Look into Signals Pattern

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Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python, react
Domain
frontend

Research direction

Start with the linked Preact Signals guide and introductory article, then inspect ReactPy’s existing pluggable renderer and layout rendering path. No files or tests are named, so first identify the relevant renderer entry points and define a scoped implementation. Done should include a clear signals-based layout pipeline and tests, though the issue does not specify their expected form.

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Description

priority-3-low type-investigation
Current Situation

Preact, a fast and lightweight drop-in replacement for React, has a pluggable renderer that allows them to add new state and rendering primitives without a wholesale re-write. Signals are one of the new primitives they created. In this introductory article they lay out some advantages of signals over hooks.

Proposed Actions

While signals are an interesting pattern to explore, the more useful action here would be to implement signals for the purpose of developing a similarly pluggable layout rendering pipeline. This would ensure that, as better reactive patterns are developed, IDOM can more easily evolve with them.

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