HTML FIRST
Content is an initial deliverable.
A static route sends HTML and CSS without route-specific JavaScript. That keeps essential information readable before any script executes and makes progressive enhancement the normal path.
Architecture
Render the route.
Resume the edge.
Nexis starts with a simple premise: server rendering and browser interaction are different jobs. Treat them as different runtimes.
01Route component
Returns semantic server-rendered HTML.
02Compiler boundary
Finds events and bindings marked with $.
03Direct DOM work
Loads only when someone reaches that edge.
RESUMABILITY
Do not replay what the server already did.
When an event prop ends in $, Nexis extracts the handler into a hashed chunk. The browser delegates the event, imports the chunk at first use, materializes its serializable scope, and runs only that boundary.
FINE-GRAINED
Touch the node, not the tree.
Signals can bind to a text node or a scalar DOM property. An effect() subscription updates the target directly; there is no virtual DOM diff and no component rerender.
“HTML first → progressive enhancement → resumable interaction → fine-grained DOM updates”
The delivery model behind every Nexis route.