JSONA is a module that constructs a single page react applciation (SPA) with JSON using Typescript.
JSONA is designed so you can quickly build a React SPA by defining your layout, routes, and application functionality with JSON. The JSONA Library includes a JSONA UMD module with batteries included so you can use JSONA in the browser without transpilers or any additional setup/configuration. The JSONA UMD is ideal for JAMstack Applications and internal tools.
The idea behind JSONA is to enable rapid SPA development. JSONA attempts to automate the routing, rendering, and compiling of a typical front end application.
React developers who are more comfortable building custom components and elements can also configure JSONA to meet specific application requirements.
Although you could build a completely custom React App with JSONA, the ideal use case is for quickly building and prototyping internal tools.
JSONA currently supports
- Defining custom components
- Using custom component libraries (React Bootstrap, Material UI, Ant Design, etc)
- Multiple layered views, and support for overlays and modals
- Custom authentication logic
- Dynamic routing and data loading
- Custom error handling
$ npm i @jsonstack/jsona
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>SIMPLE JSONA TEST</title>
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://unpkg.com/@jsonstack/[email protected]/dist/index.umd.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="loading"></div>
<div id="root"></div>
<script type="text/javascript">
const jsonaTemplates = {
header:{
__error_404:{
jsonx:{
component:"header",
children:"error header"
}
},
'/':{
jsonx:{
component:"header",
children:"home header"
}
},
'/:catchall*':{
jsonx:{
component:"header",
children:"rest of pages header"
}
},
},
root:{
__error_404: {
jsonx: {
component: "div",
children: [
{
component: "h1",
children: "Not Found"
},
{
component: "div",
thisprops: {
_children: ["location", "pathname"]
}
}
]
},
pageData: [
{
tagName: "title",
attributes: {},
innerHTML: "Not Found"
}
]
},
'/':{
preRenderFunctions:[],
pageData:[
{
tagName:'title',
attributes:{},
innerHTML:"Basic JSONA App"
}
],
jsonx:{
component:'main',
children:[
{div:'hello world!!!'},
{
ul:[
{li:[{Link:{props:{to:'/'},children:'index'}}]},
{li:[{Link:{props:{to:'/page-1'},children:'page1'}}]},
{li:[{Link:{props:{to:'/page-2'},children:'page2'}}]},
{li:[{Link:{props:{to:'/page-3'},children:'page3'}}]}
]
}
]
}
},
'/page-1':{
preRenderFunctions:[
],
postRenderFunctions:[
],
pageData:[
{
tagName:'title',
attributes:{},
innerHTML:"Page 1"
}
],
jsonx:{
component:'main',
children:[
{div:'page 1!!!'},
{
ul:[
{li:[{Link:{props:{to:'/'},children:'index'}}]},
{li:[{Link:{props:{to:'/page-1'},children:'page1'}}]},
{li:[{Link:{props:{to:'/page-2'},children:'page2'}}]},
{li:[{Link:{props:{to:'/page-3'},children:'page3'}}]}
]
}
]
},
"resources": {
"album": "https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/albums/1",
"photos": "https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/albums/1/photos"
},
},
},
}
const AppConfig = {
templates: jsonaTemplates,
settings: {
// templatePath: 'https://my-json-server.typicode.com/repetere/mock-my-json-server/templates', //can also provide endpoint to pull templates
router: "hash", //react router type
},
application: {
state: {
name: "Demo App",
version: "0.0.1",
}
},
initialScripts: [
// "https://any-custom-scripts.js",
],
customComponents: [
// {
// name: "ReactModal",
// format: "umd",
// type: "component",
// umdFilePath:
// "https://unpkg.com/[email protected]/dist/react-modal.js"
// // jsonx,
// // stylesheets:[url,],
// },
],
customScripts: [
/*url,*/
// "https://unpkg.com/[email protected]/umd/scheduler.production.min.js"
],
customStyles: [
/*url,*/
// "node_modules/spectre.css/dist/spectre.min.css"
],
customFunctions: {
/*Function, */
},
layers: [
{
order: 200,
name: "modal",
system: true,
type: "overlay"
},
// overlay
{
order: 400,
name: "header",
system: true,
type: "view"
},
{
order: 900,
name: "root",
system: true,
type: "applicationRoot"
}
]
};
// void async function main(){
// const App = await jsona.App(AppConfig)
// }()
jsona.App(AppConfig)
</script>
</body>
</html>
Note Make sure you have typescript installed
$ npm i -g typescript
For generating documentation
$ npm run doc
Check out https://repetere.github.io/jsona/ for the full jsona Documentation
$ npm test
Fork, write tests and create a pull request!
License
MIT