wtf is component?

This project is an experimental fork of a tool called nanocomponent, which is a small library for building reusable pieces of web interfaces in JavaScript. It helps you create self-contained UI components, like a button, a form, or a widget, that know how to render themselves, update efficiently, and react when they're added to or removed from a web page. The author is clear that this is a work in progress, comes with no support, and could disappear at any time. At a high level, you create a component by defining a few key functions. The main one is createElement, which builds and returns the actual HTML element for your component. You also get lifecycle hooks: load fires when your component appears on the page, unload fires when it's removed, and update lets you decide whether the component needs to fully re-render when its inputs change. There's also a rerender method for forcing a refresh when internal state shifts, and a beforerender hook for running setup code right before the element is handed back to the page. This would appeal to developers building lightweight web apps who want component-based architecture without the overhead of a large framework like React. For example, if you're building a simple dashboard with a few interactive widgets and want each one to manage its own updates and lifecycle, this library gives you that structure in a minimal package. The afterreorder hook is a nice touch for things like embedded tweets or iframes that break when moved around the DOM. The project is notably bare-bones and experimental. The README points to a single example file for usage rather than walking through scenarios, and the author explicitly warns against relying on it for anything serious. It trades polish and documentation for a lean, hackable foundation, best suited for tinkerers who want to explore component patterns without the weight of a full framework.