Describe new features since first alpha in news050.cljs

demo/reagentdemo/news/news050.cljs

@@ -7,11 +7,22 @@
             [reagentdemo.common :as common :refer [demo-component]]))
 
 (def url "news/news050.html")
-(def title "News in 0.5.0-alpha")
+(def title "News in 0.5.0")
+
+(def new-in-alpha [:strong "New since 0.5.0-alpha: "])
 
 (def ns-src (s/syntaxed "(ns example
   (:require [reagent.core :as r :refer [atom]]))"))
 
+(def cel-link "http://facebook.github.io/react/docs/top-level-api.html#react.createelement")
+
+(def figwheel-link "https://github.com/bhauman/lein-figwheel")
+
+
+
+(defonce person (atom {:name
+                       {:first-name "John" :last-name "Smith"}}))
+
 (defn input [prompt val]
   [:div
    prompt
@@ -28,15 +39,33 @@
      [input "Last name:  " (r/wrap last-name
                                    swap! n assoc :last-name)]]))
 
-(defonce person (atom {:name
-                       {:first-name "John" :last-name "Smith"}}))
-
 (defn parent []
   [:div
    [:p "Current state: " (pr-str @person)]
    [name-edit (r/wrap (:name @person)
                       swap! person assoc :name)]])
 
+(defn cursor-name-edit [n]
+  (let [{:keys [first-name last-name]} @n]
+    [:div
+     [:p "I'm editing " first-name " " last-name "."]
+
+     [input "First name: " (r/cursor n [:first-name])]
+     [input "Last name:  " (r/cursor n [:last-name])]]))
+
+(defn cursor-parent []
+  [:div
+   [:p "Current state: " (pr-str @person)]
+   [cursor-name-edit (r/cursor person [:name])]])
+
+(defn person-get-set
+  ([k] (get-in @person k))
+  ([k v] (swap! person assoc-in k v)))
+
+(defn get-set-parent []
+  [:div
+   [:p "Current state: " (pr-str @person)]
+   [cursor-name-edit (r/cursor person-get-set [:name])]])
 
 (defn integration []
   [:div
@@ -58,21 +87,59 @@
                                         #js{}
                                         "world")]])
 
-(def cel-link "http://facebook.github.io/react/docs/top-level-api.html#react.createelement")
 
-(def figwheel-link "https://github.com/bhauman/lein-figwheel")
+(def div-adapter (r/adapt-react-class "div"))
+
+(defn adapted []
+  [div-adapter {:class "foo"}
+   "Hello " [:strong "world"]])
+
+
+(defn exported [props]
+  [:div "Hi, " (:name props)])
+
+(def react-comp (r/reactify-component exported))
+
+(defn could-be-jsx []
+  (r/create-element react-comp #js{:name "world"}))
+
 
 (defn main [{:keys [summary]}]
   [:div.reagent-demo
    [:h1 [link {:href url} title]]
    [:div.demo-text
-    [:p "Lots of new features (and one breaking change) in Reagent
-    0.5.0-alpha."]
+    [:p "Reagent 0.5.0 has automatic importing of React.js, two kinds
+    of cursors, better integration of native React components, better
+    performance, easier integration with e.g Figwheel, and more."]
     
     (if summary
       [link {:href url
              :class 'news-read-more} "Read more"]
       [:div.demo-text
+       [:h2 "A new way of importing React"]
+
+       [:p new-in-alpha "Reagent now takes advantage of
+       ClojureScript’s new way of packaging JavaScript dependencies.
+       That means that you no longer have to include React in your
+       HTML, nor should you use " [:code ":preamble"] ". Instead,
+       Reagent depends on the " [:code "cljsjs/react"] " library."]
+
+       [:p "If you want to use another version of React, you can do
+       that in two ways. In both cases you’ll have to
+       exclude " [:code "cljsjs/react"] " by using
+       e.g " [:code "[reagent \"0.5.0-alpha3\" :exclusions [cljsjs/react]]"]
+        " in the " [:code ":dependencies"] " section of your "
+        [:code "project.clj"] "."]
+
+       [:p "You can then add e.g " [:code "[cljsjs/react-with-addons
+       \"0.12.2-4\"]"] " as a dependency. Or you can add a file
+       named " [:code "cljsjs/react.cljs"] ", containing
+       just " [:code "(ns cljsjs.react)"] ", to your project – and then
+       import React in some other way."]
+
+       [:p "Reagent now requires ClojureScript 0.0-2816 or later."]
+
+
        [:h2 "Splitting atoms"]
 
        [:p "Reagent now has a simple way to make reusable components
@@ -95,8 +162,8 @@
 
        [demo-component {:comp parent
                         :src [:pre ns-src
-                              (s/src-of [:input :name-edit
-                                         :person :parent])]}]
+                              (s/src-of [:person :input :name-edit
+                                         :parent])]}]
 
        [:p "Here, the " [:code "parent"] " component controls the
        global state, and delegates editing the name
@@ -112,6 +179,60 @@
        and that the callback function in the end must cause a ”real”
        atom to change."]
 
+       [:h2 "Cursors"]
+
+       [:p new-in-alpha "Reagent has another way of isolating part of
+       a data structure in an atom: " [:code "reagent.core/cursor"] ".
+       Using the same state as in the previous example, usage now looks
+       like this:"]
+
+       [demo-component {:comp cursor-parent
+                        :src (s/src-of [:cursor-name-edit
+                                        :cursor-parent])}]
+
+       [:p new-in-alpha "Cursors can now also be generalized to use
+       any transformation of data from and to a source atom (or many
+       atoms, for that matter). To use that, you pass a function
+       to " [:code "cursor"] " instead of an atom, as in this
+       example:"]
+
+       [demo-component {:comp cursor-parent
+                        :src (s/src-of [:person-get-set
+                                        :get-set-parent])}]
+
+       [:p "The function passed to " [:code "cursor"] " will be called
+       with one argument to get data (it is passed the key, i.e the
+       second argument to " [:code "cursor"] "), and two arguments
+       when the cursor is changed (then it is passed the key and the
+       new value)."]
+
+       [:p "The getter function can reference one or many Reagent
+       atoms (or other cursors). If the cursor is used in a component
+       the getter function will re-run to change the value of the
+       cursor just like a Reagent component does."]
+
+       [:h3 "Values and references"]
+
+       [:p "So what’s the difference between wraps and cursors? Why
+       have both?"]
+
+       [:p "A " [:code "wrap"] " is just a value that happens to look
+       like an " [:code "atom"] ". It doesn’t change unless you tell
+       it to. It is a very lightweight combination of value and a
+       callback to back-propagate changes to the value. It relies only
+       on Reagent’s equality test
+       in " [:code ":should-component-update"] " to avoid unnecessary
+       re-rendering."]
+
+       [:p "A " [:code "cursor"] ", on the other hand, will always be
+       up-to-date with the value of the source atom. In other words,
+       it acts a reference to part of the value of the source.
+       Components that " [:code "deref"] " cursors are re-rendered
+       automatically, in exactly the same way as if
+       they " [:code "deref"] " a normal Reagent atom (unnecessary
+       re-rendering is avoided by checking if the cursor's value has
+       changed using " [:code "identical?"] ")."]
+       
 
        [:h2 "Faster rendering"]
 
@@ -149,6 +270,29 @@
        [demo-component {:comp integration
                         :src (s/src-of [:integration])}]
 
+       [:p new-in-alpha "If you don't need/want this kind of low-level
+       control over interaction with javascript React, you can also
+       use the new function " [:code "adapt-react-class"] ", that will
+       take any React class, and turn it into something that can be
+       called from Reagent directly. The example from above would then
+       become:"]
+
+       [demo-component {:comp adapted
+                        :src (s/src-of [:div-adapter :adapted])}]
+
+       [:p new-in-alpha "You can also do the opposite: call Reagent
+       components from JavaScript React (for example from JSX). For
+       this purpose, you'd use another adapter
+       – " [:code "reactify-component"] " – like this:"]
+
+       [demo-component {:comp could-be-jsx
+                        :src (s/src-of [:exported :react-comp
+                                        :could-be-jsx])}]
+
+       [:p "The " [:code "exported"] " component will be called with a
+       single argument: the React " [:code "props"] ", converted to a
+       ClojureScript " [:code "map"] "."]
+
 
        [:h2 "More equality"]
 
@@ -165,13 +309,14 @@
 
        [:h2 "React 0.12"]
 
-       [:p "Reagent now comes with, and requires, React 0.12.1. To
+       [:p "Reagent now comes with, and requires, React 0.12.2. To
        mirror the changes in API in React, some Reagent functions have
        gotten new names: "]
 
        [:ul
         [:li [:code "render-component"] " is now " [:code "render"]]
-        [:li [:code "render-component-to-string"] " is now " [:code "render-to-string"]]
+        [:li [:code "render-component-to-string"] " is
+        now " [:code "render-to-string"]]
         [:li [:code "as-component"] " is now " [:code "as-element"]]]
 
        [:p "The old names still work, though."]
@@ -188,6 +333,9 @@
        e.g. the rather excellent " [:a {:href
        figwheel-link} "figwheel"] ", since " [:code "render"] " now
        will cause the entire component tree to update (by-passing the
-       equality checks)."] ])]])
+       equality checks)."]
+
+       [:p new-in-alpha "All the examples in the Reagent repo now uses
+       figwheel."]])]])
 
 (tools/register-page url [#'main] title)

demo/reagentdemo/syntax.clj

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   (string/split src #"\n(?=[(])"))
 
 (defn src-defs [parts]
-  (let [ws #"[^ \t]+"]
+  (let [ws #"[^ \t\n]+"]
     (into {} (for [x parts]
                [(->> x (re-seq ws) second keyword) x]))))