Investigate using the `universal_html` packages
In preparation for server-side rendering, we need some mechanism to generate components that don't depend on dart:html. This will likely be a build option, but we can make the transition easier by already using universal_html under the hood. universal_html is an alias for dart:html when compiling to the web, but defines compatible APIs for use on the Dart VM too.
With universal_html, we can also make it easier to debug and test zap component logic outside of a browser. It would be interesting to know how much currently breaks when using universal_html, so a investigation would be really helpful.
- We can probably replace
dart:htmlimports in thezappackage. - In the
zap_devgenerator package, we can use the import rewriting mechanism to rewritedart:htmlimports in<script>tags with universal html imports.
Some things that would be interesting to know:
- How many of the current zap components (in this repo) break when using
universal_html? Will be a lot of effort to fix them? - Can we reliably run tests for some components in the Dart VM when using
universal_html?
I would love to work on this issue.
Awesome, thanks for your help! If you run into any problems, please let me know :)