A virtual DOM library with a focus on simplicity, modularity, powerful features and performance. --- [![License: MIT](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-brightgreen.svg)](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT) [![Build Status](https://github.com/snabbdom/snabbdom/actions/workflows/test.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/snabbdom/snabbdom/actions/workflows/test.yml) [![npm version](https://badge.fury.io/js/snabbdom.svg)](https://badge.fury.io/js/snabbdom) [![npm downloads](https://img.shields.io/npm/dm/snabbdom.svg)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/snabbdom) [![Join the chat at https://gitter.im/snabbdom/snabbdom](https://badges.gitter.im/Join%20Chat.svg)](https://gitter.im/snabbdom/snabbdom?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=badge&utm_campaign=pr-badge&utm_content=badge) [![Donate to our collective](https://opencollective.com/snabbdom/donate/button@2x.png?color=blue)](https://opencollective.com/snabbdom#section-contribute) Thanks to [Browserstack](https://www.browserstack.com/) for providing access to their great cross-browser testing tools. --- English | [简体中文](./README-zh_CN.md) | [Hindi](./README-in_HN.md) ## Introduction Virtual DOM is awesome. It allows us to express our application's view as a function of its state. But existing solutions were way too bloated, too slow, lacked features, had an API biased towards OOP , and/or lacked features I needed. Snabbdom consists of an extremely simple, performant, and extensible core that is only ≈ 200 SLOC. It offers a modular architecture with rich functionality for extensions through custom modules. To keep the core simple, all non-essential functionality is delegated to modules. You can mold Snabbdom into whatever you desire! Pick, choose, and customize the functionality you want. Alternatively you can just use the default extensions and get a virtual DOM library with high performance, small size, and all the features listed below. ## Features - Core features - About 200 SLOC – you could easily read through the entire core and fully understand how it works. - Extendable through modules. - A rich set of hooks available, both per vnode and globally for modules, to hook into any part of the diff and patch process. - Splendid performance. Snabbdom is among the fastest virtual DOM libraries. - Patch function with a function signature equivalent to a reduce/scan function. Allows for easier integration with a FRP library. - Features in modules - `h` function for easily creating virtual DOM nodes. - [SVG _just works_ with the `h` helper](#svg). - Features for doing complex CSS animations. - Powerful event listener functionality. - [Thunks](#thunks) to optimize the diff and patch process even further. - [JSX support, including TypeScript types](#jsx) - Third party features - Server-side HTML output provided by [snabbdom-to-html](https://github.com/acstll/snabbdom-to-html). - Compact virtual DOM creation with [snabbdom-helpers](https://github.com/krainboltgreene/snabbdom-helpers). - Template string support using [snabby](https://github.com/jamen/snabby). - Virtual DOM assertion with [snabbdom-looks-like](https://github.com/jvanbruegge/snabbdom-looks-like) ## Example ```mjs import { init, classModule, propsModule, styleModule, eventListenersModule, h } from "snabbdom"; const patch = init([ // Init patch function with chosen modules classModule, // makes it easy to toggle classes propsModule, // for setting properties on DOM elements styleModule, // handles styling on elements with support for animations eventListenersModule // attaches event listeners ]); const container = document.getElementById("container"); const vnode = h( "div#container.two.classes", { on: { click: () => console.log("div clicked") } }, [ h("span", { style: { fontWeight: "bold" } }, "This is bold"), " and this is just normal text", h("a", { props: { href: "/foo" } }, "I'll take you places!") ] ); // Patch into empty DOM element – this modifies the DOM as a side effect patch(container, vnode); const newVnode = h( "div#container.two.classes", { on: { click: () => console.log("updated div clicked") } }, [ h( "span", { style: { fontWeight: "normal", fontStyle: "italic" } }, "This is now italic type" ), " and this is still just normal text", h("a", { props: { href: "/bar" } }, "I'll take you places!") ] ); // Second `patch` invocation patch(vnode, newVnode); // Snabbdom efficiently updates the old view to the new state ``` ## More examples - [Animated reordering of elements](http://snabbdom.github.io/snabbdom/examples/reorder-animation/) - [Hero transitions](http://snabbdom.github.io/snabbdom/examples/hero/) - [SVG Carousel](http://snabbdom.github.io/snabbdom/examples/carousel-svg/) --- ## Table of contents - [Core documentation](#core-documentation) - [`init`](#init) - [`patch`](#patch) - [Unmounting](#unmounting) - [`h`](#h) - [`fragment`](#fragment-experimental) (experimental) - [`toVNode`](#tovnode) - [Hooks](#hooks) - [Overview](#overview) - [Usage](#usage) - [The `init` hook](#the-init-hook) - [The `insert` hook](#the-insert-hook) - [The `remove` hook](#the-remove-hook) - [The `destroy` hook](#the-destroy-hook) - [Creating modules](#creating-modules) - [Modules documentation](#modules-documentation) - [The class module](#the-class-module) - [The props module](#the-props-module) - [The attributes module](#the-attributes-module) - [The dataset module](#the-dataset-module) - [The style module](#the-style-module) - [Custom properties (CSS variables)](#custom-properties-css-variables) - [Delayed properties](#delayed-properties) - [Set properties on `remove`](#set-properties-on-remove) - [Set properties on `destroy`](#set-properties-on-destroy) - [The eventlisteners module](#the-eventlisteners-module) - [SVG](#svg) - [Classes in SVG Elements](#classes-in-svg-elements) - [Thunks](#thunks) - [JSX](#jsx) - [TypeScript](#typescript) - [Babel](#babel) - [Virtual Node](#virtual-node) - [sel : String](#sel--string) - [data : Object](#data--object) - [children : Array\](#children--arrayvnode) - [text : string](#text--string) - [elm : Element](#elm--element) - [key : string | number](#key--string--number) - [Structuring applications](#structuring-applications) * [Related packages](#related-packages) - [Common errors](#common-errors) - [Opportunity for community feedback](#opportunity-for-community-feedback) ## Core documentation The core of Snabbdom provides only the most essential functionality. It is designed to be as simple as possible while still being fast and extendable. ### `init` The core exposes only one single function `init`. This `init` takes a list of modules and returns a `patch` function that uses the specified set of modules. ```mjs import { classModule, styleModule } from "snabbdom"; const patch = init([classModule, styleModule]); ``` ### `patch` The `patch` function returned by `init` takes two arguments. The first is a DOM element or a vnode representing the current view. The second is a vnode representing the new, updated view. If a DOM element with a parent is passed, `newVnode` will be turned into a DOM node, and the passed element will be replaced by the created DOM node. If an old vnode is passed, Snabbdom will efficiently modify it to match the description in the new vnode. Any old vnode passed must be the resulting vnode from a previous call to `patch`. This is necessary since Snabbdom stores information in the vnode. This makes it possible to implement a simpler and more performant architecture. This also avoids the creation of a new old vnode tree. ```mjs patch(oldVnode, newVnode); ``` #### Unmounting While there is no API specifically for removing a VNode tree from its mount point element, one way of almost achieving this is providing a comment VNode as the second argument to `patch`, such as: ```mjs patch( oldVnode, h("!", { hooks: { post: () => { /* patch complete */ } } }) ); ``` Of course, then there is still a single comment node at the mount point. ### `h` It is recommended that you use `h` to create vnodes. It accepts a [tag/selector](#sel--string) as a string, an optional data object, and an optional string or an array of children. ```mjs import { h } from "snabbdom"; const vnode = h("div#container", { style: { color: "#000" } }, [ h("h1.primary-title", "Headline"), h("p", "A paragraph") ]); ``` ### `fragment` (experimental) Caution: This feature is currently experimental and must be opted in. Its API may be changed without an major version bump. ```mjs const patch = init(modules, undefined, { experimental: { fragments: true } }); ``` Creates a virtual node that will be converted to a document fragment containing the given children. ```mjs import { fragment, h } from "snabbdom"; const vnode = fragment(["I am", h("span", [" a", " fragment"])]); ``` ### `toVNode` Converts a DOM node into a virtual node. Especially good for patching over pre-existing, server-side generated HTML content. ```mjs import { init, styleModule, attributesModule, h, toVNode } from "snabbdom"; const patch = init([ // Initialize a `patch` function with the modules used by `toVNode` attributesModule // handles attributes from the DOM node datasetModule, // handles `data-*` attributes from the DOM node ]); const newVNode = h("div", { style: { color: "#000" } }, [ h("h1", "Headline"), h("p", "A paragraph"), h("img", { attrs: { src: "sunrise.png", alt: "morning sunrise" } }) ]); patch(toVNode(document.querySelector(".container")), newVNode); ``` ### Hooks Hooks are a way to hook into the lifecycle of DOM nodes. Snabbdom offers a rich selection of hooks. Hooks are used both by modules to extend Snabbdom, and in normal code for executing arbitrary code at desired points in the life of a virtual node. #### Overview | Name | Triggered when | Arguments to callback | | ----------- | -------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------- | | `pre` | the patch process begins | none | | `init` | a vnode has been added | `vnode` | | `create` | a DOM element has been created based on a vnode | `emptyVnode, vnode` | | `insert` | an element has been inserted into the DOM | `vnode` | | `prepatch` | an element is about to be patched | `oldVnode, vnode` | | `update` | an element is being updated | `oldVnode, vnode` | | `postpatch` | an element has been patched | `oldVnode, vnode` | | `destroy` | an element is directly or indirectly being removed | `vnode` | | `remove` | an element is directly being removed from the DOM | `vnode, removeCallback` | | `post` | the patch process is done | none | The following hooks are available for modules: `pre`, `create`, `update`, `destroy`, `remove`, `post`. The following hooks are available in the `hook` property of individual elements: `init`, `create`, `insert`, `prepatch`, `update`, `postpatch`, `destroy`, `remove`. #### Usage To use hooks, pass them as an object to `hook` field of the data object argument. ```mjs h("div.row", { key: movie.rank, hook: { insert: (vnode) => { movie.elmHeight = vnode.elm.offsetHeight; } } }); ``` #### The `init` hook This hook is invoked during the patch process when a new virtual node has been found. The hook is called before Snabbdom has processed the node in any way. I.e., before it has created a DOM node based on the vnode. #### The `insert` hook This hook is invoked once the DOM element for a vnode has been inserted into the document _and_ the rest of the patch cycle is done. This means that you can do DOM measurements (like using [getBoundingClientRect](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Element/getBoundingClientRect) in this hook safely, knowing that no elements will be changed afterwards that could affect the position of the inserted elements. #### The `remove` hook Allows you to hook into the removal of an element. The hook is called once a vnode is to be removed from the DOM. The handling function receives both the vnode and a callback. You can control and delay the removal with the callback. The callback should be invoked once the hook is done doing its business, and the element will only be removed once all `remove` hooks have invoked their callback. The hook is only triggered when an element is to be removed from its parent – not if it is the child of an element that is removed. For that, see the `destroy` hook. #### The `destroy` hook This hook is invoked on a virtual node when its DOM element is removed from the DOM or if its parent is being removed from the DOM. To see the difference between this hook and the `remove` hook, consider an example. ```mjs const vnode1 = h("div", [h("div", [h("span", "Hello")])]); const vnode2 = h("div", []); patch(container, vnode1); patch(vnode1, vnode2); ``` Here `destroy` is triggered for both the inner `div` element _and_ the `span` element it contains. `remove`, on the other hand, is only triggered on the `div` element because it is the only element being detached from its parent. You can, for instance, use `remove` to trigger an animation when an element is being removed and use the `destroy` hook to additionally animate the disappearance of the removed element's children. ### Creating modules Modules work by registering global listeners for [hooks](#hooks). A module is simply a dictionary mapping hook names to functions. ```mjs const myModule = { create: function (oldVnode, vnode) { // invoked whenever a new virtual node is created }, update: function (oldVnode, vnode) { // invoked whenever a virtual node is updated } }; ``` With this mechanism you can easily augment the behaviour of Snabbdom. For demonstration, take a look at the implementations of the default modules. ## Modules documentation This describes the core modules. All modules are optional. JSX examples assume you're using the [`jsx` pragma](#jsx) provided by this library. ### The class module The class module provides an easy way to dynamically toggle classes on elements. It expects an object in the `class` data property. The object should map class names to booleans that indicate whether or not the class should stay or go on the vnode. ```mjs h("a", { class: { active: true, selected: false } }, "Toggle"); ``` In JSX, you can use `class` like this: ```jsx

// Renders as:

``` ### The props module Allows you to set properties on DOM elements. ```mjs h("a", { props: { href: "/foo" } }, "Go to Foo"); ``` In JSX, you can use `props` like this: ```jsx // Renders as: with input.name === "foo" ``` Properties can only be set. Not removed. Even though browsers allow addition and deletion of custom properties, deletion will not be attempted by this module. This makes sense, because native DOM properties cannot be removed. And if you are using custom properties for storing values or referencing objects on the DOM, then please consider using [data-\* attributes](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/HTML/Howto/Use_data_attributes) instead. Perhaps via [the dataset module](#the-dataset-module). ### The attributes module Same as props, but set attributes instead of properties on DOM elements. ```mjs h("a", { attrs: { href: "/foo" } }, "Go to Foo"); ``` In JSX, you can use `attrs` like this: ```jsx

// Renders as:

``` Attributes are added and updated using `setAttribute`. In case of an attribute that had been previously added/set and is no longer present in the `attrs` object, it is removed from the DOM element's attribute list using `removeAttribute`. In the case of boolean attributes (e.g. `disabled`, `hidden`, `selected` ...), the meaning doesn't depend on the attribute value (`true` or `false`) but depends instead on the presence/absence of the attribute itself in the DOM element. Those attributes are handled differently by the module: if a boolean attribute is set to a [falsy value](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Boolean) (`0`, `-0`, `null`, `false`,`NaN`, `undefined`, or the empty string (`""`)), then the attribute will be removed from the attribute list of the DOM element. ### The dataset module Allows you to set custom data attributes (`data-*`) on DOM elements. These can then be accessed with the [HTMLElement.dataset](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLElement/dataset) property. ```mjs h("button", { dataset: { action: "reset" } }, "Reset"); ``` In JSX, you can use `dataset` like this: ```jsx

// Renders as:

``` ### The style module The style module is for making your HTML look slick and animate smoothly. At its core it allows you to set CSS properties on elements. ```mjs h( "span", { style: { border: "1px solid #bada55", color: "#c0ffee", fontWeight: "bold" } }, "Say my name, and every colour illuminates" ); ``` In JSX, you can use `style` like this: ```jsx

// Renders as:

``` #### Custom properties (CSS variables) CSS custom properties (aka CSS variables) are supported, they must be prefixed with `--` ```mjs h( "div", { style: { "--warnColor": "yellow" } }, "Warning" ); ``` #### Delayed properties You can specify properties as being delayed. Whenever these properties change, the change is not applied until after the next frame. ```mjs h( "span", { style: { opacity: "0", transition: "opacity 1s", delayed: { opacity: "1" } } }, "Imma fade right in!" ); ``` This makes it easy to declaratively animate the entry of elements. The `all` value of `transition-property` is not supported. #### Set properties on `remove` Styles set in the `remove` property will take effect once the element is about to be removed from the DOM. The applied styles should be animated with CSS transitions. Only once all the styles are done animating will the element be removed from the DOM. ```mjs h( "span", { style: { opacity: "1", transition: "opacity 1s", remove: { opacity: "0" } } }, "It's better to fade out than to burn away" ); ``` This makes it easy to declaratively animate the removal of elements. The `all` value of `transition-property` is not supported. #### Set properties on `destroy` ```mjs h( "span", { style: { opacity: "1", transition: "opacity 1s", destroy: { opacity: "0" } } }, "It's better to fade out than to burn away" ); ``` The `all` value of `transition-property` is not supported. ### The eventlisteners module The event listeners module gives powerful capabilities for attaching event listeners. You can attach a function to an event on a vnode by supplying an object at `on` with a property corresponding to the name of the event you want to listen to. The function will be called when the event happens and will be passed to the event object that belongs to it. ```mjs function clickHandler(ev) { console.log("got clicked"); } h("div", { on: { click: clickHandler } }); ``` In JSX, you can use `on` like this: ```js

``` Snabbdom allows swapping event handlers between renders. This happens without actually touching the event handlers attached to the DOM. Note, however, that **you should be careful when sharing event handlers between vnodes**, because of the technique this module uses to avoid re-binding event handlers to the DOM. (And in general, sharing data between vnodes is not guaranteed to work, because modules are allowed to mutate the given data). In particular, you should **not** do something like this: ```mjs // Does not work const sharedHandler = { change: function (e) { console.log("you chose: " + e.target.value); } }; h("div", [ h("input", { props: { type: "radio", name: "test", value: "0" }, on: sharedHandler }), h("input", { props: { type: "radio", name: "test", value: "1" }, on: sharedHandler }), h("input", { props: { type: "radio", name: "test", value: "2" }, on: sharedHandler }) ]); ``` For many such cases, you can use array-based handlers instead (described above). Alternatively, simply make sure each node is passed unique `on` values: ```mjs // Works const sharedHandler = function (e) { console.log("you chose: " + e.target.value); }; h("div", [ h("input", { props: { type: "radio", name: "test", value: "0" }, on: { change: sharedHandler } }), h("input", { props: { type: "radio", name: "test", value: "1" }, on: { change: sharedHandler } }), h("input", { props: { type: "radio", name: "test", value: "2" }, on: { change: sharedHandler } }) ]); ``` ## SVG SVG just works when using the `h` function for creating virtual nodes. SVG elements are automatically created with the appropriate namespaces. ```mjs const vnode = h("div", [ h("svg", { attrs: { width: 100, height: 100 } }, [ h("circle", { attrs: { cx: 50, cy: 50, r: 40, stroke: "green", "stroke-width": 4, fill: "yellow" } }) ]) ]); ``` See also the [SVG example](./examples/svg) and the [SVG Carousel example](./examples/carousel-svg/). ### Classes in SVG Elements Certain browsers (like IE <=11) [do not support `classList` property in SVG elements](http://caniuse.com/#feat=classlist). Because the _class_ module internally uses `classList`, it will not work in this case unless you use a [classList polyfill](https://www.npmjs.com/package/classlist-polyfill). (If you don't want to use a polyfill, you can use the `class` attribute with the _attributes_ module). ## Thunks The `thunk` function takes a selector, a key for identifying a thunk, a function that returns a vnode and a variable amount of state parameters. If invoked, the render function will receive the state arguments. `thunk(selector, key, renderFn, [stateArguments])` The `renderFn` is invoked only if the `renderFn` is changed or `[stateArguments]` array length or its elements are changed. The `key` is optional. It should be supplied when the `selector` is not unique among the thunks siblings. This ensures that the thunk is always matched correctly when diffing. Thunks are an optimization strategy that can be used when one is dealing with immutable data. Consider a simple function for creating a virtual node based on a number. ```mjs function numberView(n) { return h("div", "Number is: " + n); } ``` The view depends only on `n`. This means that if `n` is unchanged, then creating the virtual DOM node and patching it against the old vnode is wasteful. To avoid the overhead we can use the `thunk` helper function. ```mjs function render(state) { return thunk("num", numberView, [state.number]); } ``` Instead of actually invoking the `numberView` function this will only place a dummy vnode in the virtual tree. When Snabbdom patches this dummy vnode against a previous vnode, it will compare the value of `n`. If `n` is unchanged it will simply reuse the old vnode. This avoids recreating the number view and the diff process altogether. The view function here is only an example. In practice thunks are only relevant if you are rendering a complicated view that takes significant computational time to generate. ## JSX Note that JSX fragments are still experimental and must be opted in. See [`fragment`](#fragment-experimental) section for details. ### TypeScript Add the following options to your `tsconfig.json`: ```json { "compilerOptions": { "jsx": "react", "jsxFactory": "jsx", "jsxFragmentFactory": "Fragment" } } ``` Then make sure that you use the `.tsx` file extension and import the `jsx` function and the `Fragment` function at the top of the file: ```tsx import { Fragment, jsx, VNode } from "snabbdom"; const node: VNode = (

I was created with JSX

); const fragment: VNode = ( <> JSX fragments are experimentally supported ); ``` ### Babel Add the following options to your babel configuration: ```json { "plugins": [ [ "@babel/plugin-transform-react-jsx", { "pragma": "jsx", "pragmaFrag": "Fragment" } ] ] } ``` Then import the `jsx` function and the `Fragment` function at the top of the file: ```jsx import { Fragment, jsx } from "snabbdom"; const node = (

I was created with JSX

); const fragment = ( <> JSX fragments are experimentally supported ); ``` ## Virtual Node **Properties** - [sel](#sel--string) - [data](#data--object) - [children](#children--array) - [text](#text--string) - [elm](#elm--element) - [key](#key--string--number) ### sel : string The `sel` property specifies the HTML element of the vnode, optionally its `id` prefixed by a `#`, and zero or more classes each prefixed by a `.`. The syntax is inspired by CSS selectors. Here are a few examples: - `div#container.bar.baz` – A `div` element with the id `container` and the classes `bar` and `baz`. - `li` – A `li` element with no `id` nor classes. - `button.alert.primary` – `button` element with the two classes `alert` and `primary`. The selector is meant to be _static_, that is, it should not change over the lifetime of the element. To set a dynamic `id` use [the props module](#the-props-module) and to set dynamic classes use [the class module](#the-class-module). Since the selector is static, Snabbdom uses it as part of a vnodes identity. For instance, if the two child vnodes ```mjs [h("div#container.padding", children1), h("div.padding", children2)]; ``` are patched against ```ts [h("div#container.padding", children2), h("div.padding", children1)]; ``` then Snabbdom uses the selector to identify the vnodes and reorder them in the DOM tree instead of creating new DOM element. This use of selectors avoids the need to specify keys in many cases. ### data : Object The `.data` property of a virtual node is the place to add information for [modules](#modules-documentation) to access and manipulate the real DOM element when it is created; Add styles, CSS classes, attributes, etc. The data object is the (optional) second parameter to [`h()`](#snabbdomh) For example `h('div', {props: {className: 'container'}}, [...])` will produce a virtual node with ```mjs ({ props: { className: "container" } }); ``` as its `.data` object. ### children : Array\ The `.children` property of a virtual node is the third (optional) parameter to [`h()`](#snabbdomh) during creation. `.children` is simply an Array of virtual nodes that should be added as children of the parent DOM node upon creation. For example `h('div', {}, [ h('h1', {}, 'Hello, World') ])` will create a virtual node with ```mjs [ { sel: "h1", data: {}, children: undefined, text: "Hello, World", elm: Element, key: undefined } ]; ``` as its `.children` property. ### text : string The `.text` property is created when a virtual node is created with only a single child that possesses text and only requires `document.createTextNode()` to be used. For example: `h('h1', {}, 'Hello')` will create a virtual node with `Hello` as its `.text` property. ### elm : Element The `.elm` property of a virtual node is a pointer to the real DOM node created by snabbdom. This property is very useful to do calculations in [hooks](#hooks) as well as [modules](#modules-documentation). ### key : string | number The `.key` property is created when a key is provided inside of your [`.data`](#data--object) object. The `.key` property is used to keep pointers to DOM nodes that existed previously to avoid recreating them if it is unnecessary. This is very useful for things like list reordering. A key must be either a string or a number to allow for proper lookup as it is stored internally as a key/value pair inside of an object, where `.key` is the key and the value is the [`.elm`](#elm--element) property created. If provided, the `.key` property must be unique among sibling elements. For example: `h('div', {key: 1}, [])` will create a virtual node object with a `.key` property with the value of `1`. ## Structuring applications Snabbdom is a low-level virtual DOM library. It is unopinionated with regards to how you should structure your application. Here are some approaches to building applications with Snabbdom. - [functional-frontend-architecture](https://github.com/paldepind/functional-frontend-architecture) – a repository containing several example applications that demonstrate an architecture that uses Snabbdom. - [Cycle.js](https://cycle.js.org/) – "A functional and reactive JavaScript framework for cleaner code" uses Snabbdom - [Vue.js](http://vuejs.org/) use a fork of snabbdom. - [scheme-todomvc](https://github.com/amirouche/scheme-todomvc/) build redux-like architecture on top of snabbdom bindings. - [kaiju](https://github.com/AlexGalays/kaiju) - Stateful components and observables on top of snabbdom - [Tweed](https://tweedjs.github.io) – An Object Oriented approach to reactive interfaces. - [Cyclow](http://cyclow.js.org) - "A reactive frontend framework for JavaScript" uses Snabbdom - [Tung](https://github.com/Reon90/tung) – A JavaScript library for rendering HTML. Tung helps to divide HTML and JavaScript development. - [sprotty](https://github.com/theia-ide/sprotty) - "A web-based diagramming framework" uses Snabbdom. - [Mark Text](https://github.com/marktext/marktext) - "Realtime preview Markdown Editor" build on Snabbdom. - [puddles](https://github.com/flintinatux/puddles) - "Tiny vdom app framework. Pure Redux. No boilerplate." - Built with :heart: on Snabbdom. - [Backbone.VDOMView](https://github.com/jcbrand/backbone.vdomview) - A [Backbone](http://backbonejs.org/) View with VirtualDOM capability via Snabbdom. - [Rosmaro Snabbdom starter](https://github.com/lukaszmakuch/rosmaro-snabbdom-starter) - Building user interfaces with state machines and Snabbdom. - [Pureact](https://github.com/irony/pureact) - "65 lines implementation of React incl Redux and hooks with only one dependency - Snabbdom" - [Snabberb](https://github.com/tobymao/snabberb) - A minimalistic Ruby framework using [Opal](https://github.com/opal/opal) and Snabbdom for building reactive views. - [WebCell](https://github.com/EasyWebApp/WebCell) - Web Components engine based on JSX & TypeScript Be sure to share it if you're building an application in another way using Snabbdom. ## Related packages Packages related to snabbdom should be tagged with the `snabbdom` keyword and published on npm. They can be found [using the query string `keywords:snabbdom`](https://www.npmjs.com/search?q=keywords:snabbdom). ## Common errors ```text Uncaught NotFoundError: Failed to execute 'insertBefore' on 'Node': The node before which the new node is to be inserted is not a child of this node. ``` The reason for this error is the reusing of vnodes between patches (see code example), snabbdom stores actual dom nodes inside the virtual dom nodes passed to it as performance improvement, so reusing nodes between patches is not supported. ```mjs const sharedNode = h("div", {}, "Selected"); const vnode1 = h("div", [ h("div", {}, ["One"]), h("div", {}, ["Two"]), h("div", {}, [sharedNode]) ]); const vnode2 = h("div", [ h("div", {}, ["One"]), h("div", {}, [sharedNode]), h("div", {}, ["Three"]) ]); patch(container, vnode1); patch(vnode1, vnode2); ``` You can fix this issue by creating a shallow copy of the object (here with object spread syntax): ```mjs const vnode2 = h("div", [ h("div", {}, ["One"]), h("div", {}, [{ ...sharedNode }]), h("div", {}, ["Three"]) ]); ``` Another solution would be to wrap shared vnodes in a factory function: ```mjs const sharedNode = () => h("div", {}, "Selected"); const vnode1 = h("div", [ h("div", {}, ["One"]), h("div", {}, ["Two"]), h("div", {}, [sharedNode()]) ]); ``` ## Opportunity for community feedback Pull requests that the community may care to provide feedback on should be merged after such an opportunity of a few days was provided.

	Stars	Issues	Version	Updated	Created
hyperapp	19,021	11	2.0.22	2 years ago	7 years ago
mithril	13,923	149	2.2.2	2 years ago	10 years ago
skatejs	3,282	30	5.2.4	6 years ago	10 years ago
snabbdom	11,275	74	3.6.2	4 months ago	9 years ago
svelte			4.2.17	5 days ago	8 years ago

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