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src/lustre.gleam

@@ -3,34 +3,67 @@
 
 // IMPORTS ---------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-import lustre/cmd
-import lustre/element
-import lustre/attribute
+import lustre/cmd.{ Cmd }
+import lustre/element.{ Element }
 import gleam/result
-
+ 
 
 // TYPES -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+/// An `App` describes a Lustre application: what state it holds and what kind
+/// of actions get dispatched to update that state. The only useful thing you can
+/// do with an `App` is pass it to [`start`](#start).
+///
+/// You can construct an `App` from the two constructors exposed in this module:
+/// [`basic`](#basic) and [`application`](#application). Although you can't do
+/// anything but [`start`](#start) them, the constructors are separated in case
+/// you want to set up an application but defer starting it until some later point
+/// in time.
+///
+///```
+///                                      ┌────────┐
+///                                      │        │
+///                                      │ update │
+///                                      │        │
+///                                      └──────┬─┘
+///                                        ▲    │
+///                                        │    │ #(State, Action)
+///                                 Action │    │
+///                                        │    │
+///                                        │    ▼
+///  ┌──────┐                    ┌─────────┴──────────────┐
+///  │      │  #(State, Action)  │                        │
+///  │ init ├───────────────────►│     Lustre Runtime     │
+///  │      │                    │                        │
+///  └──────┘                    └──────────────┬─────────┘
+///                                        ▲    │
+///                                        │    │ State
+///                                 Action │    │
+///                                        │    ▼
+///                                      ┌─┴──────┐
+///                                      │        │
+///                                      │ render │
+///                                      │        │
+///                                      └────────┘
+///```
 ///
-pub opaque type Program(state, action) {
-    Program(
+/// <small>Someone please PR the Gleam docs generator to fix the monospace font,
+/// thanks! 💖</small>
+///
+pub opaque type App(state, action) {
+    App(
         init: #(state, Cmd(action)),
         update: Update(state, action),
         render: Render(state, action)
     )
 }
 
-pub type Cmd(action) = cmd.Cmd(action)
-
-pub type Element(action)   = element.Element(action)
-pub type Attribute(action) = attribute.Attribute(action)
-
 pub type Error {
     ElementNotFound
 }
 
 // These types aren't exposed, but they're just here to try and shrink the type
-// annotations for `Program` and `program` a little bit. When generating docs,
+// annotations for `App` and `application` a little bit. When generating docs,
 // Gleam automatically expands type aliases so this is purely for the benefit of
 // those reading the source.
 //
@@ -40,49 +73,49 @@ type Render(state, action) = fn (state) -> Element(action)
 
 // CONSTRUCTORS ----------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/// Create a basic lustre program that just renders some element on the page.
+/// Create a basic lustre app that just renders some element on the page.
 /// Note that this doesn't mean the content is static! With `element.stateful`
 /// you can still create components with local state.
 ///
-/// Basic lustre programs don't have any *global* application state and so the
+/// Basic lustre apps don't have any *global* application state and so the
 /// plumbing is a lot simpler. If you find yourself passing lot's state of state
 /// around, you might want to consider using `application` instead.
 ///
-pub fn basic (element: Element(any)) -> Program(Nil, any) {
+pub fn basic (element: Element(any)) -> App(Nil, any) {
     let init   = #(Nil, cmd.none())
     let update = fn (_, _) { #(Nil, cmd.none()) }
     let render = fn (_) { element }
 
-    Program(init, update, render)
+    App(init, update, render)
 }
 
 /// Create a more complex application mimicing TEA – the Elm architecture. We
 /// start with some initial `state`, a function to update that state, and then
-/// a render function to derive our program's view from that state.
+/// a render function to derive our app's view from that state.
 ///
 /// Events produced by elements are passed a `dispatch` function that can be 
 /// used to emit actions that trigger your `update` function to be called and
 /// trigger a rerender.
 ///
-pub fn application (init: #(state, Cmd(action)), update: Update(state, action), render: Render(state, action)) -> Program(state, action) {
-    Program(init, update, render)
+pub fn application (init: #(state, Cmd(action)), update: Update(state, action), render: Render(state, action)) -> App(state, action) {
+    App(init, update, render)
 }
 
 
 // EFFECTS ---------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-/// Once you have created a program with either `basic` or `application`, you 
-/// need to actually start it! This function will mount your program to the DOM
+/// Once you have created a app with either `basic` or `application`, you 
+/// need to actually start it! This function will mount your app to the DOM
 /// node that matches the query selector you provide.
 ///
 /// If everything mounted OK, we'll get back a dispatch function that you can 
-/// call to send actions to your program and trigger an update. 
+/// call to send actions to your app and trigger an update. 
 ///
-pub fn start (program: Program(state, action), selector: String) -> Result(fn (action) -> Nil, Error) {
-    mount(program, selector)
+pub fn start (app: App(state, action), selector: String) -> Result(fn (action) -> Nil, Error) {
+    mount(app, selector)
         |> result.replace_error(ElementNotFound)
 }
 
 
-external fn mount (program: Program(state, action), selector: String) -> Result(fn (action) -> Nil, Nil)
+external fn mount (app: App(state, action), selector: String) -> Result(fn (action) -> Nil, Nil)
     = "./ffi.mjs" "mount"