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A React Inspired UI framework in Pure Ruby

zetachang
December 02, 2016

A React Inspired UI framework in Pure Ruby

zetachang

December 02, 2016
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  1. About Me • David Chang @zetachang (github, twitter) • Software

    Engineer @ ಋ಑ೌ搚 solda.io • Author of HyperReact (a.k.a reactrb) - a ReactJS wrapper. 2
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  3. A React Component (ES6 + JSX҂ class HelloMessage extends React.Component

    { render() { return <div>Hello {this.props.name}</div>; } } An Atoll Component (Plain Ruby) class HelloMessage < Atoll::Component def render h('div', nil, "Hello #{props[:name]}") end end 18
  4. Built upon Ruby Idioms 1. Shorter & cleaner method name.

    2. Familiar toolchain (e.g. rake, rspec, sprockets.) 19
  5. Shorter & Cleaner method name • componentWillMount • componentDidMount •

    componentWillReceiveProps • shouldComponentUpdate 20
  6. Shorter & Cleaner method name • componentWillMount before_mount • componentDidMount

    after_mount • componentWillReceiveProps before_receive_props • shouldComponentUpdate needs_update? 21
  7. Familiar Toolchains • Sprockets • ERB • Rake • RSpec

    • .... • (webpack, gulp, babel, yarn, npm, browserify, rollup, jest, mocha, enzyme) 22
  8. Ideas taken from React • Declarative - predictable & easier

    to debug. • Everything is a Component - Proper separation of concerns. • Learn Once Write Anywhere - how to render is handled by library. 24
  9. class Timer < Component def initialize @state = { second:

    0 } end def after_mount $window.every(1) { set_state(sec: state[:second] + 1) } end def render h('span', nil, "Time elapsed: #{state[:second]}") end end 27
  10. Mindset 1. Always re-render when data change. 2. Component returns

    a blueprint instead of the actual instance of UI. 3. Framework do the hard work to generate minimal UI updates. 28
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  15. Why Component-Based UI? 1. A proper separation of concerns for

    applications. 2. Fundamental building blocks for application. 35
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  18. Client-side rendering • initial request loads the page layout, CSS

    and JavaScript. • some or all of the content isn't included Server-side rendering • initial request loads the page, layout, CSS, JavaScript • and content. 42
  19. Why Server Side Rendering? • Better start-up experience. • Visible

    to search engines (SEO.) • User might disable JavaScript. 43
  20. Current Problems 1. Component state could not be preserved 2.

    Side-effects to make a meaningful first mount must be handled at the top level. 3. JS Runtime is required (e.g. V8, Nashorn.) 44
  21. Marshal class Foo attr_reader :bar def initialize @bar = "yeah"

    end end f = Foo.new s = Marshal.dump(f) # => "\x04\bo:\bFoo\x06:\t@barI\"\tyeah\x06:\x06ET" f = Marshal.load(s) f.bar # => "yeah" 47
  22. Marshal • Serialize object to byte stream. • Supported by

    almost every Rubies (e.g. Opal, MRI, RubyMotion.) • Almost everything could be marshaled by default. 48
  23. On server <!-- Inside ERB template--> <%= atoll_component(LikeButton) %> On

    client <div id='like-btn' data-atoll-state="U2VuZCByZ...."> <button class="btn btn-like">Like</button> </div> 50
  24. What's unlocked? • Could be used with existing template toolchain.

    • Server side rendering for mobile app. • Pre-render for selective component. 51
  25. Road ahead • Will be free & open sourced •

    Follow @atollrb. ! • Also follow @opalrb, @RubyMotion • It’s simply fun to build this. " 52