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DevDocs: about modern frameworks in TiddlyWiki (#8027)
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created: 20190202035524804
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modified: 20221029161501848
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modified: 20240302110658300
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tags:
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title: Javascript Widget Tutorial
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type: text/vnd.tiddlywiki
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Intended audience:
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# Those who know tiddlywiki well and know programming and javascript and want to write their own widget. I don't make any effort to explain javascript here. For that you will need other resources.
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# Those who know tiddlywiki well and know programming and javascript and want to write their own widget.
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# Those who know tiddlywiki well and don't know javascript, but want to understand more about how tiddlywiki works. You should be able to skim through and interact with the demos and learn something.
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!The tutorial
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We don't make any effort to explain javascript here. For that you will need other resources, like [[MDN|https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript]].
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!! The tutorial
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* [[Undefined widget tutorial]]
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* [[Do nothing widget tutorial]]
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* [[Hello World widget tutorial]]
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* [[Widget attributes tutorial part II]]
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* [[Child widgets tutorial]]
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! Notes
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!! Notes
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tiddlywiki doesn't support dynamically reloading javascript. If you change a javascript tiddler, then you need to save and reload the wiki before the changes will take affect.
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Without the need for reloads, a tiddlywiki instance with the [[innerwiki plugin|https://tiddlywiki.com/prerelease/plugins/tiddlywiki/innerwiki/]] installed works great as a playground for interacting with tiddlywiki javascript.
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! Other documentation on writing TW widgets
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!! Other documentation on writing TW widgets
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* WidgetModules
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* [[Widgets]]
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!! Full API doc
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[[Github Pages of TW5-Typed|https://tiddly-gittly.github.io/TW5-Typed/api/classes/modules_widgets.widget]]
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modified: 20160305222940000
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created: 20160111034749658
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modified: 20240302110735646
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title: Using ES2016 for Writing Plugins
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type: text/vnd.tiddlywiki
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Please understand how the PluginMechanism works since this is all about writing a plugin using Babel to compile the output that will be included in the final TiddlyWiki (for example [[TiddlyWiki on Node.js]]).
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!! Installing and Configuring Babel
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!! Use a framework
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It is recommended to use develop toolkit managed by community. For example,
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# [[Modern.TiddlyDev|https://tiddly-gittly.github.io/Modern.TiddlyDev/]]
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They are known as "~JavaScript Meta-Framework". With them, you can start developing in a few minutes, without hours of configuration and debugging the build steps.
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!! Installing and Configuring Babel by yourself
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You can install Babel using
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<<.tip "I found it easier to manage my plugins as if they were ''npm'' modules complete with a `package.json` that compiles the output via `npm run build`. See [[npm-scripts documentation|https://docs.npmjs.com/misc/scripts]] for details.">>
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!! Compiling the Output
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Another benefit of using such a "Meta-Framework" is that you can easily maintain your configuration, you will find it difficult to upgrade those config files after several months.
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!!! Compiling the Output
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Pick a folder to store the ES2015 JavaScript and a folder to output the TiddlyWiki ready JavaScript. In this example I will use `src` and `lib` respectively. With Babel installed and working I can compile all the JavaScript in the `src` folder to the `lib` folder by running this command:
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<<.warning "Babel will //not// copy over non-JavaScript files. It is up to the developer to include all the supporting files themselves. Babel only converts the ~JavaScript files (ending in `.js`) from the `src` folder to the `lib` folder.">>
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!! Imports and Exports
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!!! Imports and Exports
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In a plugin written pre-ES2015 one would `require` a module through TiddlyWiki like so:
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It is important to understand that in ES2016 the ''default'' export is not supported in TiddlyWiki. This is mostly because the core code expects specific properties to be attached to the `exports` variable. Bable's `export` conversion plays well with this //except// with the default export.
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!! Classes
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!!! Classes
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In the example of a widget ES2016 plays well with class inheritance. To contrast the typical Widget definition would look something like this:
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}
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```
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!!! Non Class Modules
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!!!! Non Class Modules
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For non class modules you can use the `export` keyword. Here is a simple [[Startup Module|ModuleType]]:
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export function run() {…}
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```
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!! Polyfills
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!!! Polyfills
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ES2015 comes with some features that are part of the JavaScript core objects. These are not supported by all browsers. To use these features in [[most browsers|BrowserCompatibility]] you will need a <<.def "polyfill">>. Babel has a polyfill package that you can include. See [[Adding Babel Polyfill to TiddlyWiki]] for how to accomplish this.
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!! Example
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!!! Example
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Here is an example ES2015 plugin/widget that will show the time and update it:
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