Light JavaScript components

[fomkin]

Web Components fell short of expectations.

1. Most of components are extremely heavy
2. Low browsers support
3. API is complicated

We should add an our own component API to empower JavaScript interoperability.

[fomkin]

Requirements:

1. It should be lightweight. 1 Kb is top limit
2. Allow to define custom elements
3. Interop using DOM and events
4. No additional Scala code to write

[s0kil]

@fomkin I wanted to mention Svelte for inspiration because it satisfies most of the requirements mentioned.

[fomkin]

@s0kil Interesting. I've know about Svelte and know the the project philosofy is close to Korolev but I thought it locked up inside. I mean it's not confirm third requirement about DOM interopability.

But now, after your comment I found this project https://github.com/gojutin/svelte-custom-element

The Svelte compiler provides the option to compile to a custom element (web component). This allows you to use most of the niceties of Svelte to create your custom elements, which can be a nice alternative to the general class-based approach.

Looks like I need to dig deeper. Maybe Svelte is a good solution.

[s0kil]

@fomkin This 'component API' that you have mentioned will it also be transported via WebSockets on demand? Or will it be compiled with the Korolev run-time JS bundle?

[fomkin]

@s0kil I do not know. There is no design of light components for now. Of course first option is better.