feat: render app shell with ssr to improve loading experience (#448)

.eslintignore

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 *.css
 *.png
 *.ico
+*.toml

app.vue

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <script setup lang="ts">
+setupI18n()
 setupLogging()
 setupPageHeader()
-await setupI18n()
 provideGlobalCommands()
 
 // We want to trigger rerendering the page when account changes
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ const key = computed(() => `${currentServer.value}:${currentUser.value?.account.
 <template>
   <NuxtLoadingIndicator color="repeating-linear-gradient(to right,var(--c-primary) 0%,var(--c-primary-active) 100%)" />
   <NuxtLayout :key="key">
-    <NuxtPage />
+    <NuxtPage v-if="isMastoInitialised" />
   </NuxtLayout>
-  <TeleportTarget id="teleport-end" />
 </template>

components/main/MainContent.vue

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ defineProps<{
         </div>
         <div flex items-center flex-shrink-0 gap-x-2>
           <slot name="actions" />
-          <NavUser v-if="isMediumScreen" />
+          <NavUser v-if="isHydrated && isMediumScreen" />
         </div>
       </div>
       <slot name="header" />

components/modal/ModalContainer.vue

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ useEventListener('keydown', (e: KeyboardEvent) => {
 </script>
 
 <template>
+  <template v-if="isMastoInitialised">
     <ModalDialog v-model="isSigninDialogOpen" py-4 px-8 max-w-125>
       <UserSignIn />
     </ModalDialog>
@@ -54,3 +55,4 @@ useEventListener('keydown', (e: KeyboardEvent) => {
       <CommandPanel @close="closeCommandPanel()" />
     </ModalDialog>
   </template>
+</template>

components/modal/ModalDialog.vue

@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ export default {
 </script>
 
 <template>
-  <SafeTeleport to="#teleport-end" @transitionend="trapFocusDialog">
+  <Teleport to="body" @transitionend="trapFocusDialog">
     <!-- Dialog component -->
     <Transition name="dialog-visible">
       <div
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ export default {
         </div>
       </div>
     </Transition>
-  </SafeTeleport>
+  </Teleport>
 </template>
 
 <style lang="postcss" scoped>

components/nav/NavBottom.vue

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ const moreMenuVisible = ref(false)
     class="after-content-empty after:(h-[calc(100%+0.5px)] w-0.1px pointer-events-none)"
   >
     <!-- These weird styles above are used for scroll locking, don't change it unless you know exactly what you're doing. -->
-    <template v-if="currentUser">
+    <template v-if="isMastoInitialised && currentUser">
       <NuxtLink to="/home" :active-class="moreMenuVisible ? '' : 'text-primary'" flex flex-row items-center place-content-center h-full flex-1 @click="$scrollToTop">
         <div i-ri:home-5-line />
       </NuxtLink>
@@ -24,12 +24,12 @@ const moreMenuVisible = ref(false)
     <NuxtLink group :to="`/${currentServer}/public/local`" :active-class="moreMenuVisible ? '' : 'text-primary'" flex flex-row items-center place-content-center h-full flex-1 @click="$scrollToTop">
       <div i-ri:group-2-line />
     </NuxtLink>
-    <template v-if="!currentUser">
+    <template v-if="!isMastoInitialised || !currentUser">
       <NuxtLink :to="`/${currentServer}/public`" :active-class="moreMenuVisible ? '' : 'text-primary'" flex flex-row items-center place-content-center h-full flex-1 @click="$scrollToTop">
         <div i-ri:earth-line />
       </NuxtLink>
     </template>
-    <template v-if="currentUser">
+    <template v-if="isMastoInitialised && currentUser">
       <NuxtLink to="/conversations" :active-class="moreMenuVisible ? '' : 'text-primary'" flex flex-row items-center place-content-center h-full flex-1 @click="$scrollToTop">
         <div i-ri:at-line />
       </NuxtLink>

components/nav/NavBottomMoreMenu.vue

@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ onBeforeUnmount(() => {
               </button>
             </NavSelectLanguage>
             <!-- Toggle Feature Flags -->
-            <NavSelectFeatureFlags v-if="currentUser">
+            <NavSelectFeatureFlags v-if="isMastoInitialised && currentUser">
               <button
                 flex flex-row items-center
                 block px-5 py-2 focus-blue w-full

components/nav/NavFooter.vue

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ const buildTimeAgo = useTimeAgo(buildTime, timeAgoOptions)
           </button>
         </CommonTooltip>
       </NavSelectLanguage>
-      <NavSelectFeatureFlags v-if="currentUser">
+      <NavSelectFeatureFlags v-if="isMastoInitialised && currentUser">
         <CommonTooltip :content="$t('nav_footer.select_feature_flags')">
           <button flex :aria-label="$t('nav_footer.select_feature_flags')">
             <div i-ri:flag-line text-lg />
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ const buildTimeAgo = useTimeAgo(buildTime, timeAgoOptions)
       </button>
     </div>
     <div>{{ $t('app_desc_short') }}</div>
-    <div>
+    <div v-if="isMastoInitialised">
       <i18n-t keypath="nav_footer.built_at">
         <time :datetime="buildTime" :title="$d(buildTimeDate, 'long')">{{ buildTimeAgo }}</time>
       </i18n-t>

components/nav/NavSide.vue

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ const { notifications } = useNotifications()
 
 <template>
   <nav md:px3 md:py4 flex="~ col gap2" text-size-base leading-normal md:text-lg>
-    <template v-if="currentUser">
+    <template v-if="isMastoInitialised && currentUser">
       <NavSideItem :text="$t('nav_side.home')" to="/home" icon="i-ri:home-5-line" />
       <NavSideItem :text="$t('nav_side.notifications')" to="/notifications" icon="i-ri:notification-4-line">
         <template #icon>
@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@ const { notifications } = useNotifications()
     <NavSideItem :text="$t('nav_side.explore')" :to="`/${currentServer}/explore`" icon="i-ri:hashtag" />
     <NavSideItem :text="$t('nav_side.local')" :to="`/${currentServer}/public/local`" icon="i-ri:group-2-line " />
     <NavSideItem :text="$t('nav_side.federated')" :to="`/${currentServer}/public`" icon="i-ri:earth-line" />
-    <template v-if="currentUser">
+    <template v-if="isMastoInitialised && currentUser">
       <NavSideItem :text="$t('nav_side.conversations')" to="/conversations" icon="i-ri:at-line" />
       <NavSideItem :text="$t('nav_side.favourites')" to="/favourites" icon="i-ri:heart-3-line" />
       <NavSideItem :text="$t('nav_side.bookmarks')" to="/bookmarks" icon="i-ri:bookmark-line " />
       <NavSideItem
-        v-if="isMediumScreen"
+        v-if="isHydrated && isMediumScreen"
         :text="currentUser.account.displayName"
         :to="getAccountRoute(currentUser.account)"
         icon="i-ri:account-circle-line"

components/nav/NavSideItem.vue

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ useCommand({
 </script>
 
 <template>
-  <NuxtLink :to="to" active-class="text-primary" group focus:outline-none @click="$scrollToTop">
+  <NuxtLink :to="to" :active-class="isMastoInitialised ? 'text-primary' : ''" group focus:outline-none @click="$scrollToTop">
     <div flex w-fit px5 py2 md:gap2 gap4 items-center transition-100 rounded-full group-hover:bg-active group-focus-visible:ring="2 current">
       <slot name="icon">
         <div :class="icon" md:text-size-inherit text-xl />

components/nav/NavUser.vue

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <template>
-  <VDropdown v-if="currentUser">
+  <VDropdown v-if="isMastoInitialised && currentUser">
     <div style="-webkit-touch-callout: none;">
       <AccountAvatar
         ref="avatar"

components/publish/PublishAttachment.vue

@@ -27,11 +27,11 @@ const description = ref(props.attachment.description ?? '')
         v-if="removable"
         aria-label="Remove attachment"
         hover:bg="gray/40" transition-100 p-1 rounded-5 cursor-pointer
-        :class="[isSmallScreen ? '' : 'op-0 group-hover:op-100hover:']"
+        :class="[isHydrated && isSmallScreen ? '' : 'op-0 group-hover:op-100hover:']"
         mix-blend-difference
         @click="$emit('remove')"
       >
-        <div i-ri:close-line text-3 :class="[isSmallScreen ? 'text-6' : 'text-3']" />
+        <div i-ri:close-line text-3 :class="[isHydrated && isSmallScreen ? 'text-6' : 'text-3']" />
       </div>
     </div>
     <div absolute right-2 bottom-2>

components/publish/PublishWidget.vue

@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ defineExpose({
 </script>
 
 <template>
-  <div v-if="currentUser" flex="~ col gap-4" py4 px2 sm:px4>
+  <div v-if="isMastoInitialised && currentUser" flex="~ col gap-4" py4 px2 sm:px4>
     <template v-if="draft.editingStatus">
       <div flex="~ col gap-1">
         <div id="state-editing" text-secondary self-center>

components/status/StatusActionsMore.vue

@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ async function editStatus() {
           @click="toggleTranslation"
         />
 
-        <template v-if="currentUser">
+        <template v-if="isMastoInitialised && currentUser">
           <template v-if="isAuthor">
             <CommonDropdownItem
               :text="status.pinned ? $t('menu.unpin_on_profile') : $t('menu.pin_on_profile')"

components/user/UserSignInEntry.vue

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <template>
   <div p8 flex="~ col gap4">
-    <p text-sm>
+    <p v-if="isMastoInitialised" text-sm>
       Viewing <strong>{{ currentServer }}</strong> public data
     </p>
     <p text-sm text-secondary>

components/user/UserSwitcher.vue

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ const switchUser = (user: UserLogin) => {
         @click="openSigninDialog"
       />
       <CommonDropdownItem
-        v-if="currentUser"
+        v-if="isMastoInitialised && currentUser"
         :text="$t('user.sign_out_account', [getFullHandle(currentUser.account)])"
         icon="i-ri:logout-box-line"
         @click="signout"

composables/cache.ts

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ const cache = new LRU<string, any>({
   max: 1000,
 })
 
-if (process.dev)
+if (process.dev && process.client)
   // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
   console.log({ cache })
 

composables/content-parse.ts

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import type { Emoji } from 'masto'
 import type { Node } from 'ultrahtml'
 import { TEXT_NODE, parse, render, walkSync } from 'ultrahtml'
 
-const decoder = document.createElement('textarea')
+const decoder = process.client ? document.createElement('textarea') : null as any as HTMLTextAreaElement
 function decode(text: string) {
   decoder.innerHTML = text
   return decoder.value

composables/featureFlags.ts

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ export function getDefaultFeatureFlags(): FeatureFlags {
   }
 }
 
-export const currentUserFeatureFlags = useUserLocalStorage(STORAGE_KEY_FEATURE_FLAGS, getDefaultFeatureFlags)
+export const currentUserFeatureFlags = process.server ? computed(getDefaultFeatureFlags) : useUserLocalStorage(STORAGE_KEY_FEATURE_FLAGS, getDefaultFeatureFlags)
 
 export function useFeatureFlags() {
   const featureFlags = currentUserFeatureFlags.value

composables/hydration.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+export const isHydrated = computed(() => {
+  if (process.server)
+    return false
+
+  const nuxtApp = useNuxtApp()
+  if (!nuxtApp.isHydrating)
+    return false
+
+  const hydrated = ref(false)
+  nuxtApp.hooks.hookOnce('app:suspense:resolve', () => {
+    hydrated.value = true
+  })
+  return hydrated
+})

composables/masto.ts

@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 import type { Ref } from 'vue'
-import type { Account, MastoClient, Relationship, Status } from 'masto'
+import type { Account, Relationship, Status } from 'masto'
 import { withoutProtocol } from 'ufo'
+import type { ElkMasto } from '~/types'
 
-export const useMasto = () => useNuxtApp().$masto.api as MastoClient
+export const useMasto = () => useNuxtApp().$masto as ElkMasto
 
-export const setMasto = (masto: MastoClient) => {
+export const isMastoInitialised = computed(() => process.client && useMasto().loggedIn.value)
-  useNuxtApp().$masto?.replace(masto)
-}
 
 // @unocss-include
 export const STATUS_VISIBILITIES = [

composables/paginator.ts

@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ export function usePaginator<T>(paginator: Paginator<any, T[]>, stream?: WsEvent
     bound.update()
   }
 
+  if (process.client) {
     useIntervalFn(() => {
       bound.update()
     }, 1000)
@@ -73,6 +74,7 @@ export function usePaginator<T>(paginator: Paginator<any, T[]>, stream?: WsEvent
       },
       { immediate: true },
     )
+  }
 
   return {
     items,

composables/setups.ts

@@ -19,8 +19,10 @@ export function setupPageHeader() {
 
 export async function setupI18n() {
   const { locale, setLocale, locales } = useI18n()
-  const isFirstVisit = !window.localStorage.getItem(STORAGE_KEY_LANG)
+  const nuxtApp = useNuxtApp()
-  const localeStorage = useLocalStorage(STORAGE_KEY_LANG, locale.value)
+  nuxtApp.hook('app:suspense:resolve', async () => {
+    const isFirstVisit = process.server ? false : !window.localStorage.getItem(STORAGE_KEY_LANG)
+    const localeStorage = process.server ? ref('en-US') : useLocalStorage(STORAGE_KEY_LANG, locale.value)
 
     if (isFirstVisit) {
       const userLang = (navigator.language || 'en-US').toLowerCase()
@@ -37,4 +39,5 @@ export async function setupI18n() {
     watchEffect(() => {
       localeStorage.value = locale.value
     })
+  })
 }

composables/statusDrafts.ts

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import type { Account, Status } from 'masto'
 import { STORAGE_KEY_DRAFTS } from '~/constants'
 import type { Draft, DraftMap } from '~/types'
 
-export const currentUserDrafts = useUserLocalStorage<DraftMap>(STORAGE_KEY_DRAFTS, () => ({}))
+export const currentUserDrafts = process.server ? computed<DraftMap>(() => ({})) : useUserLocalStorage<DraftMap>(STORAGE_KEY_DRAFTS, () => ({}))
 
 export function getDefaultDraft(options: Partial<Draft['params'] & Omit<Draft, 'params'>> = {}): Draft {
   const {

composables/translate.ts

@@ -8,10 +8,9 @@ export interface TranslationResponse {
   }
 }
 
-const config = useRuntimeConfig()
-
 export const languageCode = process.server ? 'en' : navigator.language.replace(/-.*$/, '')
 export async function translateText(text: string, from?: string | null, to?: string) {
+  const config = useRuntimeConfig()
   const { translatedText } = await $fetch<TranslationResponse>(config.public.translateApi, {
     method: 'POST',
     body: {
@@ -41,7 +40,7 @@ export function useTranslation(status: Status) {
   }
 
   return {
-    enabled: !!config.public.translateApi,
+    enabled: !!useRuntimeConfig().public.translateApi,
     toggle,
     translation,
   }

composables/users.ts

@@ -73,8 +73,6 @@ export async function loginTo(user?: Omit<UserLogin, 'account'> & { account?: Ac
     }
   }
 
-  setMasto(masto)
-
   if ('server' in route.params && user?.token) {
     await router.push({
       ...route,
@@ -117,6 +115,7 @@ const notifications = reactive<Record<string, undefined | [Promise<WsEvents>, nu
 
 export const useNotifications = () => {
   const id = currentUser.value?.account.id
+  const masto = useMasto()
 
   const clearNotifications = () => {
     if (!id || !notifications[id])
@@ -125,10 +124,9 @@ export const useNotifications = () => {
   }
 
   async function connect(): Promise<void> {
-    if (!id || notifications[id] || !currentUser.value?.token)
+    if (!isMastoInitialised.value || !id || notifications[id] || !currentUser.value?.token)
       return
 
-    const masto = useMasto()
     const stream = masto.stream.streamUser()
     notifications[id] = [stream, 0]
     ;(await stream).on('notification', () => {

layouts/default.vue

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
             <NavTitle mx3 mt4 mb2 self-start />
             <div flex="~ col" overflow-y-auto>
               <NavSide />
-              <PublishButton v-if="currentUser" m5 />
+              <PublishButton v-if="isMastoInitialised && currentUser" m5 />
               <div flex-auto />
             </div>
           </slot>
@@ -18,15 +18,15 @@
           <slot />
         </div>
         <div sticky left-0 right-0 bottom-0 z-10 bg-base pb="[env(safe-area-inset-bottom)]" transition="padding 20">
-          <CommonOfflineChecker :small-screen="isSmallScreen" />
+          <CommonOfflineChecker :small-screen="isHydrated && isSmallScreen" />
-          <NavBottom v-if="isSmallScreen" />
+          <NavBottom v-if="isHydrated && isSmallScreen" />
         </div>
       </div>
       <aside class="hidden md:none lg:block w-1/4 zen-hide">
         <div sticky top-0 h-screen flex="~ col">
           <slot name="right">
-            <UserSignInEntry v-if="!currentUser" />
+            <UserSignInEntry v-if="isMastoInitialised && !currentUser" />
-            <div v-if="currentUser" py6 px4 w-full flex="~" items-center justify-between>
+            <div v-if="isMastoInitialised && currentUser" py6 px4 w-full flex="~" items-center justify-between>
               <NuxtLink
                 p2 rounded-full text-start w-full
                 hover:bg-active cursor-pointer transition-100

middleware/auth.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 export default defineNuxtRouteMiddleware((to) => {
+  if (process.server)
+    return
   if (!currentUser.value)
     return navigateTo(`/${currentServer.value}/public`)
   if (to.path === '/')

nuxt.config.ts

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import { i18n } from './config/i18n'
 const isPreview = process.env.PULL_REQUEST === 'true'
 
 export default defineNuxtConfig({
-  ssr: false,
   modules: [
     '@vueuse/nuxt',
     '@unocss/nuxt',

package.json

@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@
     "unplugin-auto-import": "^0.12.0",
     "vite-plugin-inspect": "^0.7.9",
     "vitest": "^0.25.3",
-    "vue-safe-teleport": "^0.1.1",
     "vue-tsc": "^1.0.11",
     "vue-virtual-scroller": "2.0.0-beta.4"
   },

plugins/masto.ts

@@ -1,31 +1,60 @@
 import type { MastoClient } from 'masto'
-import { currentUser } from '../composables/users'
+import type { ElkMasto } from '~/types'
 
-export default defineNuxtPlugin(async () => {
+export default defineNuxtPlugin(async (nuxtApp) => {
-  let masto!: MastoClient
+  const api = shallowRef<MastoClient | null>(null)
-  try {
+  const apiPromise = ref<Promise<MastoClient> | null>(null)
+  const initialised = computed(() => !!api.value)
+
+  const masto = new Proxy({} as ElkMasto, {
+    get(_, key: keyof ElkMasto) {
+      if (key === 'loggedIn')
+        return initialised
+
+      if (key === 'loginTo') {
+        return (...args: any[]) => {
+          apiPromise.value = loginTo(...args).then((r) => {
+            api.value = r
+            return masto
+          }).catch(() => {
+            // Show error page when Mastodon server is down
+            throw createError({
+              fatal: true,
+              statusMessage: 'Could not log into account.',
+            })
+          })
+          return apiPromise
+        }
+      }
+
+      if (api.value && key in api.value)
+        return api.value[key as keyof MastoClient]
+
+      if (!api) {
+        return new Proxy({}, {
+          get(_, subkey) {
+            return (...args: any[]) => apiPromise.value?.then((r: any) => r[key][subkey](...args))
+          },
+        })
+      }
+    },
+  })
+
+  if (process.client) {
     const { query } = useRoute()
     const user = typeof query.server === 'string' && typeof query.token === 'string'
       ? { server: query.server, token: query.token }
       : currentUser.value
 
+    nuxtApp.hook('app:suspense:resolve', () => {
       // TODO: improve upstream to make this synchronous (delayed auth)
-    masto = await loginTo(user)
+      masto.loginTo(user)
-  }
-  catch {
-    // Show error page when Mastodon server is down
-    showError({
-      fatal: true,
-      statusMessage: 'Could not log into account.',
     })
   }
 
   return {
     provide: {
-      masto: shallowReactive({
+      masto,
-        replace(api: MastoClient) { this.api = api },
-        api: masto,
-      }),
     },
   }
 })

plugins/vue-safe-teleport.ts

@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-import VueSafeTeleport from 'vue-safe-teleport'
-import { defineNuxtPlugin } from '#app'
-
-export default defineNuxtPlugin((nuxtApp) => {
-  nuxtApp.vueApp.use(VueSafeTeleport)
-})

pnpm-lock.yaml

@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ specifiers:
   unplugin-auto-import: ^0.12.0
   vite-plugin-inspect: ^0.7.9
   vitest: ^0.25.3
-  vue-safe-teleport: ^0.1.1
   vue-tsc: ^1.0.11
   vue-virtual-scroller: 2.0.0-beta.4
 
@@ -132,7 +131,6 @@ devDependencies:
   unplugin-auto-import: 0.12.0
   vite-plugin-inspect: 0.7.9
   vitest: 0.25.3_jsdom@20.0.3
-  vue-safe-teleport: 0.1.1
   vue-tsc: 1.0.11_typescript@4.9.3
   vue-virtual-scroller: 2.0.0-beta.4
 
@@ -8710,12 +8708,6 @@ packages:
       vue: 3.2.45
     dev: true
 
-  /vue-safe-teleport/0.1.1:
-    resolution: {integrity: sha512-fHA4mod2oF7am2yEUtT0CsxAwfNBt6hWuYTVWzGxrY8vzxxgHMFnPjdZTKl01qGcKEMYYO38LmWizL7oGMVPGw==}
-    peerDependencies:
-      vue: ^3.2.0
-    dev: true
-
   /vue-template-compiler/2.7.14:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-zyA5Y3ArvVG0NacJDkkzJuPQDF8RFeRlzV2vLeSnhSpieO6LK2OVbdLPi5MPPs09Ii+gMO8nY4S3iKQxBxDmWQ==}
     dependencies:

types/index.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-import type { Account, AccountCredentials, Attachment, CreateStatusParams, Emoji, Instance, Notification, Status } from 'masto'
+import type { Account, AccountCredentials, Attachment, CreateStatusParams, Emoji, Instance, MastoClient, Notification, Status } from 'masto'
+import type { Ref } from 'vue'
 import type { Mutable } from './utils'
 
 export interface AppInfo {
@@ -17,6 +18,11 @@ export interface UserLogin {
   account: AccountCredentials
 }
 
+export interface ElkMasto extends MastoClient {
+  loginTo (user?: Omit<UserLogin, 'account'> & { account?: AccountCredentials }): Promise<MastoClient>
+  loggedIn: Ref<boolean>
+}
+
 export type PaginatorState = 'idle' | 'loading' | 'done' | 'error'
 
 export interface ServerInfo extends Instance {

vitest.config.ts

@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ export default defineConfig({
       '~/': `${resolve(__dirname)}/`,
     },
   },
+  define: {
+    'process.server': 'false',
+    'process.client': 'true',
+  },
   plugins: [
     Vue(),
     AutoImport({