jSelDom

Changes version 0.0.2

Not using % for variables, now using {}, so for example, instead of "div[data-var=%variable%]" now it would be "div[data-var={variable}]"

What is this?

More often than not, in a rich interface site, there's a lot of dom creation required, and it hasn't been that simple, they require quite a bit of typing, although many libraries made it easier, it was still a little painful, so I came up with this

Inspiration

I was inspired by the usage of selectors for dom querying, and why cant it be used for dom creation?

Advantages

You type less, and hence, make less mistakes :)

Examples(jquery example might not be the most optimised)

Simple dom creation(making a div with class foo)

Using jQuery

//using jquery
$('<div>').addClass('foo').appendTo('#result');

//or
$('<div class="foo">').appendTo('#result');

Using jSelDom w/ jSelDom

$.jseldom('div.foo').appendTo('#result);

dom creation with an object to inject with

You can see it on http://jseldom.shekhei.com

Object with data

// imagine if this links is returned from an ajax call? :)
var links = [
              {text:"Like it with jQuery?", child:"Get it here!", href:"plugins.jquery.com"},
              {text:"Demo!", child:"See them in action!", href:"demo.html"}, 
              {text:"Documentations...", child:"Read them...", href:"documentations.html"}
            ];

Using jQuery

// using jquery
for ( var i = 0; i < links.length; i++ ) {
  // if you set them one by one on your own using prop is probably worse...
  $('<a href='+links[i].href+' class="orangelink">'+links[i].text+'<span class="child">'+links.child+'</span></a>').appendTo('#result');
}

Using jSelDom w/ jQuery

// jseldom, using the special attribute called 'text'
$.jseldom('a.orangelink[href="{href}",text="{text}"] span.child[text="{child}"]', links).appendto('#result');

Using a printf like version

$.jseldomf('div[data-var1="{0}"] .second[class="{1}"]', "name", "another"');
// this will result in <div data-var1="name"><div class="second another"></div></div>

Please feel free to post any issue or feature request :) And please fork it all you want!