npm install armature --save
No longer maintained! I've transitioned to using React in projects where I would previously use Armature. State updates are simpler and less explicit, and lots of companies back it!
Armature is a modern component model targeted at TypeScript and ES2015+ workflows. It runs in browsers and servers alike, allowing for a full-featured isomorphic view system without the complexity of larger frameworks.
Armature leverages the power of classes, decorators, and template strings to reduce API surface and improve interoperability.
Armature releases are compiled to ES5 and should run on any compliant ES5 runtime.
import * as Armature from "armature";
console.log(Armature.Component) // yay
const Armature = require("armature");
console.log(Armature.Component) // yay
Armature is exposed as Armature
when no module system is detected.
console.log(Armature.Component); // yay
All examples are written in ES2015 plus decorators, which is also valid TypeScript
Components start with classes that extend Armature's base Component
. They're decorated to include data about the component.
import { Component, Properties } from "armature";
const template = (component) => `
We have this name: ${ component.$data.name }
<button class="alert">Alert!</button>
`;
@Properties({
tag: "hello-world",
template: template
})
class HelloWorld extends Component {
$hydrate() {
super.$hydrate();
const button = this.$element.querySelector("button.alert");
button.addEventListener("click", e => {
alert("The alert button was pressed!");
});
}
}
We can then instantiate and use the component:
const hello = new HelloWorld({
name: "Hello, world!"
});
// reify: manifest this component as an HTML element
hello.$reify();
document.body.appendChild(hello.$element);
Download the source, and then install dependencies and their typings using typings:
npm install
typings install
Use npm run build
to build the source once, or use npm run dev
to continuously rebuild the source as it changes.
Tests can be run on both Node.js and via Karma using npm test
.