This is not actively developed, and there are better tools out there to use. I made this mostly as a learning exercise.
A JavaScript framework that lets you write HTML from JavaScript.
Spark.js is very clean, in that the code is self descriptive, and doesn't require unnecessary characters. For example, in jQuery you do this to make a button with JavaScript:
<!doctype html>
<html>
<body id="body">
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.2/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script>
function test(){
alert("Hi")
}
$(document).ready(function() {
$("#body").html("<button type=\"submit\" onclick=\"test()\">Test</button>")
})
</script>
</body>
</html>Not bad right? You could even put the JavaScript in a seperate file, and load that file, so you could then write almost all of your HTML in JavaScript. That might look like this:
<!doctype html>
<html>
<body id="body">
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.2/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script>
function test(){
alert("Hi")
}
$(document).ready(function() {
$("#body").html("<form method=\"POST\"><input type=\"text\" /><button type=\"submit\">Submit</button>")
})
</script>
</body>
</html>But at that point, even if the JavaScript is in a seperate file, it's even more complex than just writing the HTML, because everything is on one line, you have to put a backslash before quotes, etc. In Spark however, making a button looks like this:
<!doctype html>
<html>
<body id="body">
<script src="/spark.js"></script>
<script>
function test() {
alert("Hi")
}
Spark.create('button', {'type': 'submit', 'onclick': 'test()'}, 'Test')
</script>
</body>
</html>If you were to put the JavaScript in a seperate file, you can see how much that is like writing a desktop application.
Spark works in Chrome and Firefox, and IE.
It's on GitHub! Just fork the repo, and send pull requests once you have added features or fixed bugs.
The tutorial is here. The rest is on the wiki.
- Dynamic creation of HTML with Spark.start(), Spark.end(), and Spark.create()
- Cross browser ajax with Spark.ajax(), Spark.superAjax(), and Spark.get()
- Spark.pack() for creating widgets and the Spark.widget object for accessing them (Docs on widgets here)
- DOM selection tool Spark.sel() function for manipulating the DOM