Hooks

[kuraga]

https://github.com/paldepind/snabbdom#hooks

Is this approach interesting for Inferno?

[ghost]

As it is now. Not in current state. We have a few hooks for events etc that will be exposed later on. On Jan 5, 2016 12:37 AM, "Alexander Kurakin" notifications@github.com wrote:

https://github.com/paldepind/snabbdom#hooks

Is this approach interesting for Inferno?

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub https://github.com/trueadm/inferno/issues/60.

[trueadm]

There are some future plans to enable hooks with refs. For example:

const ref = Inferno.createRef();

ref.on("created", ...);
ref.on("attached", ...);
ref.on("detached", ...);
ref.on("updated", ...);
ref.on("destroyed", ...);

It's arguably not needed at all though, unless people are using Inferno to build bigger frameworks. You can get the above easily via the component lifecycle API. I do see big value in using it when using a stateless component model – so it will go on the roadmap!

[kuraga]

Yes, it's cool as helps Snabbdom to produce its plugin system. I just think plugin system is very valuable so it's important to remember possible approaches and don't miss it!

[trueadm]

Change of plan, I'll go down the route of providing direct element support for hooks (as like Snabbdom). These will be matched as below:

export const hookTypes = {
    // DOM nodes
    onCreated: true,
    onAttached: true,
    onWillDetach: true,
    onWillUpdate: true,
    onDidUpdate: true,
    // Components
    onComponentWillMount: true,
    onComponentDidMount: true,
    onComponentWillUnmount: true,
    onComponentShouldUpdate: true,
    onComponentWillUpdate: true,
    onComponentDidUpdate: true
};

[barneycarroll]

Good man! I'm sure this kind of low level hook will prove a godsend down the road as optimization vectors and use cases evolve.

[trueadm]

Okay, hooks have been implemented in the latest push of dev if you guys want to try it out and test it. You use it like:

<div onCreated={ ... } />