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Simple state management in vanilla JS
function State() {
this.actions = {};
this.subscriptions = [];
this.history = [];
}
State.prototype.subscribe = function(element, action, callback) {
this.subscriptions[action] = this.subscriptions[action] || [];
this.subscriptions[action].push(function(data) {
callback.apply(element, data);
});
}
State.prototype.dispatch = function(action, data) {
data = data || [];
// Store history of actions (not strictly neccessary)
this.history.push([action, data]);
// Call action reducers
if ("function" === typeof this[action]) {
this[action].apply(this, data);
}
// Add the action and state as final arguments
data.push(action);
data.push(this);
// Call subscribers
this.subscriptions[action] = this.subscriptions[action] || [];
this.subscriptions[action].forEach(
function(subscription) {
subscription(data);
}
);
}
.done {
text-decoration: line-through;
}
<form id="addToDo"><input id="description" type="text"><button id="add">Add</button></form>
<ul id="todos"></ul>
<button id="removeAll">Remove All</button>
// Application
var store = new State();
// Define default state
store.todos = [];
// Define 'reducer' methods. Alter the state in response to actions
store.addTodo = function(description) {
this.todos.push(description);
}
store.removeTodo = function(index) {
this.todos.splice(index,1);
}
store.removeAll = function() {
this.todos = [];
}
// Get an element
var todos = document.getElementById("todos");
// Subscribe the element to actions
// Callback is called with subscriber elements as context
store.subscribe(todos, "addTodo", function(description, action, store) {
// We can do what we like here. Update the DOM using vanilla
// JS or jQuery or whatever.
// We could even dispatch other actions
var item = document.createElement('li');
var checkBox = document.createElement('input');
checkBox.setAttribute('type', 'checkbox');
item.addEventListener('change', function(event) {
store.dispatch(
"todoCompletion",
[event.target.checked, Number(item.getAttribute('data-key'))]
);
});
item.textContent = description;
item.appendChild(checkBox);
item.setAttribute('data-key', store.todos.length - 1);
this.appendChild(item);
});
store.subscribe(todos, "todoCompletion", function(isDone, index, action) {
this
.children[index]
.classList[isDone ? 'add': 'remove']('done');
});
store.subscribe(todos, "removeTodo", function(index) {
this.removeChild(this.querySelectorAll('li')[index]);
this.querySelectorAll('li').forEach(function(element, index) {
element.setAttribute('data-key', index);
})
});
store.subscribe(todos, "removeAll", function() {
this.querySelectorAll('li').forEach(function(element) {
this.removeChild(element);
}.bind(this));
});
store.dispatch("addTodo", ["do a thing"]);
store.dispatch("addTodo", ["do another thing"]);
store.dispatch("addTodo", ["do a thing"]);
store.dispatch("removeTodo", [0]);
document.getElementById("addToDo").addEventListener("submit", function(event) {
event.preventDefault();
var description = document.getElementById("description").value;
store.dispatch("addTodo", [description]);
document.getElementById("description").value = null;
});
document.getElementById("removeAll").addEventListener("click", function() {
store.dispatch("removeAll");
})
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