@swim/web

@swim/web implements a thin web application framework built on the @swim/ui toolkit. @swim/web makes it easy to embed @swim/ui views and @swim/ux widgets in any web page by simply adding special swim- attributes to ordinary HTML elements. @swim/web is a part of the broader @swim/system framework.

Framework

The @swim/web umbrella package depends on, and re-exports, the following component libraries:

• @swim/website (npm, doc) – inimalist components that implement common dynamic website behaviors.
• @swim/webapp (npm, doc) – lightweight web application loader that dynamically instantiates views and controllers declared by swim- HTML attributes.

@swim/web builds on the @swim/core and @swim/ui frameworks; it has no additional dependencies.

Installation

npm

For an npm-managed project, npm install @swim/web to make it a dependency. TypeScript sources will be installed into node_modules/@swim/web/main. Transpiled JavaScript and TypeScript definition files install into node_modules/@swim/web/lib/main. And a pre-built UMD script, which bundles all @swim/web component libraries, can be found in node_modules/@swim/web/dist/main/swim-web.js.

Browser

Browser applications can load swim-web.js, along with its swim-core.js and swim-ui.js dependencies, from the swimOS CDN.

<!-- Development -->
<script src="https://cdn.swimos.org/js/latest/swim-core.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.swimos.org/js/latest/swim-ui.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.swimos.org/js/latest/swim-web.js"></script>
 
<!-- Production -->
<script src="https://cdn.swimos.org/js/latest/swim-core.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.swimos.org/js/latest/swim-ui.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.swimos.org/js/latest/swim-web.min.js"></script>

Alternatively, the standalone swim-system.js script may be loaded from the swimOS CDN, which bundles @swim/web together with all other @swim/system frameworks.

<!-- Development -->
<script src="https://cdn.swimos.org/js/latest/swim-system.js"></script>
 
<!-- Production -->
<script src="https://cdn.swimos.org/js/latest/swim-system.min.js"></script>

Usage

ES6/TypeScript

@swim/web can be imported as an ES6 module from TypeScript and other ES6-compatible environments. All component libraries are re-exported by the umbrella @swim/web module.

import * as swim from "@swim/web";

CommonJS

@swim/web can also be used with CommonJS-compatible module systems. All component libraries are re-exported by the umbrella @swim/web module.

var swim = require("@swim/web");

Browser

When loaded by a web browser, the swim-web.js script adds all component library exports to the global swim namespace. The swim-web.js script requires that swim-core.js and swim-ui.js have already been loaded.

The swim-system.js script also adds all @swim/web component library exports to the global swim namespace, making it a drop-in replacement for swim-web.js when additional @swim/system frameworks are needed.