderMain to create some core app UI

Here's an example of how this would be done

import HydrofoilShell from '@hydrofoil-shell/hydrofoil-shell/hydrofoil-shell'
import {customElement, html} from 'lit-element'

@customElement('my-app-shell')
export default class MyAppShell extends HydrofoilShell {
  renderMain () {
    // call base to keep using <lit-view> to render the actual resource
    return html`
      <nav>Some static menu</nav>
      <section class=main>
        ${base.renderMain()}
      </section>
      <footer>Footer element</footer>
    `
  }

  loadResourceInternal (uri) {
    return fetch(uri)
  }
}

The base shell element does not implement the actual loading so that it's not being coupled with a single client library or API implementation. Still, instead of repeating the load method every time you should build a hydrofoil application, a mixin can be used instead to reuse the logic for loading the resources.

For example, Hydra APIs can be consumed by mixing in alcaeus-loader

+import AlcaeusLoader from '@hydrofoil-shell/alcaeus-loader`

@customElement('my-app-shell')
-export default class MyAppShell extends HydrofoilShell {
+export default class MyAppShell extends AlcaeusLoader(HydrofoilShell) {

-  loadResourceInternal (uri) {
-    return fetch(uri)
-  }
}

<hydrofoil-multi-resource-view>

A helper element, which helps manage multiple resource. Just as the base shell element, it only serves as a skeleton and needs to be inherited to actually serve as a presentation layer.

For examples check out the material design implementations hydrofoil-resource-tabs and hydrofoil-resource-accordion.

Usage

The element is controlled by standard DOM events. To add a resource to the ones displayed dispatch hydrofoil-append-resource from any child element.

child.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('hydrofoil-append-resource', {
  bubbles: true,
  composed: true,
  detail: {
    parent: currentResource,
    resource: nextResource,
  },
}))

Both parent and resource are mandatory. If parent is not the topmost resource on the stack all its current children will be replaced with nextResource.

To remove an element from the stack, dispatch hydrofoil-close-resource. This will also remove any other resources higher on the stack.

child.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('hydrofoil-append-resource', {
  bubbles: true,
  composed: true,
  detail: {
    resource: removedResource,
  },
}))
Examples
Before event After Note
1. resA hydrofoil-append-resource
- parent: resA
- resource: resB
1. resA
2. resB
Add resB to stack
1. resA
2. resB
hydrofoil-append-resource
- parent: resA
- resource: resC
1. resA
2. resC
Replace resB with resC
1. resA
2. resC
hydrofoil-append-resource
- parent: resC
- resource: resD
1. resA
2. resC
3. resD
Further append resD
1. resA
2. resC
3. resD
hydrofoil-close-resource
- resource: resC
1. resA Remove resC which also discards resD

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Version

Dependencies

  • @babel/core#^7.4.4
  • @babel/preset-env#^7.4.4
  • @lit-any/lit-any#^0.8.1
  • ld-navigation#^0.5.2
  • lit-element#^2.0.0
Released
2019-05-08
Maturity
IMPORTED
License
MIT License

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Framework
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Browser Independent

hydrofoil-shell - Vaadin Add-on Directory

Barebone base for building Hypermedia-driven applications hydrofoil-shell - Vaadin Add-on Directory
# hydrofoil-shell UI-agnostic base element which can be used to build hypermedia-driven single page applications. Implemented using [`lit-element`][le] [le]: https://lit-element.polymer-project.org ## Installation ``` yarn add @hydrofoil/hydrofoil-shell ``` ## Usage ### `` The core element, which manages a state (single [resource representation][rr]). This element is abstract. It does not: * handle of client-server interaction (doesn't load the resource) * does not render any shell UI * delegates the rending of resource representations to [`` element][la] [rr]: https://restful-api-design.readthedocs.io/en/latest/resources.html [la]: https://lit-any.hypermedia.app/?selectedKind=lit-view&selectedStory=basic&full=0&addons=1&stories=1&panelRight=1&addonPanel=storybooks%2Fstorybook-addon-knobs #### Using the element In order to actually deploy a shell element simple steps are required: 1. inherit from the base 1. implement `loadResourceInternal` 1. override `renderMain` to create some core app UI Here's an example of how this would be done ```js import HydrofoilShell from '@hydrofoil-shell/hydrofoil-shell/hydrofoil-shell' import {customElement, html} from 'lit-element' @customElement('my-app-shell') export default class MyAppShell extends HydrofoilShell { renderMain () { // call base to keep using to render the actual resource return html`
${base.renderMain()}
Footer element
` } loadResourceInternal (uri) { return fetch(uri) } } ``` The base shell element does not implement the actual loading so that it's not being coupled with a single client library or API implementation. Still, instead of repeating the load method every time you should build a hydrofoil application, a mixin can be used instead to reuse the logic for loading the resources. For example, Hydra APIs can be consumed by mixing in [`alcaeus-loader`][al] ```diff +import AlcaeusLoader from '@hydrofoil-shell/alcaeus-loader` @customElement('my-app-shell') -export default class MyAppShell extends HydrofoilShell { +export default class MyAppShell extends AlcaeusLoader(HydrofoilShell) { - loadResourceInternal (uri) { - return fetch(uri) - } } ``` [al]: https://github.com/hypermedia-app/alcaeus-loader ### `` A helper element, which helps manage multiple resource. Just as the base shell element, it only serves as a skeleton and needs to be inherited to actually serve as a presentation layer. For examples check out the material design implementations [`hydrofoil-resource-tabs`][hr-tabs] and [`hydrofoil-resource-accordion`][hr-accordion]. [hr-tabs]: https://github.com/hypermedia-app/hydrofoil-paper-shell/blob/master/hydrofoil-resource-tabs.ts [hr-accordion]: https://github.com/hypermedia-app/hydrofoil-paper-shell/blob/master/hydrofoil-resource-accordion.ts #### Usage The element is controlled by standard DOM events. To add a resource to the ones displayed dispatch `hydrofoil-append-resource` from any child element. ```js child.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('hydrofoil-append-resource', { bubbles: true, composed: true, detail: { parent: currentResource, resource: nextResource, }, })) ``` Both `parent` and `resource` are mandatory. If `parent` is not the topmost resource on the stack all its current children will be replaced with `nextResource`. To remove an element from the stack, dispatch `hydrofoil-close-resource`. This will also remove any other resources higher on the stack. ```js child.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('hydrofoil-append-resource', { bubbles: true, composed: true, detail: { resource: removedResource, }, })) ``` ##### Examples | Before | event | After | Note | | -- | -- | -- | -- | | 1. resA | hydrofoil-append-resource
- parent: resA
- resource: resB | 1. resA
2. resB | Add `resB` to stack | | 1. resA
2. resB | hydrofoil-append-resource
- parent: resA
- resource: resC | 1. resA
2. resC | Replace `resB` with `resC` | | 1. resA
2. resC | hydrofoil-append-resource
- parent: resC
- resource: resD | 1. resA
2. resC
3. resD | Further append `resD` | 1. resA
2. resC
3. resD | hydrofoil-close-resource
- resource: resC | 1. resA | Remove `resC` which also discards `resD` |
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hydrofoil-shell version 0.1.0
### Dependencies * @lit-any/lit-any#^0.8.0 * ld-navigation#^0.5.0-a1 * lit-element#^2.0.0-rc.5

hydrofoil-shell version 0.1.1
### Dependencies * @lit-any/lit-any#^0.8.1 * ld-navigation#^0.5.2 * lit-element#^2.0.0

hydrofoil-shell version 0.2.0
### Dependencies * @babel/core#^7.4.4 * @babel/preset-env#^7.4.4 * @lit-any/lit-any#^0.8.1 * ld-navigation#^0.5.2 * lit-element#^2.0.0

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