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aleskafka/component-macro
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Extends Latte with simple component model

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component-macro
===============

[](#component-macro)

Extends Latte with simple component model inspired by JSX for React

### Installation

[](#installation)

Use composer:

```
$ composer require aleskafka/component-macro
```

Install in configuration file to Latte Engine:

```
$latte = new Latte\Engine;
ComponentMacro::install($latte, __DIR__ . '/components');
```

### Basic example

[](#basic-example)

Create Header component as latte template in `__DIR__ . '/components/header.latte`

```
{default title=>'', subtitle=>'', follow=>NULL}
{$title}{$subtitle}
  {if $follow}
   followed
  {else if $follow!==NULL}
   follow
  {/if}

```

In arbitrary page template render Header component with specific arguments.

```

```

### Features

[](#features)

For more example see tests. In short you can:

- render components in React style
- You can use variable $\_html in component. It contains body rendered in parent template inside component tags
- You can expand variable into component ``
- You can expand defined variables into component ``
- You can name elements/components inside component with macro n:key="string" (keys can be dynamic) and override it inside parental component tags:

```

  Override span[string] subcomponent

```

### License

[](#license)

MIT. See full [license](license.md).

###  Health Score

26

—

LowBetter than 43% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity14

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity53

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

4048d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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