Reactivity

Declare state

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import { createSignal } from "solid-js";

export default function Name() {
  const [name] = createSignal("John");

  return <h1>Hello {name()}</h1>;
}

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import { component$, useSignal } from "@builder.io/qwik";

export const Name = component$(() => {
  const name = useSignal("John");

  return <h1>Hello {name.value}</h1>;
});

Update state

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import { createSignal } from "solid-js";

export default function Name() {
  const [name, setName] = createSignal("John");
  setName("Jane");

  return <h1>Hello {name()}</h1>;
}

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import { component$, useTask$, useSignal } from "@builder.io/qwik";

export const Name = component$(() => {
  const name = useSignal("John");

  useTask$(() => {
    name.value = "Jane";
  });

  return <h1>Hello {name.value}</h1>;
});

Computed state

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import { createSignal } from "solid-js";

export default function DoubleCount() {
  const [count] = createSignal(10);
  const doubleCount = () => count() * 2;

  return <div>{doubleCount()}</div>;
}

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import { component$, useSignal, useComputed$ } from "@builder.io/qwik";

export const DoubleCount = component$(() => {
  const count = useSignal(10);
  const doubleCount = useComputed$(() => count.value * 2);

  return <div>{doubleCount.value}</div>;
});

Templating

Minimal template

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export default function HelloWorld() {
  return <h1>Hello World!</h1>;
}

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export const HelloWorld = () => {
  return <div>Hello World</div>;
};

Styling

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import "./style.css";

export default function CssStyle() {
  return (
    <>
      <h1 class="title">I am red</h1>
      <button style={{ "font-size": "10rem" }}>I am a button</button>
    </>
  );
}

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import { component$, useStyles$ } from "@builder.io/qwik";

export const App = component$(() => {
  useStyles$(`
    .title {
      color: red;
    }
    `);

  return (
    <>
      <h1 class="title">I am red</h1>
      <button style={{ "font-size": "10rem" }}>I am a button</button>
    </>
  );
});

Loop

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import { For } from "solid-js";

export default function Colors() {
  const colors = ["red", "green", "blue"];

  return (
    <ul>
      <For each={colors}>{(color) => <li>{color}</li>}</For>
    </ul>
  );
}

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import { component$ } from "@builder.io/qwik";

export const Colors = component$(() => {
  const colors = ["red", "green", "blue"];
  return (
    <ul>
      {colors.map((color) => (
        <li key={color}>{color}</li>
      ))}
    </ul>
  );
});

Event click

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import { createSignal } from "solid-js";

export default function Counter() {
  const [count, setCount] = createSignal(0);

  function incrementCount() {
    setCount(count() + 1);
  }

  return (
    <>
      <p>Counter: {count()}</p>
      <button onClick={incrementCount}>+1</button>
    </>
  );
}

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import { component$, useSignal, $ } from "@builder.io/qwik";

export const Counter = component$(() => {
  const count = useSignal(0);

  const incrementCount = $(() => {
    count.value++;
  });

  return (
    <>
      <p>Counter: {count.value}</p>
      <button onClick$={incrementCount}>Increment</button>
    </>
  );
});

Dom ref

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import { onMount } from "solid-js";

export default function InputFocused() {
  let inputElement;

  onMount(() => inputElement.focus());

  return <input ref={inputElement} type="text" />;
}

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import { component$, useVisibleTask$, useSignal } from "@builder.io/qwik";

export const InputFocused = component$(() => {
  const inputElement = useSignal<HTMLInputElement>();

  useVisibleTask$(({ track }) => {
    const el = track(inputElement);
    el?.focus();
  });

  return <input type="text" ref={inputElement} />;
});

Conditional

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import { createSignal, Switch, Match } from "solid-js";

const TRAFFIC_LIGHTS = ["red", "orange", "green"];

export default function TrafficLight() {
  const [lightIndex, setLightIndex] = createSignal(0);

  const light = () => TRAFFIC_LIGHTS[lightIndex()];

  function nextLight() {
    setLightIndex((lightIndex() + 1) % TRAFFIC_LIGHTS.length);
  }

  return (
    <>
      <button onClick={nextLight}>Next light</button>
      <p>Light is: {light()}</p>
      <p>
        You must
        <Switch>
          <Match when={light() === "red"}>
            <span>STOP</span>
          </Match>
          <Match when={light() === "orange"}>
            <span>SLOW DOWN</span>
          </Match>
          <Match when={light() === "green"}>
            <span>GO</span>
          </Match>
        </Switch>
      </p>
    </>
  );
}

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import { $, component$, useComputed$, useSignal } from "@builder.io/qwik";

export const TRAFFIC_LIGHTS = ["red", "orange", "green"];

export const TrafficLight = component$(() => {
  const lightIndex = useSignal(0);

  const light = useComputed$(() => TRAFFIC_LIGHTS[lightIndex.value]);

  const nextLight = $(() => {
    lightIndex.value = (lightIndex.value + 1) % TRAFFIC_LIGHTS.length;
  });

  return (
    <>
      <button onClick$={nextLight}>Next light</button>
      <p>Light is: {light.value}</p>
      <p>
        You must {light.value === "red" && <span>STOP</span>}
        {light.value === "orange" && <span>SLOW DOWN</span>}
        {light.value === "green" && <span>GO</span>}
      </p>
    </>
  );
});

Lifecycle

On mount

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import { createSignal, onMount } from "solid-js";

export default function PageTitle() {
  const [pageTitle, setPageTitle] = createSignal("");

  onMount(() => {
    setPageTitle(document.title);
  });

  return <p>Page title: {pageTitle()}</p>;
}

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import { component$, useVisibleTask$, useStore } from "@builder.io/qwik";

export const App = component$(() => {
  const store = useStore({
    pageTitle: "",
  });

  useVisibleTask$(() => {
    store.pageTitle = document.title;
  });

  return <p>Page title: {store.pageTitle}</p>;
});

On unmount

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import { createSignal, onCleanup } from "solid-js";

export default function Time() {
  const [time, setTime] = createSignal(new Date().toLocaleTimeString());

  const timer = setInterval(() => {
    setTime(new Date().toLocaleTimeString());
  }, 1000);

  onCleanup(() => clearInterval(timer));

  return <p>Current time: {time()}</p>;
}

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import { component$, useVisibleTask$, useStore } from "@builder.io/qwik";

export const App = component$(() => {
  const store = useStore({
    time: new Date().toLocaleTimeString(),
  });

  useVisibleTask$(({ cleanup }) => {
    const timer = setInterval(() => {
      store.time = new Date().toLocaleTimeString();
    }, 1000);

    cleanup(() => clearInterval(timer));
  });

  return <p>Current time: {store.time}</p>;
});

Component composition

Props

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import UserProfile from "./UserProfile.jsx";

export default function App() {
  return (
    <UserProfile
      name="John"
      age={20}
      favouriteColors={["green", "blue", "red"]}
      isAvailable
    />
  );
}

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import { component$ } from "@builder.io/qwik";
import UserProfile from "./UserProfile";

const App = component$(() => {
  return (
    <UserProfile
      name="John"
      age={20}
      favouriteColors={["green", "blue", "red"]}
      isAvailable
    />
  );
});

export default App;

Emit to parent

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import { createSignal } from "solid-js";
import AnswerButton from "./AnswerButton.jsx";

export default function App() {
  const [isHappy, setIsHappy] = createSignal(true);

  function onAnswerNo() {
    setIsHappy(false);
  }

  function onAnswerYes() {
    setIsHappy(true);
  }

  return (
    <>
      <p>Are you happy?</p>
      <AnswerButton onYes={onAnswerYes} onNo={onAnswerNo} />
      <p style={{ "font-size": "50px" }}>{isHappy() ? "😀" : "😥"}</p>
    </>
  );
}

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import { $, component$, useStore } from "@builder.io/qwik";
import AnswerButton from "./AnswerButton";

const App = component$(() => {
  const store = useStore({
    isHappy: true,
  });

  const onAnswerNo = $(() => {
    store.isHappy = false;
  });

  const onAnswerYes = $(() => {
    store.isHappy = true;
  });

  return (
    <>
      <p>Are you happy?</p>
      <AnswerButton onYes$={onAnswerYes} onNo$={onAnswerNo} />
      <p style={{ fontSize: 50 }}>{store.isHappy ? "😀" : "😥"}</p>
    </>
  );
});

export default App;

Slot

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import FunnyButton from "./FunnyButton.jsx";

export default function App() {
  return <FunnyButton>Click me!</FunnyButton>;
}

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import FunnyButton from "./FunnyButton";

export default function App() {
  return <FunnyButton>Click me!</FunnyButton>;
}

Slot fallback

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import FunnyButton from "./FunnyButton.jsx";

export default function App() {
  return (
    <>
      <FunnyButton />
      <FunnyButton>I got content!</FunnyButton>
    </>
  );
}

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import FunnyButton from "./FunnyButton";

export default function App() {
  return (
    <>
      <FunnyButton />
      <FunnyButton>Click me!</FunnyButton>
    </>
  );
}

Context

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import { createSignal } from "solid-js";

import { UserContext } from "./UserContext";
import UserProfile from "./UserProfile";

export default function App() {
  const [user, setUser] = createSignal({
    id: 1,
    username: "unicorn42",
    email: "[email protected]",
  });

  function updateUsername(newUsername) {
    setUser({ ...user(), username: newUsername });
  }

  return (
    <>
      <h1>Welcome back, {user().username}</h1>
      <UserContext.Provider value={[user, updateUsername]}>
        <UserProfile />
      </UserContext.Provider>
    </>
  );
}

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import {
  component$,
  useStore,
  useContextProvider,
  createContext,
  $,
} from "@builder.io/qwik";
import UserProfile from "./UserProfile";

export const UserContext = createContext("user-context");

const App = component$(() => {
  const user = useStore({
    id: 1,
    username: "unicorn42",
    email: "[email protected]",
  });

  const updateUsername = $((newUsername) => {
    user.username = newUsername;
  });

  useContextProvider(UserContext, { user, updateUsername });

  return (
    <>
      <h1>Welcome back, {user.username}</h1>
      <UserProfile />
    </>
  );
});

export default App;

Form input

Input text

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import { createSignal } from "solid-js";

export default function InputHello() {
  const [text, setText] = createSignal("Hello world");

  function handleChange(event) {
    setText(event.target.value);
  }

  return (
    <>
      <p>{text()}</p>
      <input value={text()} onInput={handleChange} />
    </>
  );
}

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import { component$, useSignal } from "@builder.io/qwik";

const InputHello = component$(() => {
  const text = useSignal("");

  return (
    <>
      <p>{text.value}</p>
      <input bind:value={text} />
    </>
  );
});

export default InputHello;

Checkbox

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import { createSignal } from "solid-js";

export default function IsAvailable() {
  const [isAvailable, setIsAvailable] = createSignal(false);

  function handleChange() {
    setIsAvailable((previousValue) => !previousValue);
  }

  return (
    <>
      <input
        id="is-available"
        type="checkbox"
        checked={isAvailable()}
        onChange={handleChange}
      />
      <label for="is-available">Is available</label>
    </>
  );
}

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import { component$, useSignal } from "@builder.io/qwik";

const IsAvailable = component$(() => {
  const isAvailable = useSignal(false);

  return (
    <>
      <input id="is-available" type="checkbox" bind:checked={isAvailable} />
      <label for="is-available">Is available</label>
    </>
  );
});

export default IsAvailable;

Radio

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import { createSignal } from "solid-js";

export default function PickPill() {
  const [picked, setPicked] = createSignal("red");

  function handleChange(event) {
    setPicked(event.target.value);
  }

  return (
    <>
      <div>Picked: {picked()}</div>
      <input
        id="blue-pill"
        checked={picked() === "blue"}
        type="radio"
        value="blue"
        onChange={handleChange}
      />
      <label for="blue-pill">Blue pill</label>

      <input
        id="red-pill"
        checked={picked() === "red"}
        type="radio"
        value="red"
        onChange={handleChange}
      />
      <label for="red-pill">Red pill</label>
    </>
  );
}

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import { component$, useSignal } from "@builder.io/qwik";

const PickPill = component$(() => {
  const pickedColor = useSignal("red");

  return (
    <>
      <div>Picked: {pickedColor.value}</div>
      <input
        id="blue-pill"
        type="radio"
        bind:value={pickedColor}
        checked={pickedColor.value === "blue"}
        value="blue"
      />
      <label for="blue-pill">Blue pill</label>

      <input
        id="red-pill"
        type="radio"
        checked={pickedColor.value === "red"}
        bind:value={pickedColor}
        value="red"
      />
      <label for="red-pill">Red pill</label>
    </>
  );
});

export default PickPill;

Select

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import { createSignal, For } from "solid-js";

const colors = [
  { id: 1, text: "red" },
  { id: 2, text: "blue" },
  { id: 3, text: "green" },
  { id: 4, text: "gray", isDisabled: true },
];

export default function ColorSelect() {
  const [selectedColorId, setSelectedColorId] = createSignal(2);

  function handleChange(event) {
    setSelectedColorId(event.target.value);
  }

  return (
    <select value={selectedColorId()} onChange={handleChange}>
      <For each={colors}>
        {(color) => (
          <option value={color.id} disabled={color.isDisabled}>
            {color.text}
          </option>
        )}
      </For>
    </select>
  );
}

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import { component$, useSignal } from "@builder.io/qwik";

export const colors = [
  { id: 1, text: "red" },
  { id: 2, text: "blue" },
  { id: 3, text: "green" },
  { id: 4, text: "gray", isDisabled: true },
];

const ColorSelect = component$(() => {
  const selectedColorId = useSignal("2");

  return (
    <select bind:value={selectedColorId}>
      {colors.map((color) => (
        <option
          key={color.id}
          value={color.id}
          disabled={color.isDisabled}
          selected={`${color.id}` === selectedColorId.value}
        >
          {color.text}
        </option>
      ))}
    </select>
  );
});

export default ColorSelect;

Webapp features

Render app

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<!doctype html>
<html>
  <body>
    <div id="app"></div>
    <script type="module" src="./main.jsx"></script>
  </body>
</html>

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<!doctype html>
<html>
  <body>
    <div id="app"></div>
    <script type="module" src="./main.tsx"></script>
  </body>
</html>

Fetch data

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import { createResource, For, Switch, Match } from "solid-js";

async function fetchUsers() {
  return (await fetch("https://randomuser.me/api/?results=3")).json();
}

export default function App() {
  const [data] = createResource(fetchUsers);
  const users = () => data()?.results;

  return (
    <Switch>
      <Match when={data.loading}>
        <p>Fetching users...</p>
      </Match>
      <Match when={data.error}>
        <p>An error occurred while fetching users</p>
      </Match>
      <Match when={users()}>
        <ul>
          <For each={users()}>
            {(user) => (
              <li>
                <img src={user.picture.thumbnail} alt="user" />
                <p>
                  {user.name.first} {user.name.last}
                </p>
              </li>
            )}
          </For>
        </ul>
      </Match>
    </Switch>
  );
}

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import { component$, useResource$, Resource } from "@builder.io/qwik";

type UsersResponse = {
  results: {
    picture: {
      thumbnail: string;
    };
    name: {
      first: string;
      last: string;
    };
  }[];
};

export async function fetchUsers() {
  return (await fetch("https://randomuser.me/api/?results=3")).json();
}

export const App = component$(() => {
  const data = useResource$<UsersResponse>(fetchUsers);

  return (
    <Resource
      value={data}
      onPending={() => <p>Fetching users...</p>}
      onRejected={() => <p>An error occurred while fetching users</p>}
      onResolved={({ results: users }) => (
        <ul>
          {users.map((user) => (
            <li>
              <img src={user.picture.thumbnail} alt="user" />
              <p>
                {user.name.first} {user.name.last}
              </p>
            </li>
          ))}
        </ul>
      )}
    />
  );
});