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Feel the Glimmer - ParisJS
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Marco Otte-Witte
November 29, 2017
Programming
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Feel the Glimmer - ParisJS
An intoduction to Ember.js' Glimmer VM VM and Glimmer.js
Marco Otte-Witte
November 29, 2017
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Feel the Glimmer
Marco Otte-Witte @marcoow
simplabs.com @simplabs
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https://glimmerjs.com
"light-weight UI components for the web"
https://github.com/emberjs/ember.js/issues/13949
https://worldvectorlogo.com/logo/react
<ul> {this.props.people.map(function(person) { return <li>{person}</li>; })} </ul> ['Dan Abramov', 'Ben
Alpert'] { type: 'ul', props: { 'class': 'list' }, children: [ { type: 'li', props: {}, children: ['Dan Abramov'] }, { type: 'li', props: {}, children: ['Ben Alpert'] } ] }
+ { type: 'ul', props: { 'class': 'list' }, children:
[ + { type: 'li', props: {}, children: ['Dan Abramov'] } + { type: 'li', props: {}, children: ['Ben Alpert'] } + ]}
<ul> {this.props.people.map(function(person) { return <li>{person}</li>; })} </ul> ['Dan Abramov', 'Yehuda
Katz'] { type: 'ul', props: { 'class': 'list' }, children: [ { type: 'li', props: {}, children: ['Dan Abramov'] }, { type: 'li', props: {}, children: ['Yehuda Katz'] } ] }
+ { type: 'li', props: {}, children: ['Yehuda Katz'] }
- { type: 'li', props: {}, children: ['Ben Alpert'] }
The Glimmer Pipeline 1. Pre-Compilation 2. Initial render 3. Re-render
Pre-Compilation Templates are pre-compiled (at build time) into opcodes that
the Glimmer VM executes during initial render
<ul class="nav nav-tabs"> <li class="active"> <a href="/home">{{home}}</a> </li> <li> <a
href="/profile">{{profile}}</a> </li> <li> <a href="/messages">{{messages}}</a> </li> </ul>
[ [6,"ul"], [9,"class","nav nav-tabs"], [7] [0," \n "], [6,"li"], [9,"class","active"],
[7], [0,"\n "], [6,"a"], [9,"href","/home"], [7], [1, [18,"home"], false ], [8], [0,"\n "], [8], … [0,"\n"], [8] ]
Offset 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08
09 0A 0B 0C 0D 0E 0F 00000000 19 01 00 00 1F 00 16 01 01 00 20 00 16 01 02 00 .......... ..... 00000010 19 01 03 00 1F 00 16 01 04 00 04 01 00 00 05 01 ................ 00000020 05 00 18 01 00 00 16 01 06 00 20 00 16 01 02 00 .......... ..... 00000030 19 01 07 00 30 00 04 01 00 00 05 01 08 00 3D 02 ....0.........=. 00000040 00 00 18 00 01 01 01 00 31 00 10 01 08 00 1D 03 ........1....... 00000050 09 00 00 00 00 00 1F 00 16 01 0A 00 20 00 14 00 ............ ...
Initial render DOM elements are created and opcodes for re-renders
are generated
[ [6,"ul"], [9,"class","nav nav-tabs"], [7] [0," \n "], [6,"li"], [9,"class","active"],
[7], [0,"\n "], [6,"a"], [9,"href","/home"], [7], [1, [18,"home"], false ], [8], [0,"\n "], [8], … [0,"\n"], [8] ]
<ul class="nav nav-tabs"> <li class="active"> <a href="/home">Start</a> </li> <li> <a
href="/profile">Profil</a> </li> <li> <a href="/messages">Nachrichten</a> </li> </ul>
<ul class="nav nav-tabs"> <li class="active"> <a href="/home">{{home}}</a> </li> <li> <a
href="/profile">{{profile}}</a> </li> <li> <a href="/messages">{{messages}}</a> </li> </ul> only these can change at all
[ ["OPTIMIZED-CAUTIOUS-UPDATE", "home"], ["OPTIMIZED-CAUTIOUS-UPDATE", "profile"], ["OPTIMIZED-CAUTIOUS-UPDATE", "messages"] ]
Update Renders Update opcodes are executed
let foo = 1; let fooReference: Reference<number> = { value()
{ return foo; } }; fooReference.value(); // => 1 foo++; fooReference.value(); // => 2
let foo = 1; let bar = 2; let fooReference:
Reference<number> = { value() { return foo; } }; let barReference: Reference<number> = { value() { return bar; } }; let fooPlusBarReference: Reference<number> = { value() { return fooReference.value() + barReference.value(); } }; fooPlusBarReference.value(); // => 3 foo = 2; fooPlusBarReference.value(); // => 4
interface EntityTag<T> { value(): T; validate(ticket: T): boolean; } interface
Tagged { tag: EntityTag<any>; } interface TaggedReference<T> extends Reference<T>, Tagged { }
const person: TrackedObject = { tag: new DirtyableTag(), name: 'Godfrey
Chan' }; let nameReference: VersionedReference<string> { tag: person.tag, value() { return person.name; } }; nameReference.value(); // => 'Godfrey Chan' nameReference.tag.value(); // => 1 person.name = 'Yehuda Katz'; nameReference.tag.validate(1); // => false nameReference.value(); // => 'Yehuda Katz' nameReference.tag.value(); // => 2
class UpdateOpcode { execute() { if (!this.reference.tag.validate(this._lastTag)) { this._lastTag =
this.reference.tag.value(); let newValue = this.reference.value(); this.domNode.textContent = newValue; // update DOM } } }
http://yehudakatz.com/2017/04/05/the-glimmer-vm-boots-fast-and-stays-fast/
http://yehudakatz.com/2017/04/05/the-glimmer-vm-boots-fast-and-stays-fast/
The Glimmer VM was released with Ember.js 2.10
"Stability without Stagnation"
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https://glimmerjs.com https://glimmerjs.com
» ls -lh 514K ember-data.prod.js 1.6M ember.prod.js 1.1K react-dom.js 644K
react.js
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Like React, Glimmer.js is only the "V" and some of
the "C" in "MVC" (aka components)
npm install -g ember-cli ember new my-app -b @glimmer/blueprint cd
my-app/ && ember s
tree . my-app !"" config # !"" environment.js # !""
module-map.ts # $"" resolver-configuration.ts !"" dist/ !"" src # !"" ui # # !"" components # # # $"" my-app # # # !"" component.ts # # # $"" template.hbs # # !"" styles # # # $"" app.css # # $"" index.html # !"" index.ts # $"" main.ts !"" ember-cli-build.js # ... other files ...
tree . my-app !"" config # !"" environment.js # !""
module-map.ts # $"" resolver-configuration.ts !"" dist/ !"" src # !"" ui # # !"" components # # # $"" my-app # # # !"" component.ts # # # $"" template.hbs # # !"" styles # # # $"" app.css # # $"" index.html # !"" index.ts # $"" main.ts !"" ember-cli-build.js # ... other files ...
https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/issues/1375
<ul id="todo-list" class="todo-list"> {{#each visibleTodos key="_id" as |todo|}} <TodoItem @todo={{todo}}
@onEdit={{action editTodo}} @onToggle={{action toggleTodo}} @onDestroy={{action removeTodo}} /> {{/each}} </ul>
@tracked('todos') get activeTodos() { return this.todos.filter(todo => !todo.completed) }
Demo https://github.com/glimmerjs/todomvc-demo
Try it yourself! http://try.glimmerjs.com
Ember's Future
Where does this leave Ember.js?
https://emberjs.com/blog/2017/04/05/emberconf-2017-state-of-the-union.html
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saved time and money
cp -r glimmer-app/src/ui/components ember-app/src/ui
ember-router will be the next thing to be extracted into
it's own standalone library
https://glimmerjs.com
https://www.dotjs.io
Thanks
Q&A
simplabs.com @simplabs