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# 10. Replace Mustache.js with Template Literals
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Date: 2018-03-22
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## Status
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Accepted
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## Context
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UI HTML templates are currently populated with variables by the [mustache.js]
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template system. This is consistent with other code in MediaWiki but adds an
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8.1 KiB dependency* for functionality that is only used in a few places.
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Given that ES6 template literals provide similar readability and are part of
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JavaScript itself, we considered this to be a favorable and sustainable
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alternative to Mustache templates. Additionally, although the usage of template
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strings requires transpilation, adding transpiling support enables other ES6
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syntaxes to be used such as let / const, arrow functions, and destructuring, all
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of which are considered language improvements that Extension:Popups can leverage
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in many areas.
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We used the [Babel transpiler] with [babel-preset-env] to translate only the
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necessary JavaScript from ES6 to ES5 for [grade A browsers]. The overhead for
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this functionality is nonzero but expected to diminish in time and always be
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less than the size of the Mustache.js dependency. Please note that while most
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ES6 syntaxes are supported, the transpiler does not provide polyfills for new
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APIs (e.g., `Array.prototype.includes()`) unless configured to do so via
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[babel-polyfill]. As polyfills add more overhead and are related but independent
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of syntax, API changes were not considered in this refactoring.
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We also realized that manual HTML escaping of template parameters would be a
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necessary part of this change. This functionality is built into the double-curly
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brace syntax of mustache.js but is now performed using [mw.html.escape()]. These
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calls are a blemish on the code but appear only in the templates themselves and
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would be replaced transparently in a UI library such as Preact which leverages
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JSX. We also anticipate that the template literal syntax would transition neatly
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to JSX. We don't know that Extension:Popups will ever want to use a UI library
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and accept these shortcomings may always exist.
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*As reported by [mw.loader.inspect()] on 2018-03-22.
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[mustache.js]: https://github.com/janl/mustache.js
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[Babel transpiler]: https://babeljs.io
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[babel-preset-env]: https://babeljs.io/docs/plugins/preset-env
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[grade A browsers]: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Compatibility#Browsers
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[babel-polyfill]: https://babeljs.io/docs/usage/polyfill
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[mw.html.escape()]: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/ResourceLoader/Core_modules#mediaWiki.html
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[mw.loader.inspect()]: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/ResourceLoader/Core_modules#mw.loader.inspect
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## Decision
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We compared the sizes before (d35286a) and after (4281670) transpiling and they
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proved favorable:
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| Commit | index.js (gzip) | index.js | ext.popups | ext.popups.main | ext.popups.images | mediawiki.template.mustache | Total |
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| ------ | --------------: | --------: | ---------: | --------------: | ----------------: | --------------------------: | ---------: |
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| Before | 10.84 KiB | 32.88 KiB | 96 B | 52.5 KiB | 3.1 KiB | 8.1 KiB | **65224B** |
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| After | 11.46 KiB | 35.15 KiB | 96 B | 52.7 KiB | 3.1 KiB | 0.0 KiB | **57193B** |
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Where "index.js (gzip)" is the minified gzipped size of the
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resources/dist/index.js Webpack build product as reported by [bundlesize],
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"index.js" is the minified uncompressed size of the same bundle as reported by
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[source-map-explorer] and [Webpack performance hints], and the remaining columns
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are the sum of minified uncompressed JavaScript and CSS sizes for each relevant
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module as reported by mw.loader.inspect() with the last column being a total of
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these inspect() modules.
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The conclusions to draw from this table are that transpilation does increase the
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size of the Webpack bundle but that the overhead is less than that of the
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Mustache.js dependency so the overall effect is a size improvement.
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Additionally, note that the transpiled bundle now encompasses the HTML templates
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which source-map-explorer reports as contributing a 2.53 KiB minified
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uncompressed portion of the 35.15 KiB bundle. (Previously, templates were an
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additional request.) Allowing for rounding errors, this brings the approximate
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overhead of enabling transpilation to nearly zero, 35.15 KiB - 32.88 KiB -
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2.53 KiB ≈ 0, which suggests transpiling as a viable solution for improving code
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elsewhere that must be written in modern form without compromising on
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compatibility or performance.
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[bundlesize]: https://github.com/siddharthkp/bundlesize
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[source-map-explorer]: https://github.com/danvk/source-map-explorer
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[Webpack performance hints]: https://webpack.js.org/configuration/performance
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## Consequences
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ES6 syntax is enabled without changing existing device support and 7.8 KiB less
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of minified uncompressed JavaScript is delivered.
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