Future-proof this library

[hirbod]

Your library is great, but it lacks of some key features.

• It should be bundled using rollup.js
• should be writting in TypeScript (nice to have, not must have)
• should not be included but rather be exported, so we can "import" or "require" it. While it is already importable, its a self running library, which runs as soon as its included.

Stickymate should export itself als "stickymate" and have an init method, maybe with configurable parameters.

So, in a modern setup, people could decide (thanks to rollup) if they like to include it as module, umd, amd etc.

import stickymate from "stickymate.js"

stickymate.init({ options: [optional] });

Rollup takes care of transpiling and its super easy to setup. TypeScript might be overkill for this small module with only one export.

Porting this to a solid rollup config is done very quickly.

[hirbod]

Since I think you never worked with it, here a super simple setup: https://hackernoon.com/building-and-publishing-a-module-with-typescript-and-rollup-js-faa778c85396

And here is a perfect starter lib, which help you building a esm (modern import) or umd (including

[hirbod]

After this is done, we could write some tests for it using JEST for example, but this should be done as a next step. Sorry for those many comments here now. :)

I think, this library could gain a lot more attention when its published and maintained more modern. I also would drop IE11 and EdgeHTML support and drop support for old browsers without IntersectionObserver.

Every modern setup has a IntersectionObserver polyfill. We should stop support dead old browsers.

Support for it is already good enough. https://caniuse.com/?search=IntersectionObserver

https://caniuse.com/?search=MutationObserver

And support for flat is also enough. https://caniuse.com/?search=.flat https://caniuse.com/?search=.reduce https://caniuse.com/?search=.assign

Most things, which used to be polyfilled are working for nearly everybody.

[michaelrafailyk]

@Hirbod big thanks for your recommendations, materials and participation in the life of the project! I keep working on it.

[hirbod]

I'll help out as soon as I have some more time :)