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# NAME

Mojolicious::Plugin::Moai - Mojolicious UI components using modern UI libraries

# VERSION

version 0.013

# SYNOPSIS

use Mojolicious::Lite;
plugin Moai => [ 'Bootstrap4', { version => '4.4.1' } ];
app->start;
__DATA__
@@ list.html.ep
%= include 'moai/lib'
%= include 'moai/table', items => \@items, columns => [qw( id name )]
%= include 'moai/pager', current_page => 1, total_pages => 5

# DESCRIPTION

This plugin provides some common UI components using a couple different
popular UI libraries.

These components are designed to integrate seamlessly with [Yancy](https://metacpan.org/pod/Yancy),
[Mojolicious::Plugin::DBIC](https://metacpan.org/pod/Mojolicious::Plugin::DBIC), and [Mojolicious::Plugin::SQL](https://metacpan.org/pod/Mojolicious::Plugin::SQL).

## Testing Components

The [Test::Mojo::Role::Moai](https://metacpan.org/pod/Test::Mojo::Role::Moai) library is provided to help test the Moai
components. It also works without Moai, allowing you to test any website.

# SUPPORTED LIBRARIES

These libraries are not included and the desired version should be added
to your layout templates. To add your library using a CDN, see
["moai/lib"](#moai-lib), below.

## Bootstrap4

[http://getbootstrap.com](http://getbootstrap.com)

## Bulma

[http://bulma.io](http://bulma.io)

# GETTING STARTED

Add the Moai plugin to your Mojolicious application and specify which
UI library and version of that library you want to use.

use Mojolicious::Lite;
plugin Moai => [ 'Bootstrap4', {
version => '4.4.1',
} ];

Now you can add widgets. You will likely first want to add the `moai/lib`
widget to your layout template to get the UI library.

@@ layouts/default.html.ep


%= include 'moai/lib'

<%= content %>

# WIDGETS

Widgets are snippets that you can include in your templates using the
[include helper](https://metacpan.org/pod/Mojolicious::Guides::Rendering#Partial-templates).

## moai/grid

<%= include 'moai/grid', content => begin %>
<%= include 'moai/grid/col', size => 9, content => begin %>
This column takes up 9/12 width
<% end %>
<%= include 'moai/grid/col', content => begin %>
This column will fill the remaining space
<% end %>
<% end %>

The `moai/grid` and `moai/grid/col` templates provide the library's
grid system. `moai/grid` starts a grid row, and `moai/grid/col` is
a column in that row. For libraries like Bootstrap which have an
additional "container" element, that element is already included in the
`moai/grid` template.

## moai/pager

<%= include 'moai/pager',
current_page => param( 'page' ),
total_pages => $total_pages,
%>

A pagination control. Will display previous and next buttons along with
individual page buttons.

Also comes in a `mini` variant in `moai/pager/mini` that has just
previous/next buttons.

### Stash

- current\_page

The current page number. Defaults to the value of the `page` parameter.

- total\_pages

The total number of pages. Required.

- page\_param

The name of the parameter to use for the current page. Defaults to `page`.

- id

An ID to add to the pager

## moai/table

<%= include 'moai/table',
items => [
{ id => 1, name => 'Doug' },
],
columns => [
{ key => 'id', title => 'ID' },
{ key => 'name', title => 'Name' },
],
%>

A table of items.

### Stash

- items

The items to display in the table. An arrayref of hashrefs.

- columns

The columns to display, in order. An arrayref of hashrefs with the following
keys:

- key

The hash key in the item to use.

- title

The text to display in the column heading

- link\_to

Add a link to the given named route. The route will be filled in by the current
item, like `url_for $link_to => $item`.

- id

An ID to add to the table.

- class

A hashref of additional classes to add to certain elements:

- `col` - Add these classes to every cell in the column

- class

A hashref of additional classes to add to certain elements:

- `table`
- `thead`
- `wrapper` - Add a wrapper element with these classes

## moai/menu/navbar

A horizontal navigation bar.

### Stash

- menu

An arrayref of menu items. Menu items are arrayrefs with two elements:
label, and route name.

$app->routes->get( '/' )->name( 'index' );
$app->routes->get( '/blog' )->name( 'blog' );
$app->routes->get( '/about' )->name( 'about' );

<%= include 'moai/menu/navbar',
menu => [
[ Home => 'index' ],
[ Blog => 'blog' ],
[ 'About Us' => 'about' ],
],
%>

- brand

A menu item for the "brand" section. An arrayref with two elements:
a label, and a route name.

<%= include 'moai/menu/navbar',
brand => [ 'Zooniverse' => 'main' ],
%>

- position

Position the navbar. Can be either `fixed-top` to affix the navbar to
the top of the viewport or `fixed-bottom` for the bottom of the
viewport. If not set, the navbar will be a static element at the current
location.

- id

An ID to add to the table.

- class

A hashref of additional classes to add to certain elements:

- `navbar` - Add these classes to the `` element

## moai/lib

%= include 'moai/lib', version => '4.1.0';

Add the required stylesheet and JavaScript links for the current library
using a CDN. The stylesheets and JavaScript can be added separately
using `moai/lib/stylesheet` and `moai/lib/javascript` respectively.

### Stash

- version

The specific version of the library to use. Defaults to the `version`
specified in the plugin (if any). Required.

# LAYOUTS

Layouts wrap your templates in a common framing. See [the Mojolicious
docs for more information on
Layouts](https://mojolicious.org/perldoc/Mojolicious/Guides/Rendering#Layouts).

## Using Moai Layouts

To get started using a Moai layout, [extend a Moai layout template](https://mojolicious.org/perldoc/Mojolicious/Guides/Rendering#Template-inheritance)
to fill in the missing parts.

use Mojolicious::Lite;
plugin Moai => [ 'Bootstrap4', { version => '4.4.1' } ];
get '/' => 'index';
__END__
@@ index.html.ep
% layout 'site';

Welcome!


@@ layouts/site.html.ep
% extends 'layouts/moai/default';
%# Add a main nav with links to our products, a history, and contact page
% content_for navbar => begin
<%= include 'moai/navbar',
position => 'fixed-top',
brand => [ 'My Site' => 'index' ],
menu => [
[ 'Products' => 'products' ],
[ 'About Us' => 'history' ],
[ 'Contact Us' => 'contact' ],
],
%>
% end

## Included Layouts

These layouts are included with Moai.

### default

The default layout is a general-purpose layout for almost any use. Other
layouts can extend this one to provide more-specific features.

#### Content Sections

- head

This content goes inside the ` .. ` element, just before the
closing ``.

- header

This section is the very top of the page and contains the navbar and an optional
hero element.

- navbar

This section is a placeholder for a ["moai/menu/navbar"](#moai-menu-navbar) widget (though
you can put anything here if you'd like).

- hero

This content section is a placeholder for whatever header element the current
page requires.

- container

This section contains a grid container with a single row and two
columns: the `main` section and the `sidebar` section.

- main

This section contains the `` element and the main content of
the page from the default buffer of the [Mojolicious `content` helper](https://mojolicious.org/perldoc/Mojolicious/Plugin/DefaultHelpers#content).

- sidebar

This section is a placeholder for whatever sidebar content the current page
requires.

- footer

This section is a placeholder for whatever footer content the current page requires.

# TODO

- Security

The CDN links should have full security hashes.

- Accessibility Testing

Accessibility testing should be automated and applied to all supported
libraries.

- Internationalization

This library should use Mojolicious's `variant` feature to provide
translations for every widget in every library.

- Add more widgets

There should be widgets for...

- other menus (vertical lists, dropdown buttons)
- dropdown menus
- forms and other items in the navbar (move the Form plugin from Yancy?)
- switched panels (tabs, accordion, slider)
- alerts (error, warning, info)
- menus (dropdown button, menu bar)
- popups (modal dialogs, tooltips, notifications)

- Add more libraries

There should be support for...

- Bootstrap 3
- Material

Moai should support the same features for each library, allowing easy
switching between them.

- Add progressive enhancement

Some examples of progressive enhancement:

- The table widget could have sortable columns
- The table widget could use AJAX to to filter and paginate
- The pager widget could use AJAX to update a linked element
- The switched panel widgets could load their content lazily

- Themes

Built-in selection of CDN-based themes for each library

- Default Colors

A default color scheme (light / dark) that responds to a user's
light/dark preferences (MacOS "dark mode"). The default should be settable from
the main config, and overridable for individual elements.

- Extra Classes

A standard way of adding extra classes to individual tags inside components. In addition
to a string, we should also support a subref so that loops can apply classes to certain
elements based on input criteria.

- Documentation Sheet

Each supported library should come with a single page that demonstrates the various
widgets and provides copy/paste code snippets to achieve that widget.

It would be amazing if there was a way to make one template apply to all
supported libraries.

- Content section overrides

We cannot, should not, must not make every little thing customizable or
else our templates will be so complex as to be unmaintainable and
unusable. We should instead make content sections that can be extended,
like the `moai/table` template could have a `thead` section,
a `tbody` section, and a `tbody.tr` section.

A rule of thumb for adding a feature should be if it can be configured simply by a single
string. The more complex the configuration needs to be, the more likely it should be
customized using [Mojolicious's template `extends`](https://metacpan.org/pod/Mojolicious::Guides::Rendering#Template-inheritance)

# SEE ALSO

[Test::Mojo::Role::Moai](https://metacpan.org/pod/Test::Mojo::Role::Moai), [Mojolicious::Guides::Rendering](https://metacpan.org/pod/Mojolicious::Guides::Rendering)

# AUTHOR

Doug Bell

# CONTRIBUTORS

- Mohammad S Anwar
- Roy Storey

# COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2019 by Doug Bell.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.