# ReblendJS

ReblendJS is a lightweight frontend library that seamlessly integrates the flexibility of React with the efficiency of Web Components. It offers a modular approach to state management and component rendering, ensuring fast and predictable UI updates.

## 🚀 Features

- ✅ **Supports Standard HTML & React Attributes** – Write components using familiar syntax.
- ✅ **JSX Support** – Use `for`, `style` (as a string), `class` (as `classNames`), and standard attributes.
- ✅ **React Component Compatibility** – Use React components within ReblendJS.
- ✅ **Uses React's Build Tools** – No need to change your existing setup.
- ✅ **Functional Components Compile to Classes** – Optimized for performance.
- ✅ **Single Execution for Functional Components** – No unnecessary re-renders.
- ✅ **Web Component Native Support** – Directly renders existing `HTMLElement` instances without wrappers.
- ✅ **Simple API & Easy to Learn** – Minimal boilerplate, quick to get started.
- ✅ **Built-in Hooks Support** – Manage state and side effects seamlessly.
- ✅ **Component-Level State Management** – Each element holds its own state.
- ✅ **No Mixed or Async State Rendering** – Eliminates issues with pre/post rendering.
- ✅ **Faster Rendering** – State is localized within each element, reducing unnecessary updates.

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## 📦 Installation

To quickly set up a new ReblendJS project with TypeScript, use:

```sh
npx create-reblend-app --template typescript ./my-app
```

Alternatively, install ReblendJS manually:

```sh
npm install reblendjs
```

or

```sh
yarn add reblendjs
```

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## 🛠️ Usage

### Mounting Components to the DOM

ReblendJS uses `mountOn` to attach components to the DOM:

```js
import Reblend from 'reblendjs'
import App from './App'

Reblend.mountOn('root', App)
```

### Functional Component Example

ReblendJS **recommends using functional components** for better performance, as they are efficiently compiled into class components:

```js
import Reblend, { useState } from 'reblendjs'

const Counter = () => {
  const [count, setCount] = useState(0)

  return (
    <div>
      <h1>Counter: {count}</h1>
      <button onClick={() => setCount(count + 1)}>Increment</button>
    </div>
  )
}

Reblend.mountOn('root', Counter)
```

### JSX Support (`for`, `style`, `class`, and Attributes)

ReblendJS **fully supports JSX attributes**, including:

- ✅ `for` (instead of `htmlFor` in React)
- ✅ `style` (as a **string**, unlike React's object-based approach)
- ✅ `class` (as `classNames`)
- ✅ Standard attributes (`id`, `name`, `placeholder`, etc.)

Example:

```js
const FormExample = () => {
  return (
    <form>
      <label for="name">Name:</label>
      <input id="name" type="text" placeholder="Enter your name" />

      <button class="btn btn-primary" style="background-color: blue; padding: 10px;">
        Submit
      </button>
    </form>
  )
}

Reblend.mountOn('root', FormExample)
```

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## 🎯 Use Cases

ReblendJS is ideal for:

- **Building Web Components** – Create reusable elements without React wrappers.
- **Optimizing Performance** – When React’s Virtual DOM is too heavy.
- **Progressive Enhancement** – Use ReblendJS alongside native HTML.
- **Embedding in Non-React Projects** – Works well in vanilla JS applications.

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## ⚖️ ReblendJS vs React

| Feature                     | ReblendJS                              | ReactJS                                         |
| --------------------------- | -------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
| Standard HTML Attributes    | ✅ Supports all                        | ✅ Supports all                                 |
| JSX `for`, `style`, `class` | ✅ Fully supported                     | ❌ `htmlFor`, `style` as an object, `className` |
| React Component Support     | ✅ Fully Compatible                    | ✅ Native                                       |
| Functional Components       | ✅ Compiled to Classes                 | ✅ Functional with Hooks                        |
| Hooks                       | ✅ Supported                           | ✅ Supported                                    |
| Web Component Support       | ✅ Native (renders without wrapper)    | ❌ Requires wrappers like `React.createElement` |
| State Management            | ✅ Localized in elements               | ✅ Centralized (React Context, Redux)           |
| Rendering Performance       | ✅ Faster (isolated state per element) | ⚠️ Slower when dealing with large states        |
| Build Tool                  | ✅ Uses React's toolchain              | ✅ Uses its own build tools                     |
| Learning Curve              | ✅ Simpler syntax, minimal setup       | ⚠️ More concepts (Virtual DOM, Reconciliation)  |

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## 🎨 Example: Modal with Button Interaction Using Bootstrap Components with ReblendJS

Here’s an example of creating a button that toggles a modal:

```js
import { Button } from 'react-bootstrap'
import Reblend, { useState } from 'reblendjs'
import Modal from 'react-bootstrap/Modal'

export function MyVerticallyCenteredModal(props: any) {
  return (
    <Modal {...props} size="lg" aria-labelledby="contained-modal-title-vcenter" centered closeButton>
      <Modal.Header>
        <Modal.Title id="contained-modal-title-vcenter">Modal heading</Modal.Title>
      </Modal.Header>
      <Modal.Body>
        <h4>Centered Modal</h4>
        <p>
          Cras mattis consectetur purus sit amet fermentum. Cras justo odio, dapibus ac facilisis in, egestas eget quam.
          Morbi leo risus, porta ac consectetur ac, vestibulum at eros.
        </p>
      </Modal.Body>
      <Modal.Footer>
        <Button onClick={props.onHide}>Close</Button>
      </Modal.Footer>
    </Modal>
  )
}

const App = () => {
  const [modalShow, setModalShow] = useState(false)

  const toggleModal = () => {
    setModalShow(!modalShow)
  }

  return (
    <div>
      <Button variant="primary" onClick={toggleModal}>
        Toggle Modal
      </Button>
      <MyVerticallyCenteredModal show={modalShow} onHide={toggleModal} />
    </div>
  )
}

Reblend.mountOn('root', App)
```

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## 🏗️ Contributing

We welcome contributions! Feel free to submit issues or pull requests.

### Steps to Contribute:

1. Fork the repository.
2. Create a new branch.
3. Commit your changes.
4. Open a pull request.

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## 📜 License

[MIT License.](LICENSE)