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`<is-land>` for Islands Architecture

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Installation
Usage
- Controlling Fallback Content
- Framework Support

A plugin to smartly and efficiently load and initialize client-side components to your web site.

Or, more technically: a framework independent partial hydration islands architecture implementation.

Features:

Easy to add to existing components
Zero dependencies
Small footprint (4.56 kB minimized; 1.47 kB with Brotli compression)
Not tightly coupled to a server framework or site generator tool.
Server-rendered (SSR) component examples available for SSR-friendly frameworks (Lit, Svelte, Vue, Preact are provided)

Installation

npm install @11ty/is-land

INFO:

You can skip the next steps if you use <is-land> via WebC.

Add is-land.js to your primary bundle. It can be deferred and/or loaded asynchronously.

When using with web components it must be the first custom element defined (via customElements.define) on the page. Choose your style:

<script type="module" src="/is-land.js"></script>

<script type="module">
	import "/is-land.js";
</script>

Usage

<is-land>This is an island.</is-land>

Add any number of loading conditions to this tag to control how and when the island is initialized. You can mix and match:

on:visible
on:idle
on:interaction (defaults to touchstart,click)
- Change events with on:interaction="mouseenter,focusin"
on:media
- Viewport size: on:media="(min-width: 64em)"
- Reduced motion:
  - Opt-in with on:media="(prefers-reduced-motion)"
  - Opt-out with on:media="(prefers-reduced-motion: no-preference)"
Save Data (read about Save Data on MDN)
- Opt-in with on:save-data
- Opt-out with on:save-data="false"

<is-land on:visible on:idle>
	<!-- your HTML here -->

	<is-land on:media="(min-width: 64em)">
		<!-- Islands can be nested -->
		<!-- Islands inherit all of their parents’ loading conditions -->
	</is-land>
</is-land>

Controlling Fallback Content

Pre-JS

<is-land on:visible on:idle>
	<vanilla-web-component>
		Put your pre-JS fallback content in your web component.
	</vanilla-web-component>
</is-land>

Post-JS with `<template>`

Place any post-JS content inside of one or more <template data-island> elements anywhere in the <is-land>. These will be swapped with their template content. You can nest an <is-land> in there if you want!

<is-land on:visible on:idle>
	<template data-island>
		<vanilla-web-component> This component is post-JS. </vanilla-web-component>
	</template>
</is-land>

Run your own custom JavaScript, load your own CSS

Embed a script inside the template to run custom JS when the island’s loading conditions have been satisfied!

<is-land on:visible>
	<template data-island>
		<!-- CSS -->
		<style>
			/* My custom CSS */
		</style>
		<link rel="stylesheet" href="my-css-file.css" />

		<!-- JS -->
		<script type="module">
			console.log("Hydrating!");
		</script>
		<script type="module" src="my-js-file.js"></script>
	</template>
</is-land>

You can also use the ready attribute for styling, added to the <is-land> when the island has been hydrated.

<style>
	is-land[ready] {
		background-color: lightgreen;
	}
</style>

Framework Support

Demos and source in the HTML are available for each framework listed here.

`autoinit`

Use the autoinit and import attributes together to import a third party library (or component code). autoinit can be one of petite-vue, vue, preact, or svelte. It is recommended to use a self-hosted framework library (future Eleventy integrations will automate this for you).

<is-land
	on:visible
	autoinit="petite-vue"
	import="https://unpkg.com/petite-vue@0.4.1/dist/petite-vue.es.js"
	v-scope="{ name: 'post-JS' }"
>
	Hello from <span v-html="name">pre-JS</span>
</is-land>

<!-- when import maps support is better, this simplifies with an entry for petite-vue in your import map -->
<is-land on:visible import="petite-vue" v-scope="{ name: 'post-JS' }">
	Hello from <span v-html="name">pre-JS</span>
</is-land>

Petite Vue

Small library (8K)
Rendering modes: Client
Progressive-enhancement friendly (full control of fallback content)
Support for autoinit

<is-land
	on:visible
	autoinit="petite-vue"
	import="https://unpkg.com/petite-vue@0.4.1/dist/petite-vue.es.js"
	v-scope="{ name: 'post-JS' }"
>
	Hello from <span v-html="name">pre-JS</span>
</is-land>

Vue

Larger library (51 kB)
Rendering modes: Client-only, Server-only, Server + Client (Hydration)
Support for autoinit

<is-land on:visible>
	<div id="vue-app">Hello from <span v-html="name">pre-JS</span></div>

	<script type="module/island">
		import { createApp } from "https://unpkg.com/vue@3.2.36/dist/vue.esm-browser.prod.js";

		createApp({
		  data: () => ({ name: "post-JS" })
		}).mount("#vue-app")
	</script>
</is-land>

Svelte

Smaller library (12 kB)
Rendering modes: Client-only, Server-only, Server + Client (Hydration)
- Requires a compiler for both client and server modes (tighter server coupling)
Support for autoinit

This example uses an Eleventy/Svelte integration to compile a Svelte component.

{% assign component = "./lib/svelte/my-component.svelte" | svelte %}
<is-land
	on:visible
	autoinit="svelte"
	import="{{ component.clientJsUrl }}"
></is-land>

Example component code ./lib/svelte/my-component.svelte:

<script>
	// using export to allow overrides via props
	export let name = "world";

	let count = 0;

	function handleClick() {
		count += 1;
	}
</script>

<style>
	h1 {
		color: red;
	}
</style>

<h1>Hello {name}</h1>

<button on:click="{handleClick}">
	Clicked {count} {count === 1 ? 'time' : 'times'}
</button>

Preact

Very small library (~5 kB)
Rendering modes: Client-only, Server-only, Server + Client (Hydration)
Support for autoinit

This example uses htm instead of JSX.

<is-land
	on:visible
	autoinit="preact"
	import="/lib/preact/preact-component.js"
></is-land>

Example component code ./lib/preact/preact-component.js:

import { html, render } from "https://unpkg.com/htm/preact/index.mjs?module";

function App(props) {
	return html`<p><strong>Hello ${props.name}!</strong></p>`;
}

export default function (el) {
	render(html`<${App} name="from Preact" />`, el);
}

Lit

Small library (~7 kB)
Rendering modes: Client-only, Server + Client (Hydration)
- Note: Server-only is not supported: it requires Declarative Shadow DOM support to work without JS.
No support for autoinit

<is-land on:visible import="./lib/lit/lit-component.js">
  <lit-component name="Post-JS">Pre-JS Content</lit-web-component>
</is-land>

Example component code ./lib/lit/lit-component.js:

import {
	html,
	css,
	LitElement,
} from "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/lit/dist@2/core/lit-core.min.js";

customElements.define(
	"lit-component",
	class extends LitElement {
		static properties = {
			name: { type: String },
		};

		render() {
			return html`<p>Hello, ${this.name || "Stranger"}!</p>`;
		}
	}
);

Alpine.js

Smaller library (15 kB)
Rendering modes: Client-only
No autoinit but it is not needed (functionality included for-free by Alpine.js)

<is-land on:visible import="https://unpkg.com/alpinejs">
	<div x-data="{ count: 0 }">
		Hello from Alpine.js!

		<button @click="count++">⬆️</button> <button @click="count--">⬇️</button>
		<span x-text="count"></span>
	</div>
</is-land>

<is-land> for Islands Architecture