[DOC] improve the documentation

closes #340
closes #344
closes #352
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Géry Debongnie
2019-10-20 09:01:38 +02:00
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@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ functions are all available in the `owl.utils` namespace.
- [`debounce`](#debounce): limiting rate of function calls
- [`shallowEqual`](#shallowequal): shallow object comparison
## `whenReady`
The function `whenReady` returns a `Promise` resolved when the DOM is ready (if
@@ -20,7 +19,7 @@ not ready yet, resolved directly otherwise). If called with a callback as
argument, it executes it as soon as the DOM ready (or directly).
```js
Promise.all([loadFile('templates.xml'), owl.utils.whenReady()]).then(function([templates]) {
Promise.all([loadFile("templates.xml"), owl.utils.whenReady()]).then(function([templates]) {
const qweb = new owl.QWeb(templates);
const app = new App({ qweb });
app.mount(document.body);
@@ -45,6 +44,7 @@ properly reacts when it is ready. Also, it is smart: it maintains a list of urls
previously loaded (or currently being loaded), and prevent doing twice the work.
For example, it is useful for lazy loading external libraries:
```js
class MyComponent extends owl.Component {
willStart() {
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ class MyComponent extends owl.Component {
## `loadFile`
`loadFile` is a helper function to fetch a file. It simply
`loadFile` is a helper function to fetch a file. It simply
performs a `GET` request and returns the resulting string in a promise. The
initial usecase for this function is to load a template file. For example:
@@ -73,38 +73,38 @@ string. It does not add a `script` tag or any other side effect.
## `escape`
Sometimes, we need to display dynamic data (for example user-generated data) in
the user interface. If this is done by a `QWeb` template, it is not an issue:
the user interface. If this is done by a `QWeb` template, it is not an issue:
```xml
<div><t t-esc="user.data"/></div>
```
The `QWeb` engine will create a `div` node and add the content of the `user.data`
string as a text node, so the web browser will not parse it as html. However,
string as a text node, so the web browser will not parse it as html. However,
it may be a problem if this is done with some javascript code like this:
```js
class BadComponent extends Component {
// some template with a ref to a div
// some code ...
// some template with a ref to a div
// some code ...
mounted() {
this.divRef.el.innerHTML = this.state.value;
}
mounted() {
this.divRef.el.innerHTML = this.state.value;
}
}
```
In this case, the content of the `div` will be parsed as html, which may inject
unwanted behaviour. To fix this, the `escape` function will simply transform a
unwanted behaviour. To fix this, the `escape` function will simply transform a
string into an escaped version of the same string, which will be properly displayed
by the browser, but which will not be parsed as html (for example, `"<ok>"` is
escaped to the string: `"&lt;ok&gt;"`). So, the bad example above can be fixed
with the following change:
```js
this.divRef.el.innerHTML = owl.utils.escape(this.state.value);
this.divRef.el.innerHTML = owl.utils.escape(this.state.value);
```
## `debounce`
The `debounce` function is useful when we want to limit the number of times some
@@ -112,31 +112,31 @@ function/action is perfomed. For example, this may be useful to prevent issue
with people double clicking on a button.
It takes three arguments:
- `func` (function): this is the function that will be rate limited
- `wait` (number): this is the number of milliseconds that we want to use to
rate limit the function `func`
rate limit the function `func`
- `immediate` (optional, boolean, default=false): if `immediate` is true, the
function will be triggered immediately (leading edge of the interval). If false,
the function will be triggered at the end (trailing edge).
It returns a function. For example:
It returns a function. For example:
```js
const debounce = owl.utils.debounce
window.addEventListener('mousemove', debounce(doSomething, 100));
const debounce = owl.utils.debounce;
window.addEventListener("mousemove", debounce(doSomething, 100));
```
As this example shows, it is usualy useful for event handlers which are triggered
very quickly, such as `scroll` or `mousemove` events.
## `shallowEqual`
This function checks if two objects have the same values assigned to each keys:
```js
shallowEqual({a:1, b: 2}, {a:1, b:2}); // true
shallowEqual({a:1, b: 2}, {a:1, b:3}); // false
shallowEqual({ a: 1, b: 2 }, { a: 1, b: 2 }); // true
shallowEqual({ a: 1, b: 2 }, { a: 1, b: 3 }); // false
```
However, for performance reasons, it assumes that the two objects have the same
@@ -144,5 +144,5 @@ keys. If we are in a situation where this is not guaranteed, the following code
will work:
```js
const completeShallowEqual = (a,b) => shallowEqual(a,b) && shallowEqual(b,a);
```
const completeShallowEqual = (a, b) => shallowEqual(a, b) && shallowEqual(b, a);
```