Multi paradigm development

Lara supports developing web user interfaces under different paradigms:

Imperative rendering (since first version)

• Here you write code that is similar to vanilla JavaScript, such as Document.Body.AppendChild(...)
• The framework connects everything behind the scenes with AJAX/WebSockets
• A thin runtime executes on the client to stay in sync with the server

Imperative rendering with web components (since around version 0.4)

• Built on top of the previous layer
• Similar to the HTML5 Web Components standard from JavaScript
• Each web component has a "shadow root" where you place the actual elements that you'd like your component to print

Declarative rendering (newest versions)

• Built on top of the previous layers
• Similar to popular JavaScript frameworks
• Set element properties, conditions for rendering, and elements' list of child elements to update automatically based on data
• Documentation and examples based on this layer