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Bendik Aagaard LynghaugandClaude Fable 5 870aa79668 test+docs: full-app browser integration test and the isomorphic counter example
The integration test runs the counter through the real browser path in
happy-dom: start(), store events, raf-batched morph, DOM click handlers,
emit coalescing. examples/counter is the Phase 2 exit criterion: one app
module mounted zero-build in a browser via import map and string-rendered
by node examples/counter/render.js.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_014NgfSjHE11oFpoSnLVKLXd
2026-09-08 16:56:54 +02:00

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choo v8 — branch notes

This branch is the working tree for the v8 modernization effort. The v7 code at the repo root is untouched and stays authoritative until 8.0.0 ships; everything new lives under packages/.

Layout

  • packages/core@choojs/core: the Choo class, same API as choo v7 (use/route/start/mount/toString/emit), ported to ESM. The nano* internals are consolidated into lib/ as attributed ports:
    • lib/bus.js ← nanobus 4.5.0
    • lib/router.js ← nanorouter 4.0.0 + wayfarer 7.0.1 (+ trie)
    • lib/cache.js ← choo component/cache.js + nanolru 1.0.0
    • lib/raf.js ← nanoraf 3.1.0, lib/href.js ← nanohref 3.1.0
    • lib/timing.js ← nanotiming 7.3.1 (unified on global performance)
    • lib/dom.js ← document-ready 2.0.1 + scroll-to-anchor 1.0.0
    • lib/query.js — nanoquery replaced by URLSearchParams
  • packages/html@choojs/html: the rendering package.
    • server.js — server-side tagged template (← nanohtml 1.10.0 server, transform branches removed; pure runtime)
    • browser.js — runtime-only cached template tag: each template literal is parsed once (WeakMap keyed on its strings array) into a plus hole instructions; renders clone and fill. Values never pass through innerHTML. Document-level roots ( etc.) parse via DOMParser since drops them. Known limits: no dynamic tag names, no holes in raw-text elements, SVG fragments need their root, and (unlike v7) whitespace is preserved as authored — which is what makes server and browser output byte-identical.
    • morph.js — ← nanomorph 5.4.3, consolidated to one module
    • raw.js — mark pre-encoded strings (works with both renderers)
    • packages/component@choojs/component: ← nanocomponent 6.6.0 + on-load 3.4.1 as ES classes; the future island/hydration boundary.
    • examples/counter — the isomorphic proof: one app module, mounted zero-build in the browser via import map (index.html), string-rendered in Node (render.js).
    • Status vs the modernization plan

      • Phase 1: monorepo scaffold, ESM ports, choo v7 node test suite green on node --test (Node ≥ 24), CI on GitHub Actions
      • URL normalization fix: WHATWG URL parsing, single decode with raw fallback (no more URIError on '%'), NFC matching, per-segment wildcard decode, decoded state.href
      • Phase 2 (core): browser renderer rewrite, @choojs/component, zero-build counter example, full-app integration test in happy-dom
      • Phase 2 (remaining): adoption-style hydration with mismatch warnings, Playwright suite in a real browser, benchmarks vs nanohtml v1 / µhtml
      • Phase 3: v8 wiring (toStream, devtools, codemod)
      • Phase 4: bankai v10 (Vite 8/Rolldown shell, SSR middleware, 103 Early Hints, service worker, precompression)
      • Phase 5: docs, examples, launch

      Deliberate changes from v7

      • choo() still works without new; Choo is also a named export.
      • nanoquery → URLSearchParams (same output shape, repeated keys → arrays).
      • Assertions live in lib/assert.js so production builds can strip them.
      • Everything targets Node ≥ 24 and Baseline Widely Available browsers; there is no compile step and no transpilation anywhere.

      Attribution

      All ported modules are MIT-licensed work by the original choojs/nano* authors and contributors; per-file headers note the source package and version. This branch exists to carry that work forward, not to replace it.