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Oarabile Koore
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Introducing Roseview: The Lightweight UI Framework with Everything You Need, and Nothing You Don’t

Roseview is designed for those who love simplicity but don’t want to compromise on essential features. If you're tired of wrestling with heavy frameworks that require extensive setup, Roseview is here to help you build elegant UIs with minimal fuss.

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Why Choose RoseView

Minimal Setup for Rapid Development

Simply install the use the available cli tool.

npx create-rose-app your-project-name
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Intuitive Component System

Roseview’s component system makes it incredibly easy to build reusable and modular UI elements. Using the htmlElementclass, you can create components that are both powerful and simple to work with. No need to dive into deep nested structures—just create, style, and render.
This allows you to apply styles directly within components, ensuring that each component has scoped, encapsulated styling.

import { htmlElement } from 'roseview';

const button = function(parent){
let btn = new htmlElement(parent, 'button', {
  textContent: 'Click Me!',
  onclick: () => alert('Button Clicked')
});

// You can use in Emotion like style
btn.css({
  background: '#FF6347',
  color: '#FFFFFF',
  padding: '10px 20px',
  borderRadius: '5px'
});

// Or in this manner
btn.css`
background: #FF6347;
color: #FFFFFF;
`
return btn;
}
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Lightweight Hash-Based Routing

This simple approach to routing allows you to manage page navigation without adding heavy dependencies or writing verbose code.

import { HashRouter } from "roseview";
import { createApp } from "roseview";

import homePage from "./pages/index.js";
import aboutPage from "./pages/about.js";

const routes = [
    { path: "index", component: homePage },
    { path: "about", component: aboutPage },
];
const router = HashRouter(routes);

window.app = createApp(homePage).use(router).mount("#app");
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Reactive State Managment

With createSignal, createReactiveSignal, showIF, you can set up reactive variables that automatically update your UI when they change, creating a smooth, responsive experience for users.

import { createSignal, htmlLayout, htmlElement } from 'roseview';

const [count, setCount] = createSignal(0);

let homePage = new htmlLayout("linear", "top, scrolly, fillxy");
const button = new htmlElement(homePage, 'button', {
  textContent: `Clicked ${count()} times`,
  onclick: () => setCount(count() + 1)
});

export default homePage;
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Modular and Extendable Architecture

Roseview is built to be as extendable as you need it to be. It provides essential features out of the box but doesn’t stop you from expanding it with plugins or additional libraries. Whether you’re integrating custom animations, adding data visualization libraries, or incorporating advanced APIs, Roseview allows you the flexibility to extend its capabilities.


Zero Learning Curve

It’s easy for anyone to pick up and start building. Whether you’re coming from React, Vue, or vanilla JavaScript, the syntax will feel natural, helping you get productive quickly.

Roseview makes UI development approachable, powerful, and fast. Roses are red, Roseview is lean; build beautiful UIs with code that’s clean.

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