Should we rename this repository/package?

[Archmonger]

So there's a couple of reasons to consider a rename.

1. SEO
   • Right now it's a bit hard to find IDOM. For me personally, it was really difficult initially finding this package.
2. Name Clarity
   • Some beginners won't immediately know what IDOM does without first knowing what a Documented Oriented Model is, so they might not click on the project. But, IDOM's usage is simple enough to where the user doesn't actually need to understand what a DOM is.

Here's a couple potential names that could increase name clarity.

• ReactPy (My personal favorite)
• ReactiPy
• Python-React
• Reactive

I personally believe having React in the name makes sense for us, since we heavily rely on the ReactJS Client to do anything in the front-end.

Comment below if you have other naming ideas, have a personal favorite name, or if you agree/disagree with this.

If we perform a name change, this should be done sooner rather than later. The longer a package exists, the more difficult a name change becomes.

[yuvipanda]

+1 to a name change! I'm not super involved in the project, but I do agree that a different name that implies the reactive nature of this project will help.

[rmorshea]

Thanks for the suggestion Yuvi!

[rmorshea]

[rmorshea]

reactive-python.com seems good to me

[rmorshea]

Just grabbed https://github.com/reactive-python

[rmorshea]

Got a response back on the PEP-541, looks like this user has a couple unused packages and is unreachable. Might gain control of the name in the next week or two.

[rmorshea]

Ownership transfer for reactive went through 🎉

[Archmonger]

Cheers to that 🍻

[rmorshea]

We'll also need new branding. A first pass logo could be the react atom except the loops around the atomic core are one or more snakes.

[acivitillo]

Do you plan to keep the dependency on ReactJS? I am asking because it would be very convenient if we could load other JS frameworks like Alpine.js.

[rmorshea]

IDOM's custom component interface doesn't require you to use React. So long as you appropriately implement a bind() function, you can do whatever you want. The template repo uses React (which we should have a VanillaJS one too) but you could remove that if you wanted.