SolidJS•5mo ago

Creating custom SolidJS hook that can be used in a global scope

Need some help understanding how to build a custom SolidJS hook that can be used both locally inside a component and outside in the global scope (like createSignal can). Below is. a small snippet of a custom hook I am writing:

export function createDatabase(dbOrName?: string | Database, config: ConfigOpts = {}): CreateDatabase {

  const database = createMemo(() => (isDatabase(dbOrName) ? dbOrName : genDb(dbOrName || "DefaultDB", config)));

return { database }

export function createDatabase(dbOrName?: string | Database, config: ConfigOpts = {}): CreateDatabase {

  const database = createMemo(() => (isDatabase(dbOrName) ? dbOrName : genDb(dbOrName || "DefaultDB", config)));

return { database }

The question I have is around the floating createMemo that I use in the implementation. When I use the createDatabase hook globally, I get greeted with the console warning: computations created outside a 'createRoot' or 'render' will never be disposed I'm not familiar with how to properly address that warning and hoping the community can offer some guidance here.

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Brendonovich•5mo ago

This part of the tutorial should help: https://www.solidjs.com/tutorial/stores_nocontext

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Solid is a purely reactive library. It was designed from the ground up with a reactive core. It's influenced by reactive principles developed by previous libraries.

Brendonovich•5mo ago

Namely wrap your memo in createRoot

MaveriX89•5mo ago

Ah, excellent. It's either that or I wrap the entire export of my function in a createRoot is another option as well correct?

Brendonovich•5mo ago

Yeah that's also an option Ah actually maybe no As long as the createMemo is inside the createRoot you can do whatever else you want

MaveriX89•5mo ago

Gotcha -- so it seems I can take one of those two approaches. Really appreciate the insight!! Thank you!

Brendonovich•5mo ago

No worries, all you're really doing is silencing the warning The createMemo will still never be disposed since you don't manually dispose the root But that's your intended behaviour

MaveriX89•5mo ago

Are there any potential downside to use hooks in a global manner for SPAs?

Brendonovich•5mo ago

Not that I'm aware of Testability may be one

MaveriX89•5mo ago

Ah, yeah, I can see that becoming a problem for sure Good call

Alex Lohr•5mo ago

We have renderHook in @solidjs/testing-library, so testability should be covered.

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