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		tracker1 on Aug 20, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Imba – A new programming language for the web People also know CSS query selectors... `<label> <input:checkbox:checked#myCheckbox> <span> Some Text` Might be nicer than actually spelling out the attributes and properties, if you're taking an already wrist friendly language and bolting on tags, then taking that a step farther would probably be a nice idea as well.

judofyr on Aug 20, 2015 [–]

Imba supports the syntax for IDs and classes:

    <label#foo.bar .baz=isBaz> "Label"

compiles to:

    ti$('label','foo').flag('bar').flag('baz',this.isBaz()).setText("Label").end()

where `flag` is a method which adds to the class list (unless the second argument is falsey).

thom_nic on Aug 20, 2015 | [–]

Ok that is awesome.

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