2 files changed, 19 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/app/component.moon b/app/component.moon
index 86458bd..f0bc77f 100644
--- a/app/component.moon
+++ b/app/component.moon
@@ -18,6 +18,13 @@ asnode = (val) ->
   else
     error "not a Node: #{val}, #{type val}"
 
+-- shorthand to append elements to body
+-- see #asnode for permitted values
+append = (val) -> document.body\appendChild asnode val
+
+-- shorthand to form a text node from strings
+text = (...) -> document\createTextNode table.concat { ... }, ' '
+
 class ReactiveVar
   @isinstance: (val) -> 'table' == (type val) and val.subscribe
 
@@ -102,15 +109,15 @@ class ReactiveElement
     if 'table' == (type child) and child.destroy
       child\destroy!
 
-text = (...) -> document\createTextNode table.concat { ... }, ' '
-
 with exports = {
     :ReactiveVar,
     :ReactiveElement,
+    :asnode,
+    :append,
     :text,
   }
   add = (e) -> exports[e] = (...) -> ReactiveElement e, ...
 
-  for e in *{'div', 'form', 'span', 'a', 'p', 'button', 'ul', 'li', 'i', 'b', 'u', 'tt'} do add e
+  for e in *{'div', 'form', 'span', 'article', 'a', 'p', 'button', 'ul', 'li', 'i', 'b', 'u', 'tt'} do add e
   for e in *{'br', 'img', 'input', 'p', 'textarea'} do add e
   for i=1,8 do add "h" .. i
diff --git a/app/test_component.moon b/app/test_component.moon
index 8e2f95f..5298175 100644
--- a/app/test_component.moon
+++ b/app/test_component.moon
@@ -21,9 +21,17 @@ run_test "exports ReactiveVar, ReactiveElement", ->
   assert ReactiveVar, "ReactiveVar not exported"
   assert ReactiveElement, "ReactiveElement not exported"
 
+run_test "exports asnode helper", ->
+  import asnode from require './component.moon'
+  assert 'function' == (type asnode), "asnode not exported"
+
+run_test "exports append helper", ->
+  import append from require './component.moon'
+  assert 'function' == (type append), "append not exported"
+
 run_test "exports text helper", ->
   import text from require './component.moon'
-  assert 'function' == (type text), "ReactiveVar not exported"
+  assert 'function' == (type text), "text not exported"
 
   node = text 'a test string'
   assert (js.instanceof node, js.global.Node), "expected text to generate a Node"