kostyll / riotjs

A React- like, 2.5KB user interface library

A React- like, 2.5KB user interface library

Custom tags • Virtual DOM • Full stack • IE8

Riot brings custom tags to all browsers starting from IE8. Think React + Polymer, but squeezed into 5.7KB (2.5KB when gzipped).

Tag definition

<timer>

  <p>Seconds Elapsed: { time }</p>

  this.time = opts.start || 0

  tick() {
    this.update({ time: ++this.time })
  }

  var timer = setInterval(this.tick, 1000)

  this.on('unmount', function() {
    clearInterval(timer)
  })

</timer>

Mounting

riot.mount('timer', { start: 0 })

Nesting

Custom tags lets you build complex views with HTML.

<timetable>
  <timer start="0"></timer>
  <timer start="10"></timer>
  <timer start="20"></timer>
</timetable>

HTML syntax is the de facto language on the web and it's designed for building user interfaces. The syntax is explicit, nesting is inherent to the language and attributes offer a clean way to provide options for custom tags.

Virtual DOM

• Smallest possible amount of DOM updates and reflows.
• All expressions are pre-compiled cached for high performance.
• No extra HTML root elements or data- attributes.
• No event loops or batching.

Close to standards

• No proprietary event system.
• Event normalization for IE8.
• The rendered DOM can be freely manipulated with other tools.
• Plays well with jQuery.

Growing ecosystem

• NPM, CommonJS, AMD, Bower and Component support
• Gulp and Grunt plugins
• Hosted on cdnjs and jsdelivr

DEMOS

• Simple TODO
• Multi TODO
• Timer
• Flux- like event controller for Riot
• Multi- selector

https://muut.com/riotjs/