trying out initializeState

archive/external-stores.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import * as electronRemote from '@electron/remote';
+const electronConsole = electronRemote.getGlobal('console') as Console;
+import Logger from '../../../../logger/logger';
+const LOG = Logger.create(__filename, electronConsole);
+
+import { useEffect, useSyncExternalStore } from 'react';
+import { atom, useSetRecoilState } from 'recoil';
+
+export const exampleState = atom<number>({
+    key: 'exampleState',
+    default: 4,
+});
+
+export function useExampleStateSubscription() {
+    LOG.debug('using');
+    const setExample = useSetRecoilState(exampleState);
+    const value = useSyncExternalStore(
+        () => {
+            LOG.debug('subscribing');
+            return () => {
+                LOG.debug('unsubscribing')
+            };
+        },
+        () => {
+            LOG.debug('returning');
+            return 6;
+        },
+    );
+    useEffect(() => {
+        setExample(value);
+    }, [setExample, value])
+}

src/client/webapp/elements/app.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import React, { FC, ReactNode } from "react";
+import { useRecoilValue } from "recoil";
+import { overlayState } from "./require/atoms";
+import GuildsManagerElement from "./sections/guilds-manager";
+import TitleBar from "./sections/title-bar";
+
+const App: FC = () => {
+	const overlay = useRecoilValue<ReactNode>(overlayState);
+
+	return (
+		<div>
+			<TitleBar />
+			<GuildsManagerElement />
+			<div className="react-overlays">{overlay}</div>
+		</div>
+	);
+}
+export default App;

src/client/webapp/elements/require/atoms.ts

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import {
 	selector,
 	selectorFamily,
 	useRecoilState,
+	useRecoilValue,
 	useSetRecoilState,
 } from 'recoil';
 import {
@@ -57,15 +58,16 @@ import {
 	useRecoilValueLoadableOrElse,
 } from './atoms-funcs';
 import { randomUUID } from 'crypto';
+import assert from 'assert';
 
 export const overlayState = atom<ReactNode>({
 	key: 'overlayState',
 	default: null,
 });
 
-export const guildsManagerState = atom<GuildsManager | null>({
+export const guildsManagerState = atom<GuildsManager>({
 	key: 'guildsManager',
-	default: null,
+	default: null as unknown as GuildsManager, // this will be set by initializeState
 
 	// allow mutability so that we can have changes to internal guild stuff
 	// we will still listen to new/update/delete/conflict events to maintain the UI's state
@@ -88,7 +90,7 @@ export const guildMetaState = atomFamily<LoadableValue<GuildMetadata>, number>({
 		guildDataSubscriptionLoadableSingleEffect(
 			guildId,
 			async (guild: CombinedGuild) => {
-                LOG.debug('fetching guild metadata', { guild });
+                LOG.debug('fetching guild metadata');
                 return await guild.fetchMetadata();
             },
 			{
@@ -548,15 +550,13 @@ export function useRecoilValueSoftImgSrc(recoilValue: RecoilValue<string>): stri
 }
 
 // initialize with a guildsManager
-export function useInitRecoil(guildsManager: GuildsManager) {
+export function useInitRecoil() {
+    const guildsManager = useRecoilValue(guildsManagerState);
+    assert(guildsManager !== null);
+
     LOG.debug(`recoil init, gm has ${guildsManager.guilds.length} guilds`);
-	const setGuildsManager = useSetRecoilState(guildsManagerState);
 	const setGuilds = useSetRecoilState(allGuildsState);
 	const [currGuildId, setCurrGuildId] = useRecoilState(currGuildIdState);
-	useEffect(() => {
-        LOG.debug(`setting guildsManager to ${guildsManager?.guilds.length}`);
-		setGuildsManager(guildsManager);
-	}, [guildsManager, setGuildsManager]);
 	useEffect(() => {
 		const updateGuilds = () => {
 			setGuilds(guildsManager.guilds.slice());

src/client/webapp/elements/root.tsx

@@ -1,28 +1,11 @@
-import React, { FC, ReactNode } from 'react';
-import { useRecoilValue } from 'recoil';
-import GuildsManager from '../guilds-manager';
-import { useInitRecoil, overlayState } from './require/atoms';
-import GuildsManagerElement from './sections/guilds-manager';
-import TitleBar from './sections/title-bar';
+import React, { FC } from 'react';
+import { useInitRecoil } from './require/atoms';
+import App from './app';
 
-export interface RootElementProps {
-	guildsManager: GuildsManager;
-}
+const RootElement: FC = () => {
+	useInitRecoil();
 
-const RootElement: FC<RootElementProps> = (props: RootElementProps) => {
-	const { guildsManager } = props;
-
-	useInitRecoil(guildsManager);
-
-	const overlay = useRecoilValue<ReactNode>(overlayState);
-
-	return (
-		<div>
-			<TitleBar />
-			<GuildsManagerElement />
-			<div className="react-overlays">{overlay}</div>
-		</div>
-	);
+    return <App />
 };
 
 export default RootElement;

src/client/webapp/elements/sections/guild.tsx

@@ -28,12 +28,12 @@ const GuildElement: FC = () => {
 	const activeChannel = useRecoilValue(currGuildActiveChannelState);
 	const setActiveChannelId = useSetRecoilState(guildActiveChannelIdState(guild?.id ?? -1));
 
-	useEffect(() => {
-		LOG.debug('guild changed', { guildId: guild?.id ?? '<null>' });
-	}, [ guild ]);
-	useEffect(() => {
-		LOG.debug('self member changed', { selfMember });
-	}, [ selfMember ]);
+	//useEffect(() => {
+	//	lOG.debug('guild changed', { guildId: guild?.id ?? '<null>' });
+	//}, [ guild ]);
+	//useEffect(() => {
+	//	lOG.debug('self member changed', { selfMember });
+	//}, [ selfMember ]);
 	// useEffect(() => {
 	// 	lOG.debug('active channel changed', { activeChannel });
 	// }, [ activeChannel ])

src/client/webapp/preload.tsx

@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ import ResourceRAMCache from './resource-ram-cache';
 import { createRoot } from 'react-dom/client';
 import React from 'react';
 import RootElement from './elements/root';
-import { RecoilRoot } from 'recoil';
+import { MutableSnapshot, RecoilRoot } from 'recoil';
+import { guildsManagerState } from './elements/require/atoms';
 
 LOG.silly('modules loaded');
 
@@ -59,10 +60,15 @@ window.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', () => {
 
 		LOG.silly('guildsManager initialized');
 
+        // TODO: Try using initializeState from recoilRoot
+        // https://recoiljs.org/docs/api-reference/core/RecoilRoot/
         const root = createRoot(document.getElementById('react-root')!);
+        function initializeState({ set }: MutableSnapshot): void {
+            set(guildsManagerState, guildsManager);
+        }
         root.render(
-			<RecoilRoot>
-				<RootElement guildsManager={guildsManager} />
+			<RecoilRoot initializeState={initializeState}>
+				<RootElement />
 			</RecoilRoot>,
         );
 	})();