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Add ESNext syntax to meta block tutorial #13954

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75 changes: 60 additions & 15 deletions docs/designers-developers/developers/tutorials/metabox/meta-block-3-add.md
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Expand Up @@ -10,38 +10,40 @@ By specifying the source of the attributes as `meta`, the Block Editor automatic

Add this code to your JavaScript file (this tutorial will call the file `myguten.js`):

{% codetabs %}
{% ES5 %}
```js
( function( wp ) {
var el = wp.element.createElement;
var registerBlockType = wp.blocks.registerBlockType;
var TextField = wp.components.TextControl;
var TextControl = wp.components.TextControl;

registerBlockType("myguten/meta-block", {
title: "Meta Block",
icon: "smiley",
category: "common",
registerBlockType( 'myguten/meta-block', {
title: 'Meta Block',
icon: 'smiley',
category: 'common',

attributes: {
blockValue: {
type: "string",
source: "meta",
meta: "myguten_meta_block_field"
type: 'string',
source: 'meta',
meta: 'myguten_meta_block_field'
}
},

edit: function(props) {
edit: function( props ) {
var className = props.className;
var setAttributes = props.setAttributes;

function updateBlockValue( blockValue ) {
setAttributes({ blockValue });
}

return el(
"div",
return el(
'div',
{ className: className },
el( TextField, {
label: "Meta Block Field",
el( TextControl, {
label: 'Meta Block Field',
value: props.attributes.blockValue,
onChange: updateBlockValue
} )
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save: function() {
return null;
}
});
})( window.wp );
} );
} )( window.wp );
```
{% ESNext %}
```jsx
import { registerBlockType } from '@wordpress/blocks';
import { TextControl } from '@wordpress/components';
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I'm personally concerned about the change in the imports as it's something that doesn't work unless you define externals. While using globals signals that we should rely on npm packages to be bundled here. Think of any JavaScript developper reading this, I'm pretty sure they won't understand that this needs point to globals.

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That's a fair point I missed. Trying to put together my thoughts on this:

  • in tutorials, handbook, etc. we should promote globals. These are tailored for WordPress developers, so the assumption is that they're building something to integrate with WordPress. Having both ES5 and ESNext is helpful for onboarding, but promoting globals makes sense here.

  • in package info (READMEs, JSDoc examples, etc) we should promote import syntax and avoid the globals. Packages should be agnostic of the host they're bundled with (WordPress injecting the globals). It's not that important a goal to have good coverage for ES5 here.

This isn't perfect, though. For example: when we expose JSDoc examples in the handbook, they'll contain the import syntax.

Does this sound like a good compromise? #13995

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For reference: things will be even more confusing in a few days, once we ship the zero-config wp-scripts build command that include externals (and the reason I thought about proposing this) 🤷‍♂️

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  • in package info (READMEs, JSDoc examples, etc) we should promote import syntax and avoid the globals. Packages should be agnostic of the host they're bundled with (WordPress injecting the globals). It's not that important a goal to have good coverage for ES5 here.

Agreed on this one. I would be personally fine of using imports only for ESNext examples.

For tutorials and handbook in general, using wp globals is a very good idea.


registerBlockType( 'myguten/meta-block', {
title: 'Meta Block',
icon: 'smiley',
category: 'common',

attributes: {
blockValue: {
type: 'string',
source: 'meta',
meta: 'myguten_meta_block_field',
},
},

edit( { className, setAttributes, attributes } ) {

function updateBlockValue( blockValue ) {
setAttributes( { blockValue } );
}

return (
<div className={ className }>
<TextControl
label="Meta Block Field"
value={ attributes.blockValue }
onChange={ updateBlockValue }
/>
</div>
);
},

// No information saved to the block
// Data is saved to post meta via attributes
save() {
return null;
}
} );
```
{% end %}

**Important:** Before you test, you need to enqueue your JavaScript file and its dependencies. Note the WordPress packages used above are `wp.element`, `wp.blocks`, and `wp.components`. Each of these need to be included in the array of dependencies. Update the `myguten-meta-block.php` file adding the enqueue function:

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