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Modular Javascript - How to create javascript modules and use event handling. Inspired by: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoYCgNOIyGABs-wDaaxChu82q_xQgUb4f
<html>
<head>
<title>Modules in JS</title>
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.3/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/mustache.js/2.1.3/mustache.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.4/css/bootstrap.min.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./style.css">
</head>
<body>
<div class="hero-unit" id="statsModule"></div>
<script id="stats-template" type="text/template">
<h2>Stats</h2>
<strong>people: {{people}}</strong>
</script>
<div id="peopleModule">
<h1>People</h1>
<input placeholder="name" type="text">
<button id="addPerson">Add Person</button>
<ul id="people">
<script id="people-template" type="text/template">
{{#people}}
<li>
<span>{{.}}</span>
<i class="del">X</i>
</li>
{{/people}}
</script>
</ul>
</div>
</body>
<script type="text/javascript" src="./modules.js"></script>
</html>
//events (publish subscribe) pattern [aka Event Emitter]
var events = {
events: {},
on: function (eventName, fn) {
this.events[eventName] = this.events[eventName] || [];
this.events[eventName].push(fn);
},
off: function(eventName, fn) {
if (this.events[eventName]) {
for (var i = 0; i < this.events[eventName].length; i++) {
if (this.events[eventName][i] === fn) {
this.events[eventName].splice(i, 1);
break;
}
};
}
},
emit: function (eventName, data) {
if (this.events[eventName]) {
this.events[eventName].forEach(function(fn) {
fn(data);
});
}
}
};
// Stats module
(function(){
var people = 0;
//cache DOM
var $stats = $('#statsModule');
var template = $('#stats-template').html();
//bind events
events.on('peopleChanged', setPeople);
_render();
function _render() {
$stats.html(Mustache.render(template, {people: people}));
}
function setPeople(newPeople) {
people = newPeople;
_render();
}
})();
// People module (exposes some API)
var people = (function(){
var people = ['Will', 'Steve'];
//cache DOM
var $el = $('#peopleModule');
var $button = $el.find('button');
var $input = $el.find('input');
var $ul = $el.find('ul');
var template = $el.find('#people-template').html();
//bind events
$button.on('click', addPerson);
$ul.delegate('i.del', 'click', deletePerson);
_render();
function _render() {
$ul.html(Mustache.render(template, {people: people}));
events.emit("peopleChanged", people.length);
}
function addPerson(value) {
var name = (typeof value === "string") ? value : $input.val();
people.push(name);
_render();
$input.val('');
}
function deletePerson(event) {
var i;
if (typeof event === "number") {
i = event;
} else {
var $remove = $(event.target).closest('li');
i = $ul.find('li').index($remove);
}
people.splice(i, 1);
_render();
}
// (API) methods we would like to expose
return {
addPerson: addPerson,
aggiungiPersona: addPerson
};
})();
body {
background: #fafafa;
font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
color: #333;
}
.hero-unit {
margin: 20px auto 0 auto;
width: 300px;
font-size: 12px;
font-weight: 200;
line-height: 20px;
background-color: #eee;
border-radius: 6px;
padding: 10px 20px;
}
.hero-unit h1 {
font-size: 60px;
line-height: 1;
letter-spacing: -1px;
}
.browsehappy {
margin: 0.2em 0;
background: #ccc;
color: #000;
padding: 0.2em 0;
}
input {
border: 1px solid #999;
border-radius: 4px;
padding: 10px;
}
button {
zoom: 2;
background-color: #999;
border: 1px solid #999;
border-radius: 4px;
padding: 1px 5px;
}
button.active {
background-color:rgb(165, 227, 158);
}
#peopleModule {
text-align: center;
}
#peopleModule ul {
padding: 0;
}
#peopleModule li {
display: inline-block;
list-style-type: none;
background: #98ec9b;
border-radius: 5px;
padding: 3px 8px;
margin: 5px 0;
width: 200px;
opacity: 0.8;
transition: opacity 0.3s;
}
#peopleModule li:hover {
opacity: 1;
}
#peopleModule li span {
display: inline-block;
width: 160px;
overflow: hidden;
text-overflow: ellipsis;
}
#peopleModule li i {
cursor: pointer;
font-weight: bold;
float: right;
font-style: normal;
background: #666;
padding: 2px 4px;
font-size: 60%;
color: white;
border-radius: 20px;
opacity: 0.7;
transition: opacity 0.3s;
margin-top: 3px;
}
#peopleModule li i:hover {
opacity: 1;
}
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