TurboReact

TurboReact applies only the differences between two HTML pages when navigating with links rather than create a new document, which enables CSS transitions between pages without needing a server.

Installation & Usage

TurboReact is a plugin for Turbolinks, which means Turbolinks is required. Include both Turbolinks and TurboReact in the <head> of every document on your site.

Ruby on Rails

Add the turbo_react-rails gem to your Gemfile:
```
gem 'turbo_react-rails'
```
Install the updated set of gems:
```
$ bundle install
```
Require the "turbo-react" library after "turbolinks" on every page, for example in "application.js" if it is on every page:
```
//= require turbolinks
//= require turbo-react
```

Plain HTML and Other Frameworks

Get turbo-react via NPM or download the latest release from GitHub:

$ yarn install turbo-react

$ curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ssorallen/turbo-react/v0.9.0/public/dist/turbo-react.min.js

Include turbo-react in the <head> of each page of the site after Turbolinks:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    ...
    <script src="https://github.com/ssorallen/turbo-react/raw/master/path/to/turbolinks.js"></script>
    <script src="https://github.com/ssorallen/turbo-react/raw/master/path/to/turbo-react.min.js"></script>
  </head>
  <body>
    ...
  </body>
</html>

Opting out of Turbolinks & TurboReact

Add a data-no-turbolink attribute to any link that should load normally without being intercepted by Turbolinks and TurboReact. This feature is inherited from TurboReacts's use of Turbolinks.

<a href="https://github.com/ssorallen/turbo-react/blob/master/foo/bar.html" data-no-turbolink>
  Skip Turbolinks and TurboReact
</a>

Examples

Transitioning Background Colors

Navigating between page1 and page2 shows a skyblue background and a yellow background that changes at once. After putting TurboReact in the <head>, navigating between the pages will transition between the background colors because TurboReact will add and remove the class names rather than start a new document.

/* style.css */

body {
  height: 100%;
  margin: 0;
  transition: background-color 0.5s;
  width: 100%;
}

.bg-skyblue {
  background-color: skyblue;
}

.bg-yellow {
  background-color: yellow;
}

<!-- page1.html -->

<body class="bg-skyblue">
  <a href="https://github.com/ssorallen/turbo-react/blob/master/page2.html">Page 2</a>
</body>

<!-- page2.html -->

<body class="bg-yellow">
  <a href="https://github.com/ssorallen/turbo-react/blob/master/page1.html">Page 1</a>
</body>

How it Works

Demo: https://turbo-react.herokuapp.com/

"Re-request this page" is just a link to the current page. When you click it, Turbolinks intercepts the GET request and fetchs the full page via XHR.

The panel is rendered with a random panel- class on each request, and the progress bar gets a random widthX class.

With Turbolinks alone, the entire <body> would be replaced, and transitions would not happen. In this little demo though, React adds and removes classes and text, and the attribute changes are animated with CSS transitions. The DOM is otherwise left in tact.

The Code

TurboReact turns the <body> into a React element and re-renders it after Turbolinks intercepts link navigations via XMLHttpRequest: turbo-react.js

Running locally

Clone this repo

$ git clone https://github.com/ssorallen/turbo-react.git

Install dependencies
```
$ bundle install
$ yarn install
```
Run the server and watch JS changes
```
$ bundle exec unicorn
$ yarn watch
```
Visit the app: http://localhost:9292

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