mithril-export

Append self contained mithril views to normal DOM elements

install

$ npm install mithril-export --save

usage without

Take this simple mithril module that is to be packaged with browserify:

var EventEmitter = require('events').EventEmitter
var m = require('mithril')

function Dashboard(config){
	var dashboard = new EventEmitter()

	dashboard.vm = {}

	dashboard.controller = function() {
	    dashboard.vm.greeting = "Hello";
	};

	dashboard.view = function(vm) {
	    return m("h1", dashboard.vm.greeting);
	};
}

module.exports = Dashboard

Then in our app - we need a way of adding this widget to the page:

var Dashboard = require('./dashboard')
var m = require('mithril')

var dashboard = Dashboard({
	summary:true
})

m.module(document.body, dashboard);

But this requires the top level app to know about mithril and reduces the dashboard modules portability to other applications that want to use it but have not installed mithril.

usage with

Using mithril-export we create a utility render function to hide mithril from the top level app:

var EventEmitter = require('events').EventEmitter
var m = require('mithril')
var mexport = require('mithril-export')

function Dashboard(config){
	var dashboard = new EventEmitter()

	var vm = {}

	dashboard.controller = function() {
	    vm.greeting = "Hello";
	};

	dashboard.view = function(vm) {
		return m("h1", vm.greeting);
	};

	// here we choose mexport.module or mexport.render
	// depending on if the component is auto-updating
	dashboard.render = mexport(dashboard)

	return dashboard
}

module.exports = Dashboard

And now the top level app just uses the modules api without knowing about mithril:

var Dashboard = require('./dashboard')

var dashboard = Dashboard({
	summary:true
})

dashboard.render(document.body)

api

var fn = mexport(mithrilModule)

Generate a function that will render a mithril module to the passed DOM element.

A mithril module is an object that has both controller and view properties.

var fn = mexport.render(component)

The same as the module method but that calls the mithril render method which only draws once.

license

MIT