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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>FRP Infinite Scroll using Bacon.js</title>
<script src="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/bacon.js/0.7.53/Bacon.min.js"></script>
<script src="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/lodash.js/3.7.0/lodash.min.js"></script>
<style type="text/css">
body {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
font-family: Helvetica, arial, freesans, clean, sans-serif;
}
.phonebook {
position: relative;
/* draw fake row bg colors with css */
background-image: linear-gradient(#f3f3f3 50%, transparent 50%, transparent);
background-size: 60px 60px; /* twice the height of a row, since the pattern spans two rows */
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
list-style: none;
}
.phonebook li {
position: absolute;
height: 30px;
line-height: 30px;
padding: 0 10px;
color: #999;
font-size: 12px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<ul id="Phonebook" class="phonebook"></ul>
<script>
(function(){ // using an IIFE lets me call a function `scrollY` in this scope, and I like that name.
// ---------------------------------------------- Declaration and Setup
var totalResults = 10000; // let's assume this is known. You'd probably have to query for the result count in a real api
var rowHeight = 30;
var rows = {}; // Cache of row dom elements by index
var phonebookEl = document.getElementById('Phonebook');
phonebookEl.style.height = totalResults * rowHeight + "px";
// ---------------------------------------------- UI Streams
var scrollY = function() { return window.scrollY };
var windowH = function() { return window.innerHeight };
var yPosition = Bacon.fromEvent(window, 'scroll').map(scrollY);
var firstVisibleRow = yPosition.map(function(y){ return Math.floor( y / rowHeight ) }).skipDuplicates();
firstVisibleRow = firstVisibleRow.toProperty(0); // Seed the initial value. without this, the stream will be empty if you load the browser with the scroller at the top of the screen
var screenHeight = Bacon.fromEvent(window, 'resize').debounce(50).map(windowH);
screenHeight = screenHeight.toProperty(window.innerHeight); // Seed the initial value. without this, the stream is empty since no resize has happened
var rowCount = screenHeight.map(function(screenHeight){ return Math.ceil(screenHeight/rowHeight) }).skipDuplicates();
rowCount.log('rowCount');
function calcVisibleRows (firstRow, rowCount) {
var visibleIndices = [];
// Limit the number of visible rows
lastRow = firstRow + rowCount + 1;
if (lastRow > totalResults) {
firstRow -= lastRow - totalResults;
}
for (var i = 0; i <= rowCount; i++) { visibleIndices.push(i + firstRow) }
return visibleIndices;
}
var visibleRowIndices = Bacon.combineWith(calcVisibleRows, firstVisibleRow, rowCount);
// visibleRowIndices.log('visibleRowIndices');
var rowIndicesRemoved = visibleRowIndices.diff([], _.difference);
var rowIndicesAdded = visibleRowIndices.diff([], function(prev, cur){ return _.difference(cur, prev) }); // longer form here so we can reverse `cur` and `prev`
rowIndicesAdded.onValue( function(indices){ _.map(indices, renderRow) });
rowIndicesRemoved.onValue(function(indices){ _.map(indices, removeRow) });
// ---------------------------------------------- Rendering
function renderRow(idx) {
var row = document.createElement('li');
row.innerText = idx;
row.style.top = idx * rowHeight + 'px';
phonebookEl.appendChild(row);
rows[idx] = row;
}
function removeRow(idx) {
if (idx == null) { return }
rows[idx].parentElement.removeChild(rows[idx]);
rows[idx] = undefined; // more performant than changing the object shape? Would need to measure.
}
})();
</script>
</body>
</html>
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