SolidJS•12mo ago

React.createElement equivalent?

Trying to make a little library which exports a component. The component's JSX is simply return <div ref></div>, hence i'd prefer not to use JSX itself, to simplify the build pipeline. Is it possible to do so without JSX?

32 Replies

Jasmin•12mo ago

You should be able to use document.createElement. In solid, every element is literally just a DOM element. But I think this could get tricky with typing it properly, it's usually not the way to go for. Another option is to use the Dynamic component from solid.

thetarnav•12mo ago

this would also work for ssr

Jasmin•12mo ago

true document.createElement could cause problems

thetarnav•12mo ago

also it’s just better to use a template, so it could be compiled, even if you don’t necessarily need to

Jasmin•12mo ago

oh wait I know you @Puru ! :D Are you porting neoconfetti to solid? 😁

PuruOP•12mo ago

Yes 😁

Jasmin•12mo ago

awesome!

PuruOP•12mo ago

SSR is not an issue, the usage would look something like {condition && <Confetti />}, as confetti explodes the second its mounted I was gonna reach for document.createELement, but was holding out in case there's a solid specific way the library does all the DOM creation in plain JS, so solid's reactivity isn't needed at all either

Jasmin•12mo ago

can you be sure that this will never be SSR'd? If condition is true initially, it will.

PuruOP•12mo ago

In that case, it would take one tick of event loop to create the element, after solid makes everything, which means confetti is delayed by roughly 16ms(or 8) That seems to be the worst case here Gotta test it in SolidStart first though, to see if it works But that doesn't help with JSX part, right?

Jasmin•12mo ago

No, but there isn't really another way in Solid. I would stick with <div ref></div>, it's the simplest way.

PuruOP•12mo ago

This is the React version. Solid version should be identical to this, see how in the end its React.createElement, instead of the usual JSX

PuruOP•12mo ago

One question: If I transpile solid's JSX down to plain old JS, and ship that, will that work after being imported? Or does Solid requires JSX only?

Jasmin•12mo ago

it works but can cause issue with SSR environments 🙈 That's why solid packages often provide an additional solid export where the user can access jsx files https://github.com/corvudev/corvu/blob/main/packages/corvu/package.json For example like here

Jasmin•12mo ago

PuruOP•12mo ago

I would prefer the use: way more, but that is a PIA when used in TypeScript, had a conversation with Ryan Carniato about that when I made @neodrag/solid. Ohh

Jasmin•12mo ago

because if your package got compiled to js with another solid version than the user uses, it can result in issues

PuruOP•12mo ago

SolidJS itself won't be included in the final build, the imports from Solid will stay Or does the compiled output differ from version to version? 🤔

Jasmin•12mo ago

yes it can

PuruOP•12mo ago

I just tried here https://playground.solidjs.com/anonymous/7f28d020-1ad7-46e1-837f-280ed7ac8416

Solid Playground

Quickly discover what the solid compiler will generate from your JSX template

PuruOP•12mo ago

Seems i can import $template directly and return that?

Jasmin•12mo ago

hmm in your react code, doesn't the confetti instance get destroyed on every options update?

PuruOP•12mo ago

No, I checked for that Apparently the destroy function runs only when the component is destroyed

Jasmin•12mo ago

hmmm

export function Confetti(props: ConfettiProps) {
  const [ref, setRef] = createSignal<HTMLElement | null>(null)
  let confettiInstance: any

  createEffect(() => {
    if (!confettiInstance) {
      confettiInstance = confetti(ref(), props.options)
      return
    }
    confettiInstance.update(props.options)
  })

  onCleanup(() => {
    confettiInstance.destroy()
  })

  return <div ref={setRef} class={props.class} />
}

export function Confetti(props: ConfettiProps) {
  const [ref, setRef] = createSignal<HTMLElement | null>(null)
  let confettiInstance: any

  createEffect(() => {
    if (!confettiInstance) {
      confettiInstance = confetti(ref(), props.options)
      return
    }
    confettiInstance.update(props.options)
  })

  onCleanup(() => {
    confettiInstance.destroy()
  })

  return <div ref={setRef} class={props.class} />
}

This would be the solid implementation.

PuruOP•12mo ago

Ughh the output seems to differ from client-side to server-side to universal

Jasmin•12mo ago

you don't really need to worry about that. There is an esbuild plugin which can create js from solid jsx and if you export the jsx source code additionally it will work for everybodys environments

PuruOP•12mo ago

Ohh I am using esbuild for the bundling

Jasmin•12mo ago

https://www.npmjs.com/package/esbuild-plugin-solid

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esbuild-plugin-solid

Solid's integration for ESBuild. Latest version: 0.5.0, last published: a year ago. Start using esbuild-plugin-solid in your project by running npm i esbuild-plugin-solid. There are 4 other projects in the npm registry using esbuild-plugin-solid.

PuruOP•12mo ago

This seems nice

PuruOP•12mo ago

Hmm this is a problem

PuruOP•12mo ago

Im trying to keep the sizes as low as possible, this seems too much Kay IG Ill ship the directive version only then 😅 Its one extra line of code for the user but keeps the sizes very very small

PuruOP•12mo ago

Heya Im releasing it as a directive only. Simplest for me, and wont cause any troubles during rendering either https://github.com/PuruVJ/neoconfetti/pull/22

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