SolidJS•11mo ago

Best practices for reactively updating a store

I know you can use derived signals in SolidJS, but, is there a way to somehow make a store "derive" from a signal? The only way I can see to do this would be in an effect, but the effect docs say that it's not meant for functions that write reactive state. More specifically, I have a resource, and once that loads, I'd like to put it in the store. If that's a bad idea, is there some other way to have Suspense track an asynchronous operation that updates a store?

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lobster theremin•11mo ago

function createDeepSignal<T>(value: T): Signal<T> {
  const [store, setStore] = createStore({
    value,
  });
  return [
    () => store.value,
    (v: T) => {
      const unwrapped = unwrap(store.value);
      typeof v === "function" && (v = v(unwrapped));
      setStore("value", reconcile(v));
      return store.value;
    },
  ] as Signal<T>;
}
const [resource] = createResource(fetcher, {
  storage: createDeepSignal,
});

function createDeepSignal<T>(value: T): Signal<T> {
  const [store, setStore] = createStore({
    value,
  });
  return [
    () => store.value,
    (v: T) => {
      const unwrapped = unwrap(store.value);
      typeof v === "function" && (v = v(unwrapped));
      setStore("value", reconcile(v));
      return store.value;
    },
  ] as Signal<T>;
}
const [resource] = createResource(fetcher, {
  storage: createDeepSignal,
});

https://docs.solidjs.com/references/api-reference/basic-reactivity/createResource#v150 you can use storage to return a store from a resource fetch

bigblindOP•11mo ago

Hmm I see, that might work I know I'm nitpicking here, but the only thing I dislike about that is now I'm coupling the place where I'm creating the store with the place where I fetch the resource. I'm also pondering if there's a way to rewrite createDeepSignal to retain the ability to set values at a specific path in the store, rather than setting the entire value.

bigmistqke•11mo ago

use a getter?

bigmistqke•11mo ago

https://playground.solidjs.com/anonymous/72e2a76b-df34-4c92-b54b-235dc5076b0b

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