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|Create elements in Clojure syntax:

(div {:class-name "demo"
      :style {:color :red
              :font-size 16
              :font-family "Josefin Sans"}
      :on-click (fn [event dispatch! mutate!])})

; respo.macros/div

Nest child elements:

(div {}
  (span {})
  (div {}))

; respo.macros/span

Add text nodes:

(div {}
  (<> "text")
  (<> "text with style" {:color :red}))

; respo.macros/<>

Create Components

To define components, use defcomp, it's a Macro:

(defcomp comp-demo [p1 p2]
  (div {}
    (<> p1)
    (<> p2)))

(comp-demo :a :b)

; respo.macros/defcomp

Use render! to mount a component. It also handles re-rendered if mounting already happened.

(defonce *store (atom {}))
(defn dispatch! [op op-data] (swap! *store assoc :a 1))

(render! mount-target (comp-container @*store) dispatch!)

; respo.core/render!

To hot replace app, use render! function. clear-cache! is for clearing internal rendering caches:

(defn reload! []
  (clear-cache!)
  (render! mount-target (comp-container @*store) dispatch!))

; respo.core/clear-cache!

States Management

Respo uses an Atom to maintain global states. Global states and "Single Source of Truth" are prefered:

(defonce *store (atom {}))
(defn dispatch! [op op-data] (swap! *store assoc :a 1))

(add-watch *store :changes
           (fn []
               (render! mount-target (comp-container @*store) dispatch!)))

Respo has supports for component-level states. But is designed in an awkward syntax in order to make sure it's consistent with "Single Source of Truth". Read about mutate! and cursor-> in the docs.

Ecosystem

During developing Respo, a bunch of libraries are added:

• hsl -- a function that returns color in string
• ui -- basic UI styles collected based on Flexbox
• markdown -- subset Markdown syntax rendering to virtual DOM
• router -- HTML5 router library decoupled from view part
• tiny-app -- a macro for inialising app in a easy way
• reel -- time travelling developing tool
• value -- to display collections
• message -- displaying message on top-right corner
• global-popup and inflow-popup

Try Respo

Now it's your turn to read Guide and try Respo:

• Read guides
• Browse examples
• Try minimal Respo app by your own

An easy way to use Respo is using tiny-app. It's a macro that handles dirty works in passing in configurations.

For Advanced developers, probably the best way to understand Respo is to read code of how the author is using it. Contact me on Twitter anytime if you got questions.

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