commit 9fd405d39a6715963afb362c7f856db19c22fac0
Author: Geoff Doty <n2geoff@gmail.com>
Date:   Sat Jun 15 13:57:04 2024 -0400

    initial commit

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+# Alps
+
+A Alpine Inspired Framework Learning Experiment
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diff --git a/src/alp.js b/src/alp.js
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+
+function saferEval(expression, dataContext, additionalHelperVariables = {}) {
+    return (new Function(['$data', ...Object.keys(additionalHelperVariables)], `var result; with($data) { result = ${expression} }; return result`))(
+        dataContext, ...Object.values(additionalHelperVariables)
+    )
+}
+
+const Alps = {
+    directives: {
+        'x-text': (el, value) => {
+            el.innerText = value;
+        },
+        'x-show': (el, value) => {
+            el.style.display = value ? 'block' : 'none';
+        },
+    },
+    start() {
+        // root scope
+        this.root = document.querySelector('[x-data]');
+
+        // initialize proxy data
+        this.data = this.initialize();
+
+        // add event listeners
+        this.registerListeners();
+
+        // refresh dom
+        this.refresh();
+    },
+    observe(data) {
+        let self = this;
+
+        return new Proxy(data, {
+            set(target, key, value) {
+                target[key] = value;
+
+                self.refresh();
+            }
+        });
+    },
+    refresh() {
+        // dom tree walker
+        this.walkDom(this.root, (el) => {
+            // loop through attributes and look for directives
+            Array.from(el.attributes).forEach((attribute) => {
+                if(!Object.keys(this.directives).includes(attribute.name)) return;
+
+                this.directives[attribute.name](el, eval(`with (this.data) {(${attribute.value})}`));
+            });
+        });
+    },
+    registerListeners() {
+        this.walkDom(this.root, (el) => {
+            // loop through attributes and look for events
+            Array.from(el.attributes).forEach((attribute) => {
+                // exit early (only events here)
+                if(!attribute.name.startsWith('@')) return;
+
+                // find event
+                let event = attribute.name.replace('@', '');
+
+                // register event
+                el.addEventListener((event), () => {
+                    eval(`with (this.data) {(${attribute.value})}`);
+                });
+            });
+        });
+    },
+    initialize() {
+        // root scope data on x-data
+        let raw = this.root.getAttribute('x-data');
+
+        // eval that
+        return this.observe(eval(`(${raw})`));
+    },
+    walkDom(el, callback) {
+        // root element
+        callback(el);
+
+        // roots child
+        el = el.firstElementChild;
+
+        while(el) {
+            // get all the children's children
+            this.walkDom(el, callback);
+
+            // next
+            el = el.nextElementSibling;
+        }
+    }
+}