Modern development
As shown in the previous chapters, Hof.js provides a quickstart to web development by using the nomodule variant of the library:
- You can include Hof.js and JS files of your components in a web page using separate script tags.
- This can be useful to enrich an existing website by implementing parts using Hof.js components.
However, if you want to build a complete app based on Hof.js, you should use modularized JavaScript instead.
Also, in more complex applications, you want optimal IDE support including autocomplete for regular elements and HofHtmlElement components including their properties.
You can also test a Hof.js application interactively by changing the underlying data model in the browser. In doing so, you can watch the changes to the properties of the Hof.js components and the corresponding UI updates live.
All this is also possible with Hof.js and will be examined in more detail in the following sections.