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by weavie 3667 days ago
What is this "components"? I can't find anywhere that explains what it is. Is it just a random collection of javascript utilities?
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nailer 3667 days ago
It's an isolated collection of HTML, js, and scss to achieve a thing. Like a credit card payment form.

They're mainly for react, though other platforms have them (eg, I use 'ractive', from the guardian, which has its own component model).

Go check out npm, there are a while bunch of react components you can just pick up and use.

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Touche 3667 days ago
It was like browserify before browserify. It was a TJ project that was abandoned and replaced by Duo.
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JustSomeNobody 3667 days ago
CBP (component based programming) has been around (at least the idea has) since the 60s. It is the holy grail of some developers; being able to compose apps from a collection of components that work everywhere. I don't believe anyone has ever truly reached that goal. But surely it'll work this time because of JavaScript.
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