PlasmaJS
An isomorphic NodeJS framework powered with React for building web apps.
Use the starter-kit to get up and running with PlasmaJS [OUTDATED]
Features
- Declarative syntax
- Isomorphic routing
- Isolated routing for API endpoints
- Maintainable middlewares
- ES6 syntax with babel
Installation
- Install with npm
npm i --save plasmajs(you can also install it globally withnpm i -g plasmajs) - To run the server,
plasmajs path/to/server.js(Add it to your package.json scripts for local install)
Guide
Import it to your app.js
import { Server, Route, Router, NodeHistoryAPI } from 'plasmajs';
Writing A Server
const HeadLayout = props => (
<head>
<title>{props.title}</title>
</head>
);
const WrapperLayout = props => <body>{props.children}</body>;
const HomeLayout = props => <div>Hello World</div>;
const ErrorLayout = props => <div>404 Not Found</div>;
export default class App extends React.Component {
// Port number (Default=8080)
static port = 8080;
render() {
const history = new NodeHistoryAPI(this.props.request, this.props.response);
return (
<Server>
<HeadLayout title="Test" />
<Router history={history} wrapper={WrapperLayout}>
<Route path="/" component={HomeLayout} />
<Route errorHandler={true} component={ErrorLayout} />
</Router>
</Server>
);
}
}
Middlewares
Writing custom middlewares
In MyMiddleWare.jsx...
import { MiddleWare } from 'plasmajs';
export default class MyMiddleWare extends MiddleWare {
onRequest(req, res) {
// Do your magic here
// Run this.terminate() to stop the render and take over
}
}
And in App's render method...
<Server>
<MyMiddleWare {...this.props} />
// ...
</Server>
Logger middleware
It logs information about the request made to the server out to the console.
import {Logger} from 'plasmajs' // and add it in the server but after the router declaration.
<Server>
// ...
<Logger {...this.props} color={true} />
</Server>
- Props
color(boolean) - Adds color to the logs if true
StaticContentRouter middleware
Allows you to host a static content directory for public files
import {StaticContentRouter} from 'plasmajs'
<Server>
<StaticContentRouter {...this.props} dir='public' hasPrefix={true} />
// ...
</Server>
- Props
dir(string) - The name of the static content folder to hosthasPrefix(boolean) - If set to false, will route it as http://example.com/file instead of http://example.com/public/filecompress(boolean) - If true, will enable gzip compression on all static content if the client supports it
APIRoute middleware
Allows you to declare isolated routes for requests to api hooks
import {APIRoute} from 'plasmajs'
//...
// API request handler for api routes
_apiRequestHandler() {
// Return a promise
return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
resolve({
wow: "cool cool"
});
});
}
render() {
return (
<Server>
<APIRoute {...this.props} method='POST' path='/api/stuff' controller={this._apiRequestHandler} />
//...
</Server>
);
}
- Props
method(string) - The http request methodpath(string or regex) - The path to matchcontroller(function) - The request handler
Routing
Isomorphic routing which renders the content on the server-side and then lets the javascript kick in and take over the interactions. (The server side rendering only works for Push State routing on the client side, not Hash routing).
NOTE: Its better to isolate the route definitions to its own file so that the client-side and the server-side can share the components
History API
There are 3 types of routing available - Backend routing(new NodeHistoryAPI(request, response)), Push State routing(new HistoryAPI(options)), Hash routing(new HashHistoryAPI(options))(NOTE: The naming is just for consistency)
The Router
<Router history={history} wrapper={Wrapper}>
{allRouteDeclarations}
</Router>
- Props
history(object) - It's the history api instance you pass in depending on the kind of routing you require.wrapper(React component class) - It is a wrapper for the routed contents
Declaring a route
If Homepage is a react component class and / is the url.
<Route path='/' component={HomePage} />
- Props
path(string or regex) - The url to route the request tocomponent(React component class) - The component to be rendered when the route is triggeredstatusCode(integer) - The status code for the responsecaseInsensitive(boolean) - Set to true if you want the url to be case insensitiveerrorHandler(boolean) - Set to true to define a 404 error handler
Want to help?
PRs are welcome. You can also join us on discord for discussions about plasmajs.