Files
yoga/javascript/README.md
Nick Gerleman 6570e43a83 Add blurb about configuring TypeScript for ESM resolution (#1330)
Summary:
Pull Request resolved: https://github.com/facebook/yoga/pull/1330

This has been tripping folks up a bit. Add a blurb to the package README to call it out.

Reviewed By: cortinico

Differential Revision: D47370333

fbshipit-source-id: f07b2e4d0e23865e3554c7aaf6ec77dff71a7423
2023-07-12 18:04:47 -07:00

80 lines
2.1 KiB
Markdown

# yoga-layout
This package provides prebuilt JavaScript bindings for the Yoga layout engine. Both WebAssembly and asm.js variants are packaged, with the optimal loaded based on platform.
## Usage
The default entrypoint provides an asynchronous loader function to return a Yoga instance.
```ts
import {loadYoga, Align} from 'yoga-layout';
const Yoga = await loadYoga();
const node = Yoga.Node.create();
node.setAlignContent(Align.Center);
```
An alternative synchronous API is provided for compatibility, but requires using asm.js in browsers instead of WebAssembly, leading to worse performance and larger assets.
```ts
import Yoga, {Align} from 'yoga-layout/sync';
const node = Yoga.Node.create();
node.setAlignContent(Align.Center);
```
Objects created by `Yoga.<>.create()` are not automatically garbage collected and should be freed once they are no longer in use.
```ts
// Free a config
config.free();
// Free a tree of Nodes
node.freeRecursive();
// Free a single Node
node.free();
```
## Selecting WebAssembly or asm.js
For better performance and smaller packages, WebAssembly is preferred to asm.js where available. `yoga-layout` tries to provide the right default using [export maps](https://webpack.js.org/guides/package-exports/#conditional-syntax) so that platforms which can take advantage of WebAssembly use it by default.
Different entrypoints are exposed to choose a flavor explicitly.
```ts
import {loadYoga} from 'yoga-layout/wasm-async';
```
## Using TypeScript
This package provides out-of-the-box TypeScript typings so long as `tsc` is configured to support ESM resolution. It is recommended to set `moduleResolution: 'bundler'` or `moduleResolution: node16` in your `tsconfig.json` according to your environment.
## Contributing
### Requirements
1. Emscripten SDK
1. CMake >= 3.13
1. (Optional) ninja, for faster builds
### Building
```bash
git clone https://github.com/facebook/yoga.git
cd yoga/javascript
yarn install
yarn build
```
### Testing
```bash
# Build and test all entrypoints
yarn test
# Build and test a specific entrypoint
yarn test:asmjs-sync
```