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Building AlpineJS

Building AlpineJS

Ever wonder how a front-end framework works under the hood? In this series, I (the creator of AlpineJS) will walk you through what it takes to actually build one from scratch. By the end of the series, you will learn what’s involved in creating a modern, reactive, front-end framework by actually building one yourself. It’s easier than you might think!
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6 episodes
54:56 mins
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Latest Episode in This Series

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How We Compare With "The Real" AlpineJS

Now that we’ve seen first hand what it takes to build a basic version of AlpineJS, let’s...

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Building AlpineJS

Building AlpineJS

Ever wonder how a front-end framework works under the hood? In this series, I (the creator of AlpineJS) will walk you through what it takes to actually build one from scratch. By the end of the series, you will learn what’s involved in creating a modern, reactive, front-end framework by actually building one yourself. It’s easier than you might think!
Begin
6
Latest Episode in This Series

Added 4 weeks ago

How We Compare With "The Real" AlpineJS

Now that we’ve seen first hand what it takes to build a basic version of AlpineJS, let’s...
Watch

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Hey! I’m Caleb, a freelance programmer and maker of the Livewire framework. I love Laravel. I love making things. I currently love fly fishing.
    1. EPISODE 1

      Run Time 9:17

      Free

      It All Starts With The Data

      Every Alpine component starts with an x-data attribute. In this episode, we explore what goes into turning the value of x-data into something usable by our new framework.
      View the source code for this episode on GitHub.

    2. EPISODE 2

      Run Time 11:19

      Free

      Bringing The DOM To Life

      Rather than manipulating the DOM manually, frameworks like Alpine allow you to focus on managing data, while they take care of updating the DOM for you. In this episode, we’ll write a function called refreshDom() which will handle this process for us and bring the DOM to life!

      View the source code for this episode on GitHub.

    3. EPISODE 3

      Run Time 6:48

      Free

      Making Things Reactive

      Reactivity is the core of most front-end frameworks. If you change the data, the web page updates automatically. In this episode, we’ll look into the meaning of "reactivity" and then implement it ourselves. With the help of modern JavaScript, a task like this is trivial.

      View the source code for this episode on GitHub.

    4. EPISODE 4

      Run Time 3:12

      Free

      Event Listening

      Alpine allows you to listen for events like “clicks” and “key presses” by declaring special attributes in your HTML. This is yet another task that can be cumbersome to implement manually. Now, this process is made simple by adding an attribute like “@click” to an element. In this episode, we’ll implement a system to process and handle these attributes.

      View the source code for this episode on GitHub.

    5. EPISODE 5

      Run Time 16:42

      Refactoring For Flexibility

      So far in the series, we have a basic working version of Alpine. However, the implementation is tailored for the specific example we’ve been using in this series. In this episode, we’ll make a few refactors to make the codebase more flexible and support other use cases and functionality.

      View the source code for this episode on GitHub.

    6. Now that we’ve seen first hand what it takes to build a basic version of AlpineJS, let’s take a look at the ACTUAL Alpine source code and see how similar it is to ours. We’ll take an informal stroll around Alpine and see if we can recognize similarities in some core functionality.

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