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-# embedded-react
-
-**React Native for embedded MCUs** — write JSX, run it on a microcontroller. This npm package is the
-**JavaScript layer**: the React-Native-style component API you import, the
-[`react-reconciler`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/react-reconciler) host config that drives the C engine
-at runtime (**Flow A**), and the JSX→C ahead-of-time compiler (**Flow B**, `aot/`).
-
-```
-React  →  react-reconciler  →  host-config.js  →  NativeUI.*  →  er_scene.h (engine)
-```
-
-> ### Part of a monorepo
-> This package is just the `bridges/quickjs/js` folder of the **embedded-react** project. The C rendering
-> engine, the hardware backends, the runnable examples, the demo apps, and the simulator all live in the
-> main repo — **https://github.com/TheMasterCoder007/embedded-react**. The engine itself is distributed
-> separately as C source (CMake `FetchContent`, the ESP-IDF Component Registry, and PlatformIO) — see the
-> repos **Install** section. Everything ships at one lockstep version (this package's version == the engine's).
->
-> The end-to-end app workflow below (bundling, packing, the simulator, running on a board) assumes a **clone
-> of the repo** — the CLIs operate on the repo's `demos/` and `examples/`. A standalone project scaffolder
-> (`create-embedded-react`) that works in your own directory is still to come (see Status). Until then,
-> `npm install embedded-react` gives you the importable component API + the AOT compiler module.
-
-## What an app imports
-
-The package is the React Native analog — same idiom (hooks from `react`, everything else here):
-
-```jsx
-import { useState } from 'react';
-import { View, Text, Pressable, StyleSheet, AppRegistry } from 'embedded-react';
-
-function App() { /* ... */ }
-AppRegistry.registerComponent('demo', () => App);
-```
-
-`embedded-react` resolves as a Node **package self-reference** (`package.json` `name` + `exports`),
-so esbuild and Vitest find it with no aliases.
-
-## Layout
-
-```
-src/
-  embedded-react/          the public package surface (what apps import)
-    index.js               barrel: components, StyleSheet, Platform, AppRegistry, Animated, Easing
-    components.js          host component tags (View, Text, … → ERNodeType)
-    StyleSheet.js          create() / flatten()
-    Platform.js            { OS: 'embedded', select }
-    AppRegistry.js         registerComponent(...) → mounts into a screen-sized root
-    Animated.js            Value / timing / spring / decay / View|Text|Image / interpolate
-    Easing.js              easing tokens (+ bezier) → engine curves
-    split-style.js         pure: split style into static props + animated bindings
-    __tests__/             co-located UNIT tests for the pure surface
-  host-config.js           reconciler host config → NativeUI.* (internal runtime)
-  renderer.js              createRoot(props).render(...); LegacyRoot (sync) (internal)
-  props.js                 pure prop helpers (flattenStyle / buildProps / isEventProp)
-  native-ui.js             re-exports globalThis.NativeUI (installed by the C bridge)
-  __tests__/               co-located UNIT tests (Vitest, *.unit.test.js, no engine)
-test/runtime/              e2e tests that need the real engine host
-  *.runtime.test.jsx       run inside QuickJS + engine via the headless harness
-  harness.js               check()/report() — records failures for the C runner
-  run.mjs                  bundles each runtime test + runs er-bridge-quickjs-runtest
-assets/                    build-time asset bakers (pure JS, no native deps) — see "Assets" below
-  rasterize.mjs            glyph path → coverage bitmap (supersampled, nonzero winding)
-  bake-font.mjs            TTF/OTF → engine BitmapFont glyph data (opentype.js)
-  bake-image.mjs           PNG → premultiplied ARGB8888 (pngjs)
-  emit-c.mjs               assemble assets.generated.c + the built-in font_data.c
-  build-builtin-font.mjs   regenerate the engine's default Inter font (npm run build:builtin-font)
-build.mjs                  esbuild a demo's index.jsx → dist/app.bundle.js + bake its imported assets
-pack-container.mjs         bundle + bytecode-compile + bake → dist/app.erpkg config container (npm run pack)
-  assets/emit-container.mjs  ERCF container writer (sections + QuickJS version stamp + CRC32)
-vitest.config.js           unit test config
-```
-
-The demo apps themselves live in the repo's top-level **`demos/`** folder (one folder per demo), *not*
-in this package — this package is the library + reconciler + AOT compiler + tests. `build.mjs` bundles a
-selected demo and resolves its `'embedded-react'` import to `src/embedded-react/index.js`. See
-[demos/ in the repo](https://github.com/TheMasterCoder007/embedded-react/tree/master/demos).
-
-The host config flattens RN `style` (+ nested arrays) into the flat prop bag, routes `on*`
-handlers to `setEvent`, and uses `shouldSetTextContent` so a flattenable `<Text>` subtree (a string,
-interpolation like `Hi {name}`, or nested `<Text>` runs) becomes the node's `text` + inline spans.
-`Animated`, `Easing`, and the web timer globals (`setTimeout` / `setInterval`) are all available;
-`useEffect` flushes via the host pump (BRIDGE.md §1.2, §1.4, §2).
-
-## Build
-
-```
-npm install
-npm run pack                # default demo → dist/app.erpkg (deployable config: bytecode + assets + CRC)
-npm run pack -- marine-dash # pack a specific demo (demos/<name>) instead
-npm run build               # lower-level: just bundle → dist/app.bundle.js (+ bake assets.generated.c)
-npm run create -- my-app    # scaffold a new app at demos/my-app (App.jsx + scripts); then `cd` + npm run sim
-```
-
-`npm run pack` is the deployable artifact the desktop demo and the ESP32 both load — see **Config
-container** below. `npm run build` is the lower-level bundle step (used by the bytecode/asset tooling
-and by firmware that prefers to compile assets in); both bake the demo's imported images and fonts
-(see **Assets**).
-
-## Assets (images and fonts)
-
-Asset handling is **import-driven** and fully build-time — there is no runtime decoder or font
-rasterizer on the device, and no Python toolchain. An app just imports a file and uses the name it
-returns:
-
-```jsx
-import logo from './assets/logo.png';      // → the baked image NAME ("logo")
-import Inter from './assets/Inter.ttf';     // → the baked font FAMILY ("Inter")
-
-<Image source={logo} style={{ width: 64, height: 64 }} />
-<Text style={{ fontFamily: Inter, fontSize: 18 }}>Hi</Text>
-```
-
-The baker produces the assets two ways, from the same bytes: `npm run pack` packs them **into the
-config container** (`app.erpkg`), registered at load time — this is what the desktop demo and ESP32
-use. `npm run build` also emits `dist/assets.generated.c` exposing **`er_register_assets()`**, for
-firmware that prefers to **compile assets into the image** and call it once at boot (`er_image_load` /
-`er_font_register`, both flash-resident, zero runtime RAM). Either way the asset name/family is the
-file's basename.
-
-- **Images:** PNG → premultiplied ARGB8888 (`bake-image.mjs`, via `pngjs`).
-- **Fonts:** TTF/OTF → pre-rasterized `BitmapFont` glyphs (`bake-font.mjs`, via `opentype.js` + a
-  pure-JS rasterizer). The engine has no runtime rasterizer, so the baker rasterizes **exactly the
-  literal `fontSize` values the bundle uses**. Computed/dynamic sizes snap to the nearest baked size
-  at runtime — pin them in `assets.config.js` if needed.
-
-Optional per-demo overrides live in `demos/<demo>/assets.config.js`:
-
-```js
-export default {
-  fonts: {
-    Inter: { sizes: [14, 18, 24], bpp: 4, glyphs: 'common' }, // bpp 1|2|4|8 (4 default); glyphs: 'ascii'|'common'|'minimal'|'greek'|[codepoints]
-  },
-};
-```
-
-The engine's **built-in default font** (`engine/font/font_data.c`, the Inter fallback used by any
-text without a custom `fontFamily`) is generated by the same baker — regenerate it with
-`npm run build:builtin-font` (then re-run the engine text tests, as glyph metrics shift slightly).
-
-## Config container
-
-`npm run pack` wraps the app into one deployable file — **`dist/app.erpkg`** (format `ERCF`):
-
-```
-magic "ERCF" | format_version | crc32 | qjs_tag | sections[ bytecode, asset pack ]
-```
-
-It bundles the demo, precompiles it to **QuickJS bytecode** (no parser/source shipped), bakes the
-imported assets into an ERPK pack, and wraps both with a **QuickJS version stamp** and an **integrity
-CRC32**. That one `.erpkg` is "the config": loaded by `er_runtime_load_container()` on the desktop, or
-flashed to a device's config partition. The loader verifies CRC + version (a config built for a
-different QuickJS is rejected, not run as garbage) and registers the assets before the app mounts. This
-is the firmware-vs-config split: the firmware (desktop exe / ESP32 image) ships once; the `.erpkg`
-ships and updates independently.
-
-> Two CRCs are different things: the container's internal CRC32 is embedded-react's own integrity
-> check (universal). A bootloader's transfer/flash CRC is a separate,
-> project-specific step layered on the `.erpkg` by your upload toolchain.
-
-The precompiler tool must be built once (`pack` looks for it in the usual build dirs, or set
-`ER_COMPILE_BIN`): `cmake -S bridges/quickjs -B bridges/quickjs/build && cmake --build
-bridges/quickjs/build --target er-bridge-quickjs-compile`.
-
-## Run (desktop)
-
-After `npm run pack`, **rebuild the `embedded-react-desktop` target** — its build copies
-`dist/app.erpkg` into the "config slot" next to the executable, and the host loads it **by default**
-(no argument), exactly as the ESP32 loads its config from flash:
-
-```
-examples/linux/build/embedded-react-desktop            # runs the config in the slot
-examples/linux/build/embedded-react-desktop  other.erpkg # or an explicit container / .qbc / .js path
-```
-
-The firmware ships no app and no baked assets — everything rides in the container. No config / a
-corrupt one shows an on-screen panel (no built-in fallback). The C host injects the globals the app
-expects: `NativeUI` (the bridge), `screen` (`{ width, height, scale }`), and `console`.
-
-> Iteration loop: edit `src/*` (library) or `demos/<name>/*` (app) → `npm run pack` → rebuild
-> `embedded-react-desktop` (re-copies the container into the slot) → run. Or, for an instant
-> edit-save-see loop, use the **simulator** (`npm run sim`).
-
-## Tests
-
-Two tiers, by what they need:
-
-```
-npm test            # unit: Vitest over src/**/__tests__/*.unit.test.js (pure JS, no engine)
-npm run test:runtime  # e2e: bundles test/runtime/*.runtime.test.jsx, runs each in the headless
-                      #      QuickJS+engine harness (no window) and checks the result
-npm run test:bytecode # same suite, but each bundle is precompiled to a .qbc bytecode blob and run
-                      #      via the bytecode path (JS_ReadObject) — proves the MCU load path
-```
-
-The runtime tiers need the harness exe built once (no SDL); `test:bytecode` also needs the compiler:
-
-```
-cmake --build bridges/quickjs/build --target er-bridge-quickjs-runtest er-bridge-quickjs-compile
-```
-
-Pick the tier by what the code touches: pure marshalling/logic → a co-located `*.unit.test.js`;
-anything that exercises the reconciler → engine pipeline → a `test/runtime/*.runtime.test.jsx`.
-
-## Status & known gaps
-
-- ✅ **Render, state, keyed-list reorder, and Animated all work end-to-end.** `<App/>` mounts, taps
-  re-render via `setState`, keyed reorder moves nodes (`insertBefore`/`appendChild`), and
-  `Animated.View` runs **native-driver** animations in the engine (no per-frame JS). Covered by
-  `test/runtime/reorder.runtime.test.jsx` and `animated.runtime.test.jsx`.
-- ✅ **Timers, Promises, and `useEffect` work.** `setTimeout`/`setInterval`/`clearTimeout`/
-  `clearInterval` and the Promise job queue are serviced each frame by the host pump
-  (`er_bridge_pump`, off the engine clock). React passive effects (`useEffect`) flush on the pump.
-  Covered by `timers.runtime.test.js` and `effects.runtime.test.jsx`.
-- ✅ **Animated composition + completion.** `sequence`/`parallel`/`stagger`/`delay`/`loop` and
-  `.start(({ finished }) => …)` all work — composition is pure JS over each child's start/stop, with
-  completion wired through the engine's `on_complete`. Covered by `anim-compose.runtime.test.js`.
-- ✅ **Multi-child `<Text>` + nested spans.** Interpolation (`Hi {name}`) and nested styled
-  `<Text>` runs both work — a flattenable `<Text>` owns its subtree and renders as the node's text
-  plus, when runs differ in style, an inline span array (`NativeUI.setTextSpans`, max 4). Covered by
-  `text-spans` unit + runtime tests.
-- ✅ **LayoutAnimation.** `LayoutAnimation.configureNext(...)` before a layout-changing state update
-  tweens every node whose computed rect moved on the next commit (in C — no per-frame JS). `Presets`
-  / `create` / `Types` / `Properties` and the `easeInEaseOut`/`linear`/`spring` shorthands. Covered
-  by `layout-animation` unit + `layout-anim.runtime.test.jsx`.
-- ✅ **Interpolate `extrapolate`.** `interpolate({ inputRange, outputRange, extrapolate })` supports
-  `'extend'` (default) / `'clamp'` / `'identity'`, with per-end `extrapolateLeft`/`extrapolateRight`
-  overrides. Math is engine-tested (`test_interpolate`); the bridge path by
-  `interpolate-extrapolate.runtime.test.js`.
-- ✅ **Bytecode + assets + `useAnimatedValue`.** The build compiles the bundle to a `.qbc` bytecode
-  blob (the MCU load path) and bakes imported images/fonts to flash-resident C; `useAnimatedValue` is
-  exported. Runs end-to-end on the desktop host and on ESP32-S3 hardware.
-- ✅ **State survives hot reload** — in the simulator, plain `useState` transparently persists across
-  saves (a sim-only build transform rewrites it to a persisting helper; press R to reset). On a device
-  it's just `useState`, so the same app code runs everywhere. `usePersistentState` is the underlying
-  helper, also exported for explicit use. See
-  [SIMULATOR.md in the repo](https://github.com/TheMasterCoder007/embedded-react/blob/master/SIMULATOR.md).
-- ⏳ **`create-embedded-react` scaffold** — the project-init CLI is still to come (§4).
+# embedded-react
+
+**React Native for embedded MCUs** — write JSX, run it on a microcontroller. This npm package is the
+**JavaScript layer**: the React-Native-style component API you import, the
+[`react-reconciler`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/react-reconciler) host config that drives the C engine
+at runtime (**Flow A**), and the JSX→C ahead-of-time compiler (**Flow B**, `aot/`).
+
+```
+React  →  react-reconciler  →  host-config.js  →  NativeUI.*  →  er_scene.h (engine)
+```
+
+> ### Part of a monorepo
+> This package is just the `bridges/quickjs/js` folder of the **embedded-react** project. The C rendering
+> engine, the hardware backends, the runnable examples, the demo apps, and the simulator all live in the
+> main repo — **https://github.com/TheMasterCoder007/embedded-react**. The engine itself is distributed
+> separately as C source (CMake `FetchContent`, the ESP-IDF Component Registry, and PlatformIO) — see the
+> repos **Install** section. Everything ships at one lockstep version (this package's version == the engine's).
+>
+> **`npx embedded-react dev` works in your own project** — it runs the WASM simulator on your app with hot
+> reload, no clone, and no native toolchain (the simulator `.wasm` ships prebuilt in this package). The other
+> end-to-end CLIs below (`npm run pack`/`build`/AOT, running on a board) still operate on the repo's `demos/`
+> and `examples/`. To start a **fresh standalone project** in your own directory, use the scaffolder:
+> `npm create embedded-react@latest my-app`.
+
+## What an app imports
+
+The package is the React Native analog — same idiom (hooks from `react`, everything else here):
+
+```jsx
+import { useState } from 'react';
+import { View, Text, Pressable, StyleSheet, AppRegistry } from 'embedded-react';
+
+function App() { /* ... */ }
+AppRegistry.registerComponent('demo', () => App);
+```
+
+`embedded-react` resolves as a Node **package self-reference** (`package.json` `name` + `exports`),
+so esbuild and Vitest find it with no aliases.
+
+## Simulate — `npx embedded-react dev`
+
+Run your app in a browser with hot reload — no native toolchain, no repo clone. The engine is compiled to
+WebAssembly and ships **prebuilt** in this package; the CLI bundles your JSX, serves it, and re-loads on save
+(your `useState` survives the reload).
+
+```bash
+npx embedded-react dev            # finds ./index.jsx, ./src/index.jsx, or package.json "main"
+npx embedded-react dev app.jsx    # or pass the entry explicitly
+npx embedded-react dev --port 4000
+```
+
+Open the printed URL. The canvas fills the viewport, so the browser's device toolbar drives the board size
+(e.g., 240×320) — pixel-accurate to a hardware ARGB panel. Imported images/fonts are baked and hot-reload too.
+A floating gear chip locks to a specific panel size and can wrap the screen in a **device frame** (bezel) for a
+true-to-hardware preview. This is the same simulator as the repo's `tools/web-sim` (see
+[tools/web-sim](https://github.com/TheMasterCoder007/embedded-react/blob/master/tools/web-sim/README.md)).
+
+To **share** a UI, export a self-contained static playground — `index.html` + the prebuilt `.wasm` + your
+bundled app — that runs in any browser with no server, ready for GitHub Pages / Netlify / a docs' iframe:
+
+```bash
+npx embedded-react export --out sim-export   # then: npx serve sim-export  (or deploy the folder anywhere)
+```
+
+## Layout
+
+```
+src/
+  embedded-react/          the public package surface (what apps import)
+    index.js               barrel: components, StyleSheet, Platform, AppRegistry, Animated, Easing
+    components.js          host component tags (View, Text, … → ERNodeType)
+    StyleSheet.js          create() / flatten()
+    Platform.js            { OS: 'embedded', select }
+    AppRegistry.js         registerComponent(...) → mounts into a screen-sized root
+    Animated.js            Value / timing / spring / decay / View|Text|Image / interpolate
+    Easing.js              easing tokens (+ bezier) → engine curves
+    split-style.js         pure: split style into static props + animated bindings
+    __tests__/             co-located UNIT tests for the pure surface
+  host-config.js           reconciler host config → NativeUI.* (internal runtime)
+  renderer.js              createRoot(props).render(...); LegacyRoot (sync) (internal)
+  props.js                 pure prop helpers (flattenStyle / buildProps / isEventProp)
+  native-ui.js             re-exports globalThis.NativeUI (installed by the C bridge)
+  __tests__/               co-located UNIT tests (Vitest, *.unit.test.js, no engine)
+test/runtime/              e2e tests that need the real engine host
+  *.runtime.test.jsx       run inside QuickJS + engine via the headless harness
+  harness.js               check()/report() — records failures for the C runner
+  run.mjs                  bundles each runtime test + runs er-bridge-quickjs-runtest
+assets/                    build-time asset bakers (pure JS, no native deps) — see "Assets" below
+  rasterize.mjs            glyph path → coverage bitmap (supersampled, nonzero winding)
+  bake-font.mjs            TTF/OTF → engine BitmapFont glyph data (opentype.js)
+  bake-image.mjs           PNG → premultiplied ARGB8888 (pngjs)
+  emit-c.mjs               assemble assets.generated.c + the built-in font_data.c
+  build-builtin-font.mjs   regenerate the engine's default Inter font (npm run build:builtin-font)
+build.mjs                  esbuild a demo's index.jsx → dist/app.bundle.js + bake its imported assets
+pack-container.mjs         bundle + bytecode-compile + bake → dist/app.erpkg config container (npm run pack)
+  assets/emit-container.mjs  ERCF container writer (sections + QuickJS version stamp + CRC32)
+vitest.config.js           unit test config
+```
+
+The demo apps themselves live in the repo's top-level **`demos/`** folder (one folder per demo), *not*
+in this package — this package is the library + reconciler + AOT compiler + tests. `build.mjs` bundles a
+selected demo and resolves its `'embedded-react'` import to `src/embedded-react/index.js`. See
+[demos/ in the repo](https://github.com/TheMasterCoder007/embedded-react/tree/master/demos).
+
+The host config flattens RN `style` (+ nested arrays) into the flat prop bag, routes `on*`
+handlers to `setEvent`, and uses `shouldSetTextContent` so a flattenable `<Text>` subtree (a string,
+interpolation like `Hi {name}`, or nested `<Text>` runs) becomes the node's `text` + inline spans.
+`Animated`, `Easing`, and the web timer globals (`setTimeout` / `setInterval`) are all available;
+`useEffect` flushes via the host pump.
+
+## Build
+
+```
+npm install
+npm run pack                # default demo → dist/app.erpkg (deployable config: bytecode + assets + CRC)
+npm run pack -- marine-dash # pack a specific demo (demos/<name>) instead
+npm run build               # lower-level: just bundle → dist/app.bundle.js (+ bake assets.generated.c)
+npm run create -- my-app    # scaffold a new app at demos/my-app (App.jsx + scripts); then `cd` + npm run sim
+```
+
+`npm run pack` is the deployable artifact the desktop demo and the ESP32 both load — see **Config
+container** below. `npm run build` is the lower-level bundle step (used by the bytecode/asset tooling
+and by firmware that prefers to compile assets in); both bake the demo's imported images and fonts
+(see **Assets**).
+
+## Assets (images and fonts)
+
+Asset handling is **import-driven** and fully build-time — there is no runtime decoder or font
+rasterizer on the device, and no Python toolchain. An app just imports a file and uses the name it
+returns:
+
+```jsx
+import logo from './assets/logo.png';      // → the baked image NAME ("logo")
+import Inter from './assets/Inter.ttf';     // → the baked font FAMILY ("Inter")
+
+<Image source={logo} style={{ width: 64, height: 64 }} />
+<Text style={{ fontFamily: Inter, fontSize: 18 }}>Hi</Text>
+```
+
+The baker produces the assets two ways, from the same bytes: `npm run pack` packs them **into the
+config container** (`app.erpkg`), registered at load time — this is what the desktop demo and ESP32
+use. `npm run build` also emits `dist/assets.generated.c` exposing **`er_register_assets()`**, for
+firmware that prefers to **compile assets into the image** and call it once at boot (`er_image_load` /
+`er_font_register`, both flash-resident, zero runtime RAM). Either way the asset name/family is the
+file's basename.
+
+- **Images:** PNG → premultiplied ARGB8888 (`bake-image.mjs`, via `pngjs`).
+- **Fonts:** TTF/OTF → pre-rasterized `BitmapFont` glyphs (`bake-font.mjs`, via `opentype.js` + a
+  pure-JS rasterizer). The engine has no runtime rasterizer, so the baker rasterizes **exactly the
+  literal `fontSize` values the bundle uses**. Computed/dynamic sizes snap to the nearest baked size
+  at runtime — pin them in `assets.config.js` if needed.
+
+Optional per-demo overrides live in `demos/<demo>/assets.config.js`:
+
+```js
+export default {
+  fonts: {
+    Inter: { sizes: [14, 18, 24], bpp: 4, glyphs: 'common' }, // bpp 1|2|4|8 (4 default); glyphs: 'ascii'|'common'|'minimal'|'greek'|[codepoints]
+  },
+};
+```
+
+The engine's **built-in default font** (`engine/font/font_data.c`, the Inter fallback used by any
+text without a custom `fontFamily`) is generated by the same baker — regenerate it with
+`npm run build:builtin-font` (then re-run the engine text tests, as glyph metrics shift slightly).
+
+## Config container
+
+`npm run pack` wraps the app into one deployable file — **`dist/app.erpkg`** (format `ERCF`):
+
+```
+magic "ERCF" | format_version | crc32 | qjs_tag | sections[ bytecode, asset pack ]
+```
+
+It bundles the demo, precompiles it to **QuickJS bytecode** (no parser/source shipped), bakes the
+imported assets into an ERPK pack, and wraps both with a **QuickJS version stamp** and an **integrity
+CRC32**. That one `.erpkg` is "the config": loaded by `er_runtime_load_container()` on the desktop, or
+flashed to a device's config partition. The loader verifies CRC + version (a config built for a
+different QuickJS is rejected, not run as garbage) and registers the assets before the app mounts. This
+is the firmware-vs-config split: the firmware (desktop exe / ESP32 image) ships once; the `.erpkg`
+ships and updates independently.
+
+> Two CRCs are different things: the container's internal CRC32 is embedded-react's own integrity
+> check (universal). A bootloader's transfer/flash CRC is a separate,
+> project-specific step layered on the `.erpkg` by your upload toolchain.
+
+The precompiler tool must be built once (`pack` looks for it in the usual build dirs, or set
+`ER_COMPILE_BIN`): `cmake -S bridges/quickjs -B bridges/quickjs/build && cmake --build
+bridges/quickjs/build --target er-bridge-quickjs-compile`.
+
+## Run (desktop)
+
+After `npm run pack`, **rebuild the `embedded-react-desktop` target** — its build copies
+`dist/app.erpkg` into the "config slot" next to the executable, and the host loads it **by default**
+(no argument), exactly as the ESP32 loads its config from flash:
+
+```
+examples/linux/build/embedded-react-desktop            # runs the config in the slot
+examples/linux/build/embedded-react-desktop  other.erpkg # or an explicit container / .qbc / .js path
+```
+
+The firmware ships no app and no baked assets — everything rides in the container. No config / a
+corrupt one shows an on-screen panel (no built-in fallback). The C host injects the globals the app
+expects: `NativeUI` (the bridge), `screen` (`{ width, height, scale }`), and `console`.
+
+> Iteration loop: edit `src/*` (library) or `demos/<name>/*` (app) → `npm run pack` → rebuild
+> `embedded-react-desktop` (re-copies the container into the slot) → run. Or, for an instant
+> edit-save-see loop, use the **simulator** (`npm run sim`).
+
+## Tests
+
+Two tiers, by what they need:
+
+```
+npm test            # unit: Vitest over src/**/__tests__/*.unit.test.js (pure JS, no engine)
+npm run test:runtime  # e2e: bundles test/runtime/*.runtime.test.jsx, runs each in the headless
+                      #      QuickJS+engine harness (no window) and checks the result
+npm run test:bytecode # same suite, but each bundle is precompiled to a .qbc bytecode blob and run
+                      #      via the bytecode path (JS_ReadObject) — proves the MCU load path
+```
+
+The runtime tiers need the harness exe built once (no SDL); `test:bytecode` also needs the compiler:
+
+```
+cmake --build bridges/quickjs/build --target er-bridge-quickjs-runtest er-bridge-quickjs-compile
+```
+
+Pick the tier by what the code touches: pure marshalling/logic → a co-located `*.unit.test.js`;
+anything that exercises the reconciler → engine pipeline → a `test/runtime/*.runtime.test.jsx`.
+
+## Status & known gaps
+
+- ✅ **Render, state, keyed-list reorder, and Animated all work end-to-end.** `<App/>` mounts, taps
+  re-render via `setState`, keyed reorder moves nodes (`insertBefore`/`appendChild`), and
+  `Animated.View` runs **native-driver** animations in the engine (no per-frame JS). Covered by
+  `test/runtime/reorder.runtime.test.jsx` and `animated.runtime.test.jsx`.
+- ✅ **Timers, Promises, and `useEffect` work.** `setTimeout`/`setInterval`/`clearTimeout`/
+  `clearInterval` and the Promise job queue are serviced each frame by the host pump
+  (`er_bridge_pump`, off the engine clock). React passive effects (`useEffect`) flush on the pump.
+  Covered by `timers.runtime.test.js` and `effects.runtime.test.jsx`.
+- ✅ **Animated composition + completion.** `sequence`/`parallel`/`stagger`/`delay`/`loop` and
+  `.start(({ finished }) => …)` all work — composition is pure JS over each child's start/stop, with
+  completion wired through the engine's `on_complete`. Covered by `anim-compose.runtime.test.js`.
+- ✅ **Multi-child `<Text>` + nested spans.** Interpolation (`Hi {name}`) and nested styled
+  `<Text>` runs both work — a flattenable `<Text>` owns its subtree and renders as the node's text
+  plus, when runs differ in style, an inline span array (`NativeUI.setTextSpans`, max 4). Covered by
+  `text-spans` unit + runtime tests.
+- ✅ **LayoutAnimation.** `LayoutAnimation.configureNext(...)` before a layout-changing state update
+  tweens every node whose computed rect moved on the next commit (in C — no per-frame JS). `Presets`
+  / `create` / `Types` / `Properties` and the `easeInEaseOut`/`linear`/`spring` shorthands. Covered
+  by `layout-animation` unit + `layout-anim.runtime.test.jsx`.
+- ✅ **Interpolate `extrapolate`.** `interpolate({ inputRange, outputRange, extrapolate })` supports
+  `'extend'` (default) / `'clamp'` / `'identity'`, with per-end `extrapolateLeft`/`extrapolateRight`
+  overrides. Math is engine-tested (`test_interpolate`); the bridge path by
+  `interpolate-extrapolate.runtime.test.js`.
+- ✅ **Bytecode + assets + `useAnimatedValue`.** The build compiles the bundle to a `.qbc` bytecode
+  blob (the MCU load path) and bakes imported images/fonts to flash-resident C; `useAnimatedValue` is
+  exported. Runs end-to-end on the desktop host and on ESP32-S3 hardware.
+- ✅ **State survives hot reload** — in the simulator, plain `useState` transparently persists across
+  saves (a sim-only build transform rewrites it to a persisting helper; press R to reset). On a device
+  it's just `useState`, so the same app code runs everywhere. `usePersistentState` is the underlying
+  helper, also exported for explicit use. See
+  [tools/simulator in the repo](https://github.com/TheMasterCoder007/embedded-react/blob/master/tools/simulator/README.md).
+- ✅ **`npx embedded-react dev`** — the WASM simulator runs your app in a browser with hot reload, from your
+  own project directory, with the engine `.wasm` shipped prebuilt (no Emscripten for consumers). See above.
+- ✅ **`npm create embedded-react@latest my-app`** — scaffolds a fresh standalone project (a styled card with a
+  pulsing logo + a `count is N` button) wired for `npm run dev` (simulator) and `npm run export` (static
+  playground). Published as the `create-embedded-react` package.

package/aot/compile.mjs

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 //     +-*/% , comparisons, ?:)
 //
 // The compiler tracks which nodes depend on which state, so a state change re-sets ONLY the dependent
-// nodes (er_node_set_props) — no diffing, no reconciler. See /PLAN.md Flow B.
+// nodes (er_node_set_props) — no diffing, no reconciler. See the root README (Flow B).
 //
 //   npm run aot                      # default demo (thermostat) — but use a minimal demo for the slice
 //   npm run aot -- music-player      # a specific demo by folder name
@@ -1591,7 +1591,7 @@ function compileHandler(fnNode, env, state, out) {
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Emit — control flow (components / conditionals / lists) all unroll at COMPILE TIME into fixed nodes.
 // Runtime-dynamic conditionals/lists (where the node COUNT changes with state) are not yet supported
-// and throw a clear "AOT: ..." — see /PLAN.md Flow B.
+// and throw a clear "AOT: ..." — see the root README (Flow B).
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 /** Reads a component instance's props (attributes) as static values; dynamic props throw (for now). */