Sounds very promising. Could you please provide minimalist example?   

On Wednesday, 18 May 2016 13:47:16 UTC+1, Peter Damoc wrote:
>
> You just use regular Elm Architecture and compose the model of the 
> autocomplete into the proper place, same with update and view. 
>
> To speak in React terms, what you had above are components that have only 
> props. These can be implemented with simple functions in Elm. 
>
> If a component needs state and rest calls, it needs to follow the Elm 
> Architecture. Please note that the component can be fully encapsulated in a 
> module. The kind of boilerplate needed for state management is very small 
> and very predictable. You can even extract it into some kind of Widget 
> abstraction and have all the Widgets be updated by a single line of code. 
> :) 
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 3:16 PM, Daniel Kwiecinski <[email protected] 
> <javascript:>> wrote:
>
>> This is fine. Big thanks for your effort.
>> But, how about instead of components being simple functions we have 
>> components as {init, update, view, subscription} so they encapsulate their 
>> logic. 
>> Think in having a component similar to google places autocomplete. From 
>> it's parent we still want to pass a configuration to it and react to the 
>> commands coming from the autocomplete (such as place changed) but we do not 
>> want or need to interfere with the autocomplete component internal state, 
>> rest calls etc?
>>
>> On Wednesday, 18 May 2016 13:08:21 UTC+1, Peter Damoc wrote:
>>>
>>> Oh, that's much easier:
>>>
>>> import Html exposing (..) 
>>> import Html.Attributes exposing (class) 
>>>
>>> helloComponent name = 
>>>   p [] [text ("Hello, " ++ name ++ "!")]
>>>   
>>> sayHello = 
>>>   helloComponent "world" 
>>>
>>>
>>> listHello names = 
>>>   div [] (List.map helloComponent names) 
>>>
>>>
>>> -- GENERIC WRAPPING COMPONENT
>>>
>>> wrapComponents components = 
>>>   div [class "components-wrapped-in-pages-so-we-can-swipe-them"]
>>>   (List.map (\c -> div [class "page"] [c]) components)
>>>
>>>
>>> names = ["Jim", "Bill", "Joe"]
>>>
>>>
>>> main = 
>>>   wrapComponents 
>>>     [ sayHello
>>>     , helloComponent "Sandra"
>>>     , listHello names
>>>     ]
>>>
>>> There is no Signal anymore in Elm and if you use The Elm Architecture, 
>>> all you get is regular values. 
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 1:15 PM, Daniel Kwiecinski <
>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Here is a sketch of how it would look like in reagent (ClojureScript)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ; -- SOME CONCRETE COMPONENTS
>>>>
>>>> ; a component taking a String as a model
>>>> (defn hello-component [name]
>>>>       [:p "Hello, " name "!"])
>>>>
>>>> ; a stateless component using another component
>>>> (defn say-hello []
>>>>       [hello-component "world"])
>>>>
>>>> ; a component taking a ratom (it's a signal in elm speak) as a model
>>>> (defn reactive-hello-component [name]
>>>>       [:p "Hello, " @name "!"])
>>>>
>>>> ; a component taking list of Strings as a model
>>>> (defn list-hellos [names]
>>>>       (for [n names]
>>>>            [hello-component (str "hello " n)]))
>>>>
>>>> ; -- GENERIC WRAPPING COMPONENT
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ; a wrapping components. take list of components as a parameter and wraps 
>>>> them in pages
>>>> (defn wrap-components [components]
>>>>       (fn []
>>>>           [:div {:class "components-wrapped-in-pages-so-we-can-swipe-them"}
>>>>            (for [c components]
>>>>                 [:div {:class "page"} c])]))
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ; -- MAIN VIEW GLUING ALL TOGETHER
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> (defn main-view []
>>>>       (let [reactive-name (ratom "initial-name")
>>>>             input-state (ratom "")]
>>>>            [:div {:class "some-boilerplate"}
>>>>
>>>>             ; the two lines below are not following re-frame pattern. 
>>>> There are there just to express I have the state which changes.  
>>>>             [:input {:onchange (fn [value] (!reset input-state value))}] ; 
>>>> react to inout changes and pass the value to model (in re-frame instead of 
>>>> directly updating the model we would send a signal (as in elm) and have 
>>>> subscription react to the signal but for simplicity I ommit the patern)
>>>>             [:button {:onclick #(!reset reactive-name @input-state)}] ; 
>>>> copy the states on button click
>>>>
>>>>             [:span {:class 
>>>> "here-come-generic-swipe-able-pages-wrapping-any-components"}
>>>>
>>>>              ; here is the usage of the wrapping container
>>>>              (wrap-components [
>>>>                                say-hello ; stateless component
>>>>                                #(hello-component "some-fancy-name") ; 
>>>> #(...) is lambda in clojure, here we close over some static state
>>>>                                #(reactive-hello-component reactive-name) ; 
>>>> #(...) here we close over some reactive state, so the component re-renders 
>>>> when the model (state) changes
>>>>                                #(list-hellos ["a" "b" "c"]) ; component 
>>>> taking list as a state (model)
>>>>                                ])]]))
>>>>
>>>> ; -- MOUNT VIEW TO DOM
>>>>
>>>> ; bind the main-view to DOM and start observing deltas to render if needed
>>>> (defn ^:export run []
>>>>       (r/render [main-view] (js/document.body)))
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wednesday, 18 May 2016 08:42:45 UTC+1, Peter Damoc wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Can you mock some code that would show how would you like to use this? 
>>>>> Imagine that it is already implemented in some library and write 
>>>>> against that imaginary library. 
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 5:36 PM, Daniel Kwiecinski <
>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> The problem is that the generic container component (Let's call it C) 
>>>>>> do not know about it potential children (let's call them X, Y, Z) . 
>>>>>> There 
>>>>>> is top level component (Let's call it T) which has a knowledge about all 
>>>>>> of 
>>>>>> them (it is the app). The C is in self contained package, you can 
>>>>>> consider 
>>>>>> it to implement material design list view. How Can I implement C so T 
>>>>>> can 
>>>>>> use T with X, Y, Z ?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tuesday, 17 May 2016 15:09:36 UTC+1, Peter Damoc wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi Daniel, 
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If you have a limited number of components you can unify them into 
>>>>>>> one kind of a component. 
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Here is a self contained example that unifies Counter and RandomGif 
>>>>>>> and then uses them in a single list. 
>>>>>>> https://gist.github.com/pdamoc/aef6306a9001de109aeece37e5627d06
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 3:47 PM, Daniel Kwiecinski <
>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> So let me expand my scenario a little bit. Lets assume that the 
>>>>>>>> CounterList component is very feature heavy. It makes lots of work to 
>>>>>>>> layout its children, manages drag to sort or whatever fancy stuff you 
>>>>>>>> can 
>>>>>>>> imagine. Now in my app I have many instances of usage of CounterList 
>>>>>>>> and I 
>>>>>>>> want to apply the complex behaviour not only to counters but also to 
>>>>>>>> gif 
>>>>>>>> and to mixed counters with gifs and many many other possible 
>>>>>>>> configurations 
>>>>>>>> (think in hundreds). I don't really want to implement dedicated 
>>>>>>>> CounterList, GifList, 2GifsWith3CountersList and other few hundreds 
>>>>>>>> SomethingBlaBlaList.
>>>>>>>> Is it possible in elm at all? If yes how so?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> P.S. It is not imaginary question. I try to port existing 
>>>>>>>> application implemented in Re-Frame (ClojureScript framework) in which 
>>>>>>>> this 
>>>>>>>> scenario is trivial.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Tuesday, 17 May 2016 13:33:27 UTC+1, Wil C wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Daniel,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I think normally, you don't. I think the constraint here is that 
>>>>>>>>> you need to explicitly set the types of each of the sub-components 
>>>>>>>>> for 
>>>>>>>>> every component that you make for a page. In the example that you 
>>>>>>>>> give, 
>>>>>>>>> you'd actually need to create 4 types of components: TopLevel, 
>>>>>>>>> Counter, 
>>>>>>>>> CounterList, and Gif. 
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> TopLevel component would include CounterList and Gif. And then 
>>>>>>>>> CounterList would contain Counters. It is CounterList's job to 
>>>>>>>>> dynamically 
>>>>>>>>> keep track of the number of Counters. That way, you don't need a 
>>>>>>>>> generic 
>>>>>>>>> component to contain an unknown number of things with unknown types. 
>>>>>>>>> And 
>>>>>>>>> then if those components need to talk to each other (Like once you 
>>>>>>>>> add 5 or 
>>>>>>>>> more counters, you see a funny cat gif), I believe you can send 
>>>>>>>>> messages 
>>>>>>>>> through Cmds (in 0.17) or Effects (in <0.17). 
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> With the hierarchical thinking of laying out components, I found 
>>>>>>>>> that Thinking in React 
>>>>>>>>> <https://facebook.github.io/react/docs/thinking-in-react.html> 
>>>>>>>>> helps. 
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> If you find that you really need the flexibility of having 
>>>>>>>>> different components in a container, it's doable. But it comes at a 
>>>>>>>>> cost. 
>>>>>>>>> Generally, if you're making a web app of some sort, it's not needed. 
>>>>>>>>> I 
>>>>>>>>> cover entity component systems recently in another thread, and it's 
>>>>>>>>> for 
>>>>>>>>> games.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/elm-discuss/c9MhBzVPbr8
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Wil
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Tuesday, May 17, 2016 at 5:13:56 AM UTC-7, Daniel Kwiecinski 
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Hi Elmers,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Here is my scenario. Say I have Main.elm which defines main view 
>>>>>>>>>> form my application. I also have bunch of other components (with 
>>>>>>>>>> their 
>>>>>>>>>> corresponding model  and message types) say Counter and Gif. 
>>>>>>>>>> (
>>>>>>>>>> https://github.com/evancz/elm-architecture-tutorial/blob/master/nesting/Gif.elm
>>>>>>>>>> )
>>>>>>>>>> (
>>>>>>>>>> https://github.com/evancz/elm-architecture-tutorial/blob/master/nesting/Counter.elm
>>>>>>>>>> )
>>>>>>>>>> Now I'd like to create new generic component which as a parameter 
>>>>>>>>>> (initial value of its model?) takes list of any type of component 
>>>>>>>>>> (say two 
>>>>>>>>>> counters, then one gif and another three counters) and wraps them 
>>>>>>>>>> into some 
>>>>>>>>>> decorating html.
>>>>>>>>>> The scenario serves as a illustration of the question, how do I 
>>>>>>>>>> implement components which can wrap lists of arbitrary component 
>>>>>>>>>> types.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>>>>> Daniel
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