It's inspiring to hear about so many folks using htm to build without tools.
This little library has had more of an impact than I would have thought!
github.com/developit/htm
This little library has had more of an impact than I would have thought!
github.com/developit/htm
The next step for htm is to roll over to a custom parser. Right the parser is essentially 1:1 with JSX, which means this is a breaking change.
There's also an option to move to a custom HTML parser. I might run a poll next week to determine what people prefer.
I also want to explore the possibilities of transpiling on-the-fly from JSX to HTM, since the syntax is so similar. With the new parser in place, I'm betting a transform could be written as a clever regex.
I've been doing a bit of benchmarking for these formats and haven't yet been able to come to a conclusion. HTM is a one-time cost of ~500b, but each html`` section is no trivially smaller than the equivalent hyperscript function calls compiled from JSX.
There's more than wire cost at play here though, and parse+compile times for tagged templates might be sticking out as an area to explore for the V8 team.
