## Get Started
Inital setup is the same as any Scenic app.
To initialize your first scene -
``` elixir
<%= graph font_size: 20 %>
<%= primitive Scenic.Primitive.Text,
"selected value #{@dropdown_value}",
id: :dropdown_value_text,
translate: {20, 80}
%>
<%= component Scenic.Component.Dropdown, {
@dropdown_opts,
@dropdown_value
},
id: :dropdown,
translate: {20, 20}
%>
```
We always start the template off with ``` <%= graph %> ```. This tells the compiler to build the Scenic graph.
After that we begin inserting our primitives or components.
The above is equivilent to writing the following -
``` elixir
Scenic.Graph.build()
|> Scenic.Primitive.Text.add_to_graph("selected value #{scene.assigns.dropdown_value}", id: :dropdown_value_text, translate: {20, 80})
|> Scenic.Component.Dropdown({scene.assigns.dropdown_opts, scene.assigns.dropdown_value}, id: :dropdown, translate: {20, 20})
```
Now that we have a template we can use the template in a scene.
``` elixir
defmodule Example.Scene.MyScene do
use SnapFramework.Scene,
name: :my_scene,
template: "lib/scenes/my_scene.eex",
controller: :none,
assigns: [
dropdown_opts: [
{"Dashboard", :dashboard},
{"Controls", :controls},
{"Primitives", :primitives}
],
dropdown_value: :dashboard,
]
end
```
Having just the above should be enough to get the scene rendering.
But as you can see selecting a new dropdown doesn't update the text component text like the template implies that it should.
To update a graph SnapFramework has the ```use_effect``` macro. This macro comes with a Scene or Component.
Let's update the above code to catch the event from the dropdown and update the text.
``` elixir
defmodule Example.Scene.MyScene do
use SnapFramework.Scene,
name: :my_scene,
template: "lib/scenes/my_scene.eex",
controller: Example.Scene.MySceneController,
assigns: [
dropdown_opts: [
{"Dashboard", :dashboard},
{"Controls", :controls},
{"Primitives", :primitives}
],
dropdown_value: :dashboard,
]
use_effect [assigns: [dropdown_value: :any]], [
run: [:on_dropdown_value_change],
]
def process_event({:value_changed, :dropdown, value}, _, scene) do
{:noreply, assign(scene, dropdown_value: value)}
end
end
```
Last but not least the controller module.
``` elixir
defmodule Examples.Scene.MySceneController do
import Scenic.Primitives, only: [text: 3]
alias Scenic.Graph
def on_dropdown_value_change(scene) do
graph =
scene.assigns.graph
|> Graph.modify(:dropdown_value_text, &text(&1, "selected value #{scene.assigns.dropdown_value}", []))
Scenic.Scene.assign(scene, graph: graph)
end
end
```
That is the basics to using SnapFramework.Scene. It essentially consist of three pieces, a template, a controller, and a scene module that glues them together.
## Setup and Mounted Callbacks
If you need to do some special setup, like request input, subscribe to a PubSub service, or add some runtime assigns. You can do that in the setup callback.
It gives you the scene struct and should return a scene struct.
The setup callback run before the template is compiled. So any added or modified assigns will be included in the template.
The graph however is not included on the scene yet.
``` elixir
defmodule Example.Scene.MyScene do
use SnapFramework.Scene,
name: :my_scene,
template: "lib/scenes/my_scene.eex",
controller: Example.Scene.MySceneController,
assigns: [
dropdown_opts: [
{"Dashboard", :dashboard},
{"Controls", :controls},
{"Primitives", :primitives}
],
dropdown_value: :dashboard,
]
use_effect [assigns: [dropdown_value: :any]], [
run: [:on_dropdown_value_change],
]
def setup(scene) do
Scenic.PubSub.subscribe(:pubsub_service)
assign(scene, new_assign: true)
end
def process_event({:value_changed, :dropdown, value}, _, scene) do
{:noreply, assign(scene, dropdown_value: value)}
end
end
```
If you need to do something after the graph is compile, you can use the mounted callback.
Like the setup callback it gives you the scene, and should return a scene.
``` elixir
defmodule Example.Scene.MyScene do
use SnapFramework.Scene,
name: :my_scene,
template: "lib/scenes/my_scene.eex",
controller: Example.Scene.MySceneController,
assigns: [
dropdown_opts: [
{"Dashboard", :dashboard},
{"Controls", :controls},
{"Primitives", :primitives}
],
dropdown_value: :dashboard,
]
use_effect [assigns: [dropdown_value: :any]], [
run: [:on_dropdown_value_change],
]
def setup(scene) do
Scenic.PubSub.subscribe(:pubsub_service)
assign(scene, new_assign: true)
end
def mounted(%{assigns: %{graph: graph}} = scene) do
# do something with the graph
end
def process_event({:value_changed, :dropdown, value}, _, scene) do
{:noreply, assign(scene, dropdown_value: value)}
end
end
```