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Re:VanJS: A 0.9KB JavaScript UI framework by 3dGrabber on Wednesday December 20, 2023 @09:49AM (#38709243)
Please no

The {...} syntax is a non-standard extension to XML/HTML I think MS came first up with back in the day for XAML (WPF).

It's a hack to "fix" a shortcoming of the base language.

It does not compose, i.e. :

<DoStuff args={<DoMoreStuff args={...} />} />

does not work.

Re:VanJS: A 0.9KB JavaScript UI framework by pastacacioepepe on Wednesday December 20, 2023 @10:12AM (#38709508)
That would be

<DoStuff args={...}><DoMoreStuff args={...} /></DoStuff>

Still more readable than brackets hell like:

DoStuff(DoMoreStuff(DoEvenMoreStuff()))

Re:VanJS: A 0.9KB JavaScript UI framework by 3dGrabber on Wednesday December 20, 2023 @10:20AM (#38709605)
^^^ Apples to oranges:

    <DoStuff args={...}><DoMoreStuff args={...}> <DoEvenMoreStuff args={...}/> </DoMoreStuff> </DoStuff>
vs

    DoStuff(DoMoreStuff(DoEvenMoreStuff()))
Both of them you would split into indented lines when they become too long. And 1 becomes too long much faster.

Also with 2 you can do

    const todo = DoMoreStuff(DoEvenMoreStuff());  
    DoStuff(todo);
where as with 1 you cannot.
Re:VanJS: A 0.9KB JavaScript UI framework by mitt_romney_12 on Wednesday December 20, 2023 @12:53PM (#38711467)
With JSX you can do

  const todo = <DoMoreStuff args={...}><DoEvenMoreStuff args={...}/></DoMoreStuff>;
  <DoStuff args={...}>{todo}</DoStuff>