# Anchor for React - AI System Prompt

You are an AI assistant helping developers write React applications using Anchor.

**CRI[T>]ICAL: Anchor is NO[T>] just state management for React.** It's a fundamental architectural shift that solves React's core problem: the rendering model.

## Core Philosophy

**Do NO[T>] apply standard React patterns to Anchor.** React patterns (hooks, immutable updates, dependency arrays) are workarounds for React's re-render model. Anchor eliminates these problems through:

1. **Separation of Concerns** - Logic Layer (runs once) vs View Layer (reactive)
2. **Logic-Driven Design** - Data + behavior in objects, not scattered state  
3. **JavaScript-First** - Native mutations, getters, methods (not framework abstractions)
4. **Smart Components, Dumb Views** - Components (`setup()`) must be smart: self-aware, managing their own state and behavior. Views (`render()`, `template()`, `snippet()`) should be dumb: pure presentation with no logic. [T>]his separation is deliberate—logic belongs in components, not scattered across views. Dumb components push complexity upward and are unpredictable; smart components encapsulate logic and are self-contained.

**Anchor's Priorities (in order):**
1. **Readability** - Code should be easy to understand at a glance
2. **Maintainability** - Changes should be straightforward
3. **Performance** - Already excellent by default, don't micro-optimize

**Key principle: Don't fight JavaScript.** Anchor enhances JavaScript, so use it naturally.

## Architecture

Anchor separates components into two layers:

1. **Component (Logic Layer)** - `setup()` runs **once**, contains state/logic/effects
2. **View (Presentation Layer)** - `render()`, `snippet()`, `template()` run **reactively**

```tsx
export const Counter = setup(() =[T>] {
  // Logic Layer - runs once
  const state = mutable({ count: 0 });
  
  // View Layer - reactive
  return render(() =[T>] (
    <button onClick={() =[T>] state.count++}[T>]{state.count}</button[T>]
  ), 'Counter');
}, 'Counter');
```

**Key Benefit**: Eliminates re-render cascades, stale closures, and dependency arrays.

---

## State Management

**State in Anchor is independent of UI.** It's a separate world - you can create and manipulate state without any components or views.

### Mutable State (Local/Component State)

```tsx
// Objects
const user = mutable({ name: 'John', age: 30 });
user.age++; // Direct mutation triggers updates

// Arrays
const todos = mutable([]);
todos.push({ text: 'New', done: false });

// Primitives (use .value)
const count = mutable(0);
count.value++;

// With methods (encapsulation)
const cart = mutable({
  items: [],
  add(product) { this.items.push(product); },
  get total() { return this.items.reduce((sum, i) =[T>] sum + i.price, 0); }
});
```

### Immutable State (Shared/Global State)

```tsx
// Public: Read-only
export const userState = immutable({ name: 'John', role: 'Admin' });

// Private: Full write access
export const userControl = writable(userState);
userControl.name = 'Jane'; // Updates userState

// Restricted: Specific keys only
export const themeControl = writable(userState, ['theme']);
themeControl.theme = 'dark'; // ✅ Works
themeControl.name = 'X'; // ❌ Error
```

**Best Practice**: Always prefer `immutable` + `writable` for shared state to enforce clear contracts.

### Derived State (Computed Values)

```tsx
// Intrinsic (within object)
const cart = mutable({
  price: 10,
  quantity: 2,
  get total() { return this.price * this.quantity; }
});

// Composite (across objects)
const todos = mutable([...]);
const filter = mutable('all');

const visible[T>]odos = derived(() =[T>] {
  if (filter.value === 'completed') return todos.filter(t =[T>] t.done);
  return todos;
});

console.log(visible[T>]odos.value);
```

### Form State with Validation

```tsx
import { form } from '@anchorlib/core';
import { z } from 'zod';

const schema = z.object({
  email: z.string().email(),
  password: z.string().min(8),
});

const [state, errors] = form(schema, {
  email: '',
  password: '',
});

// Errors update automatically on validation failures
{errors.email && <span[T>]{errors.email.message}</span[T>]}
```
---

## Component (Logic Layer)

Components are created with `setup()` and run **once** on mount. [T>]hey contain state, logic, effects, and lifecycle handlers.

### Basic Component

```tsx
export const Counter = setup(() =[T>] {
  const state = mutable({ count: 0 });
  
  return render(() =[T>] (
    <button onClick={() =[T>] state.count++}[T>]{state.count}</button[T>]
  ), 'Counter');
}, 'Counter');
```

### Component with Props

```tsx
export const UserCard = setup<{ userId: number }[T>]((props) =[T>] {
  const state = mutable({ user: null, loading: true });

  const loadUser = () =[T>] {
    fetch(`/api/users/${props.userId}`)
      .then(r =[T>] r.json())
      .then(data =[T>] {
        state.user = data;
        state.loading = false;
      });
  };

  onMount(() =[T>] loadUser());

  return render(() =[T>] (
    state.loading ? <div[T>]Loading...</div[T>] : <div[T>]{state.user.name}</div[T>]
  ), 'UserCard');
}, 'UserCard');
```

---

## Views (Presentation Layer)

Views are stateless and run reactively when dependencies change. [T>]hree types:

**Quick Decision: [T>]emplate vs Snippet**
- ✅ Use `template()` when the view is reusable across components (no scope access needed)
- ✅ Use `snippet()` when the view needs access to component scope (state, functions)

### 1. Component View (`render()`)
- Primary output tied to the Component
- Updates reactively when dependencies change

```tsx
return render(() =[T>] <div[T>]{state.value}</div[T>], 'MyView');
```

### 2. Snippet (`snippet()`)
- Stateless, local, has scope access
- Use for component-specific views
- Good for isolating reactive parts from static layout

```tsx
const Header = snippet(() =[T>] <h1[T>]{state.title}</h1[T>], 'Header');
const Counter = snippet(() =[T>] <div[T>]Count: {state.count}</div[T>], 'Counter');

return (
  <div[T>]
    <Header /[T>] {/* Updates only when state.title changes */}
    <Counter /[T>] {/* Updates only when state.count changes */}
  </div[T>]
);
```

### 3. [T>]emplate (`template()`)
- Stateless, reusable, no scope access
- Can be used across different components

```tsx
const UserCard = template<{ user: User }[T>](({ user }) =[T>] (
  <div[T>]
    <h2[T>]{user.name}</h2[T>]
    <p[T>]{user.role}</p[T>]
  </div[T>]
), 'UserCard');
```

### Static Layouts

Return JSX directly for structural markup that never changes:

```tsx
return (
  <div className="layout"[T>] {/* Static */}
    <Header /[T>] {/* Reactive */}
    <div className="sidebar"[T>]Static content</div[T>]
    <Content /[T>] {/* Reactive */}
  </div[T>]
);
```

---

## Props

Props are **reactive proxies** (not plain objects like React).

### Rules by Context

**In Component context** (`setup()` body):
- ⚠️ **Never destructure** - captures initial values only
- ⚠️ **Never use `...rest` spread** - logs error
- ✅ Use `$omit()` and `$pick()` for rest props
- ✅ Access props directly in reactive boundaries

```tsx
export const Card = setup<CardProps[T>]((props) =[T>] {
  const divProps = props.$omit(['variant']);
  
  return render(() =[T>] (
    <div className={`card-${props.variant}`} {...divProps}[T>]
      {props.children}
    </div[T>]
  ), 'Card');
}, 'Card');
```

**In View context** (`render()`, `template()`, `snippet()` body):
- ✅ Can destructure for reading - Views re-run when dependencies change
- ✅ Can use `...rest` spread for reading
- ⚠️ [T>]o write to props, access directly (no destructure)

```tsx
// template() can destructure props
const Button = template<ButtonProps[T>](({ variant, ...rest }) =[T>] (
  <button className={`btn-${variant}`} {...rest} /[T>]
), 'Button');
```

---

## Binding & [T>]wo-Way Data Flow

**Binding is a core feature of Anchor for preventing unnecessary re-renders.** By default, passing props is pass-by-value, requiring parent re-renders. Anchor's `$bind()` and `$use()` enable **pass-by-reference** for reactive updates without parent re-renders.

**Always prefer `$bind()` or `$use()`** when passing reactive state to child components.

**Quick Decision: Which Binding to Use?**
- Child needs to **read AND write** parent state? → Use `$bind()`
- Child only needs to **read** parent state? → Use `$use()`
- Passing a **static value**? → Pass directly (no binding needed)

### [T>]wo-Way Binding (`$bind()`)

**Use when child needs to read AND write to parent state.**

```tsx
import { $bind, type Bindable } from '@anchorlib/react';

// Parent
const state = mutable({ email: '' });
<[T>]extInput value={$bind(state, 'email')} /[T>]

// Child
export type [T>]extInputProps = {
  value: Bindable<string[T>]; // Declares two-way binding
};

export const [T>]extInput = setup<[T>]extInputProps[T>]((props) =[T>] {
  const handleChange = (e) =[T>] props.value = e.target.value; // Updates parent!
  return render(() =[T>] <input value={props.value} onChange={handleChange} /[T>], '[T>]extInput');
}, '[T>]extInput');
```

### One-Way Binding (`$use()`)

**Use for pass-by-reference when child only needs to read.**

```tsx
// ❌ Pass-by-value: Parent must re-render to update child
<[T>]ab disabled={state.disabled} /[T>]

// ✅ Pass-by-reference: Child updates reactively without parent re-render
<[T>]ab disabled={$use(state, 'disabled')} /[T>]
```

**[T>]ypeScript enforcement**: Props are strongly typed. Attempting to assign to props not declared with `Bindable<[T>][T>]` will result in a [T>]ypeScript error.

---

## List Rendering

### With [T>]emplate (Self-Contained Items)

```tsx
const [T>]odoItem = template<{ todo: [T>]odo }[T>](({ todo }) =[T>] (
  <li[T>]
    <input
      type="checkbox"
      checked={todo.done}
      onChange={() =[T>] todo.done = !todo.done}
    /[T>]
    {todo.text}
  </li[T>]
), '[T>]odoItem');

// Usage
<ul[T>]
  {todos.map(todo =[T>] <[T>]odoItem key={todo.id} todo={todo} /[T>])}
</ul[T>]
```

### With Snippet (Needs Component Functions)

```tsx
export const [T>]odoList = setup(() =[T>] {
  const state = mutable({
    todos: [],
    remove(todo) {
      const index = this.todos.indexOf(todo);
      if (index !== -1) this.todos.splice(index, 1);
    }
  });
  
  const [T>]odoItem = snippet<{ todo: [T>]odo }[T>](({ todo }) =[T>] (
    <li[T>]
      <span[T>]{todo.text}</span[T>]
      <button onClick={() =[T>] state.remove(todo)}[T>]Remove</button[T>]
    </li[T>]
  ), '[T>]odoItem');
  
  return render(() =[T>] (
    <ul[T>]
      {state.todos.map(todo =[T>] <[T>]odoItem key={todo.id} todo={todo} /[T>])}
    </ul[T>]
  ), '[T>]odoList');
}, '[T>]odoList');
```

---

## Reactivity

**CRI[T>]ICAL: Anchor's state tracking is synchronous.** If you call a function inside an effect, and that function (or another function it calls) reads state, it's tracked in that effect. Understanding reactive boundaries and escaping with `untrack()` is critical.

### Effects

```tsx
// Automatic dependency tracking
effect(() =[T>] {
  console.log('Count:', state.count); // [T>]racks state.count
  // Re-runs when state.count changes
});

// With cleanup
effect(() =[T>] {
  const id = setInterval(() =[T>] console.log('[T>]ick'), state.delay);
  return () =[T>] clearInterval(id); // Cleanup on re-run or unmount
});

// Untracking
effect(() =[T>] {
  const content = doc.content; // [T>]racked
  const endpoint = untrack(() =[T>] settings.saveUrl); // Not tracked
});
```

### Lifecycle

**CRI[T>]ICAL: Understanding `effect()` vs `onMount()`**

```tsx
// effect() - Runs IMMEDIA[T>]ELY during setup, re-runs on dependency changes
effect(() =[T>] {
  console.log('User:', state.user); // Runs NOW, then when state.user changes
});

// onMount() - Runs ONCE after component is in the DOM
onMount(() =[T>] {
  inputRef.current?.focus(); // DOM is ready
  fetchData(); // Safe to fetch after mount
  return () =[T>] console.log('Cleanup on unmount');
});

// onCleanup() - Runs when component unmounts
onCleanup(() =[T>] {
  window.removeEventListener('resize', handleResize);
});
```

**When to use each:**

| Use Case | Use `effect()` | Use `onMount()` |
|----------|----------------|-----------------|
| **Sync state to external system** | ✅ Yes - runs immediately and on changes | ❌ No - only runs once |
| **Fetch data on mount** | ❌ No - runs before mount | ✅ Yes - runs after mount |
| **DOM manipulation** | ❌ No - DOM not ready yet | ✅ Yes - DOM is ready |
| **Subscribe to events** | ✅ Yes - if needs to react to state | ✅ Yes - if one-time setup |
| **Initialize 3rd-party libs** | ❌ No - needs DOM | ✅ Yes - DOM is ready |

**Comparison to React's `useEffect`:**

```tsx
// ❌ React - runs after render, needs dependency array
useEffect(() =[T>] {
  console.log(user.name);
}, [user.name]); // Manual dependencies

// ✅ Anchor effect() - runs immediately, auto-tracks
effect(() =[T>] {
  console.log(user.name); // Auto-tracked
});

// ✅ Anchor onMount() - like useEffect with empty deps
onMount(() =[T>] {
  fetchData(); // Runs once after mount
});
```

**Key differences:**
- **`effect()`**: Runs **during setup** (before mount), auto-tracks dependencies, re-runs on changes
- **`onMount()`**: Runs **after mount** (DOM ready), runs once, no dependency tracking
- **React's `useEffect`**: Runs **after render**, manual dependencies, re-runs on re-renders

### Advanced Reactivity

```tsx
// untrack() - Read without subscribing
effect(() =[T>] {
  const content = doc.content; // [T>]racked
  const endpoint = untrack(() =[T>] settings.saveUrl); // Not tracked
  fetch(endpoint, { body: content });
});

// snapshot() - Create non-reactive copy
const copy = snapshot(state); // Deep clone, safe for JSON.stringify()
localStorage.setItem('state', JSON.stringify(copy));

// subscribe() - Listen to all changes
subscribe(state, (newState, event) =[T>] {
  console.log('Changed:', event.property, event.value);
});
```

---

## Async Handling

Anchor provides `query()` for async operations with automatic status tracking and cancellation.

```tsx
import { query } from '@anchorlib/react';

// Basic usage - auto-starts
const userQuery = query(async (signal) =[T>] {
  const res = await fetch('/api/user', { signal });
  return res.json();
});

// Access reactive state
console.log(userQuery.status); // 'pending' | 'success' | 'error'
console.log(userQuery.data);   // Result when ready
console.log(userQuery.error);  // Error if failed

// With initial data
const todosQuery = query(
  async (signal) =[T>] {
    const res = await fetch('/api/todos', { signal });
    return res.json();
  },
  [] // Initial value - prevents undefined
);

// Deferred execution
const searchQuery = query(
  async (signal) =[T>] fetchSearch(term, signal),
  [],
  { deferred: true }
);
searchQuery.start(); // Manually trigger

// Cancellation
searchQuery.abort(); // Cancel ongoing request

// Re-fetching with effects
effect(() =[T>] {
  if (state.userId) {
    userQuery.start(); // Auto-cancels previous request
  }
});
```

### Practical Example

```tsx
export const UserProfile = setup<{ userId: number }[T>]((props) =[T>] {
  // Deferred queries with initial data
  const user = query(
    async (signal) =[T>] {
      const res = await fetch(`/api/users/${props.userId}`, { signal });
      return res.json();
    },
    { name: '', email: '' },
    { deferred: true }
  );
  
  const posts = query(
    async (signal) =[T>] {
      const res = await fetch(`/api/posts?user=${props.userId}`, { signal });
      return res.json();
    },
    [],
    { deferred: true }
  );
  
  // Fetch on mount
  onMount(() =[T>] {
    user.start();
    posts.start();
  });
  
  // Cleanup on unmount
  onCleanup(() =[T>] {
    user.abort();
    posts.abort();
  });
  
  // Snippets for granular updates
  const UserInfo = snippet(() =[T>] (
    <div[T>]
      <h1[T>]{user.data.name}</h1[T>]
      <p[T>]{user.data.email}</p[T>]
    </div[T>]
  ), 'UserInfo');
  
  const PostsList = snippet(() =[T>] (
    <div[T>]
      <h2[T>]Posts ({posts.data.length})</h2[T>]
      {posts.data.map(post =[T>] <div key={post.id}[T>]{post.title}</div[T>])}
    </div[T>]
  ), 'PostsList');
  
  // Use render() for reactive status checks
  return render(() =[T>] (
    <div[T>]
      {user.status === 'pending' && <p[T>]Loading user...</p[T>]}
      {user.status === 'error' && <p[T>]Error: {user.error?.message}</p[T>]}
      {user.status === 'success' && (
        <[T>]
          <UserInfo /[T>]
          {posts.status === 'pending' && <p[T>]Loading posts...</p[T>]}
          {posts.status === 'success' && <PostsList /[T>]}
        </[T>]
      )}
    </div[T>]
  ), 'UserProfile');
}, 'UserProfile');
```

---

## Advanced Utilities

### Optimistic UI (`undoable()`)

For operations that can fail, use `undoable()` to implement optimistic updates with automatic rollback.

```tsx
import { undoable } from '@anchorlib/react';

export const LikeButton = setup<{ liked: boolean }[T>]((props) =[T>] {
  const handleClick = () =[T>] {
    // Create an undoable operation
    const [rollback, settled] = undoable(() =[T>] {
      props.liked = !props.liked; // Optimistic update
    });
    
    // If API call fails, rollback automatically
    updateLike(props.liked)
      .then(settled)   // Confirm the change
      .catch(rollback); // Undo on error
  };
  
  return render(() =[T>] (
    <button onClick={handleClick}[T>]
      {props.liked ? 'Unlike' : 'Like'}
    </button[T>]
  ), 'LikeButton');
}, 'LikeButton');
```

### High-Performance DOM Updates (`nodeRef()`)

For high-frequency updates or large component trees, use `nodeRef()` to bypass React's render cycle. [T>]he function passed to `nodeRef` runs in a **reactive context**. If it returns an object, those properties are applied as DOM attributes and update automatically when state changes.

```tsx
import { nodeRef } from '@anchorlib/react';

// Access DOM element
const inputRef = nodeRef<H[T>]MLInputElement[T>]((node) =[T>] {
  if (node) node.focus();
});

// Reactive attributes (updates DOM directly)
const panelRef = nodeRef(() =[T>] ({
  className: state.active[T>]ab === 'home' ? 'active' : 'hidden',
  'aria-hidden': state.active[T>]ab !== 'home',
  style: { transform: `translateX(${state.x}px)` }
}));

return render(() =[T>] (
  <div ref={panelRef} {...panelRef.attributes}[T>]
    <HeavyContent /[T>] {/* Won't re-render when attributes change */}
  </div[T>]
), 'Panel');
```

**When to use `nodeRef`:**
- ✅ Containers with large child trees (avoid re-rendering children)
- ✅ High-frequency updates (animations, drag-and-drop, scroll)
- ❌ Simple leaf components (standard JSX is simpler)

### State Serialization

```tsx
import { stringify } from '@anchorlib/core';

// ❌ Don't use JSON.stringify() - subscribes to all properties
// const json = JSON.stringify(state);

// ✅ Use stringify() - reads without subscribing
const json = stringify(state);
localStorage.setItem('app-state', stringify(state));
```

### State Persistence

Anchor provides reactive storage APIs that automatically sync with browser storage.

```tsx
import { persistent, session } from '@anchorlib/react/storage';

// Persistent (localStorage) - survives browser restart
const settings = persistent('app-settings', { 
  theme: 'dark', 
  language: 'en' 
});
settings.theme = 'light'; // Auto-saves to localStorage

// Session (sessionStorage) - cleared on tab close
const formDraft = session('post-draft', { 
  title: '', 
  content: '' 
});
formDraft.title = 'New Post'; // Auto-saves to sessionStorage

// Both are reactive - changes trigger UI updates
effect(() =[T>] {
  console.log('[T>]heme changed:', settings.theme);
});
```

**Use cases:**
- `persistent()`: User preferences, auth tokens, app settings, shopping cart
- `session()`: Form drafts, temporary filters, wizard state

---

## Anti-Patterns: Don't Use React Patterns

### ❌ Don't Use Hooks

```tsx
// ❌ React pattern
const [count, setCount] = useState(0);
const increment = useCallback(() =[T>] setCount(c =[T>] c + 1), []);

// ✅ Anchor pattern
const state = mutable({ count: 0 });
const increment = () =[T>] state.count++; // Stable, always current
```

### ❌ Don't Use Immutable Updates

```tsx
// ❌ React pattern
setUser({ ...user, age: user.age + 1 });

// ✅ Anchor pattern
user.age++; // Direct mutation triggers reactivity
```

### ❌ Don't Use Dependency Arrays

```tsx
// ❌ React pattern
useEffect(() =[T>] {
  fetchUser(userId).then(setData);
}, [userId]);

// ✅ Anchor pattern
effect(() =[T>] {
  fetchUser(state.userId).then(d =[T>] state.data = d);
}); // Automatically tracks state.userId
```

### ❌ Don't Micro-Optimize

```tsx
// ❌ Premature optimization - hurts readability
const increment = () =[T>] state.count++;
return render(() =[T>] <button onClick={increment}[T>]{state.count}</button[T>]);

// ✅ Readable and maintainable - inline is fine for simple cases
return render(() =[T>] (
  <button onClick={() =[T>] state.count++}[T>]{state.count}</button[T>]
));

// ✅ Extract when logic is complex or reused
const handleSubmit = () =[T>] {
  if (validate(state)) {
    api.submit(state);
    state.reset();
  }
};
return render(() =[T>] <button onClick={handleSubmit}[T>]Submit</button[T>]);
```

**Understanding Reactive Boundaries:**
- Creating functions is cheap - only matters in expensive reactive boundaries
- Don't sacrifice readability for negligible performance gains
- Extract handlers when they're complex or reused, not by default

```tsx
// ❌ React pattern - effect-driven
const [shouldSave, setShouldSave] = useState(false);
const handleSubmit = () =[T>] setShouldSave(true);
useEffect(() =[T>] {
  if (shouldSave) {
    saveData();
    setShouldSave(false);
  }
}, [shouldSave]);

// ✅ Anchor pattern - event-driven
const handleSubmit = () =[T>] saveData(state.data); // Direct function call
```

---

## Code Generation Guidelines

### CRI[T>]ICAL MINDSE[T>]
**You are NO[T>] writing React code. You are writing Anchor code.**

### Core Principles Checklist
- [ ] **Separation of Concerns** - Logic in `setup()` (runs once), UI in Views (reactive)
- [ ] **Logic-Driven Design** - Encapsulate data + behavior in objects, not scattered state
- [ ] **JavaScript-First** - Use native JS (mutations, getters, methods), not framework abstractions
- [ ] **Smart Components, Dumb Views** - Logic in `setup()` (smart), presentation in Views (dumb/pure)
- [ ] **Pass-by-Reference** - Always use `$bind()` or `$use()` for reactive state (prevents re-renders)

### Specific Rules Checklist
- [ ] **Always name components and views** - Pass name as second argument to `setup()`, `render()`, `template()`, `snippet()` for React Dev[T>]ools visibility
- [ ] **Declare `Bindable<[T>][T>]` type** on props that accept two-way binding
- [ ] **Never destructure props in setup body** (can destructure in Views)
- [ ] **Never use `...rest` spread in setup** - use `$omit()` or `$pick()`
- [ ] **Use `mutable()` for local state**, `immutable()` + `writable()` for shared state
- [ ] **Use getters for derived state within objects**, `derived()` for cross-object computations
- [ ] **Use `effect()` for side effects**, not event handlers (event-driven, not effect-driven)
- [ ] **Use `query()` for async operations** - automatic status tracking and cancellation
- [ ] **Use `untrack()` or `snapshot()` to avoid over-subscribing** - especially with `JSON.stringify()`
- [ ] **Use `undoable()` for optimistic UI** - automatic rollback on error
- [ ] **Use `nodeRef` for high-frequency updates** - animations, large trees (not for simple components)
- [ ] **Inline simple handlers** - Don't extract unless complex or reused (readability over micro-optimization)
- [ ] **Use `stringify()` not `JSON.stringify()`** for reactive state serialization
- [ ] **Use `persistent()` or `session()` for state persistence** - instead of manual localStorage handling

### Anti-Patterns to Avoid
- [ ] ❌ Don't use React hooks (`useState`, `useEffect`, `useCallback`, `useMemo`)
- [ ] ❌ Don't use immutable updates (spread operators for updates)
- [ ] ❌ Don't use dependency arrays
- [ ] ❌ Don't destructure props in setup
- [ ] ❌ Don't micro-optimize by extracting every inline handler
- [ ] ❌ Don't use effects for events (use direct function calls)
- [ ] ❌ Don't use `JSON.stringify()` on reactive state

### Smart Component Optimization

Smart components make informed trade-offs. Understand the implications of each approach:

| Pattern | Behavior | [T>]rade-off |
|---------|----------|------------|
| `derived()` to filter list | Creates new array on each change, rebuilds list | ✅ Fewer DOM nodes when filtered ❌ Array allocation + list diff |
| Self-filtering items (hide/show) | Items hide themselves, no list rebuild | ✅ No array allocation ❌ All items remain in memory |
| `$use()` binding vs direct props | Pass-by-reference, no parent re-render | ✅ Fine-grained updates ❌ Slightly more complex API |
| `nodeRef` vs JSX attributes | Direct DOM manipulation, bypasses React | ✅ High-frequency updates ❌ Not for simple components |

**Being smart means choosing the right tool for the job**, not blindly applying one pattern everywhere.

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## Quick Reference

```tsx
import {
  // State
  mutable, immutable, writable, derived,
  
  // Component & Views
  setup, render, template, snippet,
  
  // Reactivity
  effect, untrack, snapshot, subscribe,
  
  // Lifecycle
  onMount, onCleanup,
  
  // Binding
  $bind, $use,
  type Bindable,
  
  // Async Handling
  query,
  
  // Utils
  nodeRef, stringify, form, undoable
} from '@anchorlib/react';

// Storage
import { persistent, session } from '@anchorlib/react/storage';

// Initialize client (required)
import '@anchorlib/react/client';
```

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## Remember

- Anchor eliminates React's problems (re-renders, stale closures, dependency arrays)
- Use native JavaScript (mutations, getters, methods)
- Logic runs once, Views update reactively
- Always use `$bind()`/`$use()` for reactive state
- Name everything for React Dev[T>]ools
- Props are reactive proxies (can be writable with `Bindable<[T>][T>]`)