[FR] Include preact with static

[matmair]

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Problem statement

Currently, every plugin needs to include their own version of preact and htm.

Suggested solution

Include https://esm.sh/htm/preact/standalone as a static file.

Describe alternatives you've considered

Vanilla js works, preact feels more intuitive.

Examples of other systems

No response

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[matmair]

@inventree/triage opinions? 👍 / 👎

[wolflu05]

I would strongly be about providing the complete source code for preact. I'm not sure if every company allows external requests to CDNs or even has an internet connection.

And in your description, I guess you mean htm right?

[SchrodingersGat]

@matmair is preact a viable alternative to react for our purposes?

Also, if a plugin requires preact, can't it just load it from a CDN? It'll be cached anyway right?

[matmair]

@SchrodingersGat for inserting small interactive elements into the UI yes. It works very nicely with the current setup. See Lukas bulk plugin for example.

The problem I am running into is the following: the new inventree-kom2 plugin will include preact and htm; Lukas plugin also includes those files - this leads to potential overloading of the namespace (with panels for example). Making things unstable.

[matmair]

Closing in favour of #5011