noddity-view-model

example

var level = require('level-mem')
var Retrieval = require('noddity-fs-retrieval')
var Butler = require('noddity-butler')
var Renderer = require('noddity-renderer')
var ViewModel = require('noddity-view-model')
 
var renderTemplate = require('fs').readFileSync('index.html', { encoding:'utf8' })
 
var butlerOpts = {
    refreshEvery: 600000,
    cacheCheckIntervalMs: 10000
}
 
var db = new level('./database')
var retrieve = new Retrieval('./www/')
var butler = new Butler(retrieve, db, butlerOpts)
var renderer = new Renderer(butler, String)
 
var setCurrent =  new ViewModel(butler, renderer, renderTemplate)
 
setCurrent('whatever-page.md', function (err, html) {
    document.getElementById('page').innerHTML = err ? err.message : html
})

api

var ViewModel = require('noddity-view-model')

var setCurrent = ViewModel(butler, renderer, ractiveTemplate[, ractiveData])

• butler is an instantiated noddity butler.
• renderer is an instantiated noddity renderer.
• ractiveTemplate is a ractive-flavored string template. (Like a handlebars template.)
• ractiveData is the initial data that the internal ractive instance starts with. Optional, defaults to {}.
• Returns setCurrent.

setCurrent(page, cb)

• page is the markdown page that should be rendered.
• cb is a function that has the following arguments:
  • err is an error, or null.
  • html is the compiled html.

notes on templates

Here is a list of things you can use in your template:

• {{html}}
• {{current}}
• {{date}}
• {{page}}
• {{postList}}
• Properties on the ractiveData object:

ractiveTemplate = '{{html}}\n{{current}}\n{{date}}\n{{page}}\n{{postList}}\n{{thingy}}'
ractiveData = { thingy: 3 }

install

With npm do:

npm install noddity-view-model

license

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