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one-way data binding for web applications

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Simulacra.js

Roasted

Half or more of the comments are critical

3 positive, 1 neutral or mixed, 4 critical. Score -0.17

LikedCompact, minimalist, handles the basic case without boiling the ocean

ObjectedUsing CSS classes for data binding mixes style and behaviour

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Shown by daliwali on Nov 21, 2015. Click the card to turn it over.

82points

19comments

#326of 2,565 in 2015

Top 13%of 2015 by points

How HN took it

RoastedHalf or more of the comments are critical

3 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 4 critical, out of 8 comments about the project. Thread score -0.17.

Design: 1 for, 2 againstPerformance: 0 for, 2 againstIdea: 2 for, 0 against

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Using CSS classes for data binding mixes style and behaviour
From 3 comments
- Interesting project and it's nice to see work done on something compact and minimalist. But I don't like that CSS classes are used to bind data. I know other libraries do this…
  teleclimber on HN
- This looks pretty interesting. It does require the structure of the HTML to be very similar to the object, though. And I'm not thrilled that is uses the class name for a DOM node…
  Dru89 on HN
- If you always use something like 'data-bind' for binding and keep classes solely for CSS it's easier to maintain simply because you know 'what classes you can delete' without…
  nilliams on HN
Unclear whether vector binding and heterogeneous elements are supported
From 1 comment
- This is fine for scalar binding of simple values - a property mapping to a value - but what about vector binding, where you have a list of items, and need the UI to reflect…
  barrkel on HN
Benchmarks are hard to reproduce
From 1 comment
- These benchmarks are tough to reproduce (for all libs). Mithril's instructions say, "To run an execution time test on this page, run the profiler from your browser's developer…
  leeoniya on HN

More realistic examples of a full app
From 1 comment
- I've been doing database-backed web apps using MVC frameworks for so many years, that it's hard for me to wrap my head around the front-end javascript frameworks. This one seems…
  jordanlev on HN
Stress tests such as dbmonster and speedtest
From 1 comment
- These benchmarks are tough to reproduce (for all libs). Mithril's instructions say, "To run an execution time test on this page, run the profiler from your browser's developer…
  leeoniya on HN
Clearer usage via script tag without a bundler
From 1 comment
- I've been doing database-backed web apps using MVC frameworks for so many years, that it's hard for me to wrap my head around the front-end javascript frameworks. This one seems…
  jordanlev on HN

How to use it in a plain script tag rather than with require
From 1 comment
- I've been doing database-backed web apps using MVC frameworks for so many years, that it's hard for me to wrap my head around the front-end javascript frameworks. This one seems…
  jordanlev on HN
Does it support sorts, insertions and deletions in lists
From 1 comment
- This is fine for scalar binding of simple values - a property mapping to a value - but what about vector binding, where you have a list of items, and need the UI to reflect…
  barrkel on HN

Mustache / Hogan.js
From 1 comment
- I think you're correct about its intended use case being different. I used Twitter's Mustache compiler, Hogan.js, in a similar fashion for a tiny app once. Though I suppose I…
  tedmiston on HN
domvm
From 1 comment
- These benchmarks are tough to reproduce (for all libs). Mithril's instructions say, "To run an execution time test on this page, run the profiler from your browser's developer…
  leeoniya on HN
Pure templating (beebole)
From 1 comment
- reminds me of http://beebole.com/pure/
  leeoniya on HN