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Created January 27, 2016 20:06
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Simple DOM element creator with nice syntax for coffeescript. Not recommended for production applications.
range = (start, stop, step=1) ->
if arguments.length == 1
stop = start
start = 0
x = start
while start < stop
old = start
start += step
old
methods = ( ->
parent = null
error = (message) ->
parent = null
throw new Error(message)
return {
tag: (tagName, attributes, body) ->
switch arguments.length
when 1
attributes = {}
body = null
when 2
if typeof attributes == 'function'
body = attributes
attributes = {}
else
body = null
when 3
else
throw new Error("unexpected number of arguments: #{arguments.length}")
el = document.createElement tagName
for attr, value of attributes
el.setAttribute attr, value
if parent != null
parent.appendChild(el)
if body
oldParent = parent
parent = el
body()
parent = oldParent
return el
html: (str) ->
parent.innerHTML = str
parent.children
text: (str) ->
parent.textContent = str
parent.textContent
}
)()
self.tag = methods.tag
self.text = methods.text
self.html = methods.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript" src="./tagCreator.js"></script>
<script type="text/coffeescript">
t = tag 'div', ->
tag 'h1', -> text 'yolo'
tag 'p', -> text """
My name is Michael, and I am awesome. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.
"""
tag 'footer', ->
tag 'div', -> text 'this is the footer'
tag 'div', -> html '<b>this is some html in the footer</p>'
document.body.appendChild t
</script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://github.com/jashkenas/coffee-script/raw/master/extras/coffee-script.js"></script>
</body>
// Generated by CoffeeScript 1.10.0
(function() {
var methods, range;
range = function(start, stop, step) {
var old, results, x;
if (step == null) {
step = 1;
}
if (arguments.length === 1) {
stop = start;
start = 0;
}
x = start;
results = [];
while (start < stop) {
old = start;
start += step;
results.push(old);
}
return results;
};
methods = (function() {
var error, parent;
parent = null;
error = function(message) {
parent = null;
throw new Error(message);
};
return {
tag: function(tagName, attributes, body) {
var attr, el, oldParent, value;
switch (arguments.length) {
case 1:
attributes = {};
body = null;
break;
case 2:
if (typeof attributes === 'function') {
body = attributes;
attributes = {};
} else {
body = null;
}
break;
case 3:
break;
default:
throw new Error("unexpected number of arguments: " + arguments.length);
}
el = document.createElement(tagName);
for (attr in attributes) {
value = attributes[attr];
el.setAttribute(attr, value);
}
if (parent !== null) {
parent.appendChild(el);
}
if (body) {
oldParent = parent;
parent = el;
body();
parent = oldParent;
}
return el;
},
html: function(str) {
parent.innerHTML = str;
return parent.children;
},
text: function(str) {
parent.textContent = str;
return parent.textContent;
}
};
})();
self.tag = methods.tag;
self.text = methods.text;
self.html = methods.html;
}).call(this);
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