diff --git a/view-components/src/main/java/groowt/view/component/compiler/SimpleComponentTemplateClassFactory.java b/view-components/src/main/java/groowt/view/component/compiler/SimpleComponentTemplateClassFactory.java
index d5d22af..d8a4239 100644
--- a/view-components/src/main/java/groowt/view/component/compiler/SimpleComponentTemplateClassFactory.java
+++ b/view-components/src/main/java/groowt/view/component/compiler/SimpleComponentTemplateClassFactory.java
@@ -1,63 +1,36 @@
 package groowt.view.component.compiler;
 
 import groowt.view.component.ComponentTemplate;
-import org.codehaus.groovy.tools.GroovyClass;
+import groowt.view.component.compiler.util.GroovyClassWriter;
+import groowt.view.component.compiler.util.SimpleGroovyClassWriter;
 
+import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.net.URLClassLoader;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
-import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-import static java.nio.file.StandardOpenOption.CREATE_NEW;
-import static java.nio.file.StandardOpenOption.WRITE;
-
 public final class SimpleComponentTemplateClassFactory implements ComponentTemplateClassFactory {
 
-    private static final String[] EMPTY_STRING_ARRAY = new String[0];
-
-    private static String[] classNameToPackageDirParts(String fullClassName) {
-        final String[] allParts = fullClassName.split("\\.");
-        if (allParts.length == 0) {
-            throw new RuntimeException("Did not expect allParts.length to be zero.");
-        } else if (allParts.length == 1) {
-            return EMPTY_STRING_ARRAY;
-        } else {
-            final var result = new String[allParts.length - 1];
-            System.arraycopy(allParts, 0, result, 0, allParts.length - 1);
-            return result;
-        }
-    }
-
-    private static Path resolvePackageDir(Path rootDir, String[] packageDirParts) {
-        return Path.of(rootDir.toString(), packageDirParts);
-    }
-
-    private static String isolateClassName(String fullClassName) {
-        final String[] parts = fullClassName.split("\\.");
-        if (parts.length == 0) {
-            throw new RuntimeException("Did not expect parts.length to be zero");
-        }
-        return parts[parts.length - 1];
-    }
-
     private final Map<String, Class<? extends ComponentTemplate>> cache = new HashMap<>();
     private final ClassLoader classLoader;
-    private final Path tempClassesDir;
+    private final File tempClassesDir;
+    private final GroovyClassWriter groovyClassWriter;
 
     public SimpleComponentTemplateClassFactory() {
+        this.groovyClassWriter = new SimpleGroovyClassWriter();
         try {
-            this.tempClassesDir = Files.createTempDirectory("view-component-classes-");
+            this.tempClassesDir = Files.createTempDirectory("view-component-classes-").toFile();
         } catch (IOException e) {
             throw new RuntimeException(e);
         }
         try {
             this.classLoader = new URLClassLoader(
                     "SimpleComponentTemplateClassFactoryClassLoader",
-                    new URL[] { this.tempClassesDir.toUri().toURL() },
+                    new URL[] { this.tempClassesDir.toURI().toURL() },
                     this.getClass().getClassLoader()
             );
         } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
@@ -65,23 +38,6 @@ public final class SimpleComponentTemplateClassFactory implements ComponentTempl
         }
     }
 
-    private void writeClassToDisk(GroovyClass groovyClass) {
-        final var className = groovyClass.getName();
-        final var packageDirParts = classNameToPackageDirParts(className);
-        final var packageDir = resolvePackageDir(this.tempClassesDir, packageDirParts);
-        try {
-            Files.createDirectories(packageDir);
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            throw new RuntimeException(e);
-        }
-        final var classFile = Path.of(packageDir.toString(), isolateClassName(className) + ".class");
-        try {
-            Files.write(classFile, groovyClass.getBytes(), CREATE_NEW, WRITE);
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            throw new RuntimeException(e);
-        }
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Class<? extends ComponentTemplate> getTemplateClass(ComponentTemplateCompileResult compileResult) {
         final String templateClassName = compileResult.getTemplateClass().getName();
@@ -89,11 +45,13 @@ public final class SimpleComponentTemplateClassFactory implements ComponentTempl
             return this.cache.get(templateClassName);
         } else {
             // write classes to disk
-            this.writeClassToDisk(compileResult.getTemplateClass());
-            compileResult.getOtherClasses().forEach(this::writeClassToDisk);
+            this.groovyClassWriter.writeTo(this.tempClassesDir, compileResult.getTemplateClass());
+            compileResult.getOtherClasses().forEach(groovyClass -> this.groovyClassWriter.writeTo(
+                    this.tempClassesDir, groovyClass
+            ));
             // load the template class
             try {
-                //noinspection unchecked
+                @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
                 final var templateClass = (Class<? extends ComponentTemplate>) this.classLoader.loadClass(
                         templateClassName
                 );
diff --git a/view-components/src/main/java/groowt/view/component/compiler/util/ClassNameUtil.java b/view-components/src/main/java/groowt/view/component/compiler/util/ClassNameUtil.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b58c9fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/view-components/src/main/java/groowt/view/component/compiler/util/ClassNameUtil.java
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+package groowt.view.component.compiler.util;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+
+public final class ClassNameUtil {
+
+    public static List<String> classNameToPackageDirParts(String fullClassName) {
+        final String[] allParts = fullClassName.split("\\.");
+        if (allParts.length == 0) {
+            throw new RuntimeException("Did not expect allParts.length to be zero.");
+        } else if (allParts.length == 1) {
+            return List.of();
+        } else {
+            return Arrays.asList(allParts).subList(0, allParts.length - 1);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static File resolvePackageDir(File rootDir, List<String> packageDirParts) {
+        return new File(rootDir, String.join(File.separator, packageDirParts));
+    }
+
+    public static String isolateClassName(String fullClassName) {
+        final String[] parts = fullClassName.split("\\.");
+        if (parts.length == 0) {
+            throw new RuntimeException("Did not expect parts.length to be zero");
+        }
+        return parts[parts.length - 1];
+    }
+
+    private ClassNameUtil() {}
+
+}
diff --git a/view-components/src/main/java/groowt/view/component/compiler/util/GroovyClassWriter.java b/view-components/src/main/java/groowt/view/component/compiler/util/GroovyClassWriter.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..31f1d15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/view-components/src/main/java/groowt/view/component/compiler/util/GroovyClassWriter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package groowt.view.component.compiler.util;
+
+import org.codehaus.groovy.tools.GroovyClass;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+
+public interface GroovyClassWriter {
+
+    void writeTo(File base, GroovyClass groovyClass);
+
+    default void writeTo(Path base, GroovyClass groovyClass) {
+        this.writeTo(base.toFile(), groovyClass);
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/view-components/src/main/java/groowt/view/component/compiler/util/SimpleGroovyClassWriter.java b/view-components/src/main/java/groowt/view/component/compiler/util/SimpleGroovyClassWriter.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ded6e36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/view-components/src/main/java/groowt/view/component/compiler/util/SimpleGroovyClassWriter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package groowt.view.component.compiler.util;
+
+import org.codehaus.groovy.tools.GroovyClass;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import static groowt.view.component.compiler.util.ClassNameUtil.*;
+
+public final class SimpleGroovyClassWriter implements GroovyClassWriter {
+
+    @Override
+    public void writeTo(File base, GroovyClass groovyClass) {
+        final String className = groovyClass.getName();
+        final List<String> packageDirParts = classNameToPackageDirParts(className);
+        final File packageDir = resolvePackageDir(base, packageDirParts);
+        if (!packageDir.exists() && !packageDir.mkdirs()) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(new IOException("Could not make package dir(s) at " + packageDir));
+        }
+        final var classFile = new File(packageDir, isolateClassName(className) + ".class");
+        try (final var fos = new FileOutputStream(classFile)) {
+            fos.write(groovyClass.getBytes());
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+        }
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/view-components/src/main/java/groowt/view/component/context/ComponentContext.java b/view-components/src/main/java/groowt/view/component/context/ComponentContext.java
index 172f729..1985cd6 100644
--- a/view-components/src/main/java/groowt/view/component/context/ComponentContext.java
+++ b/view-components/src/main/java/groowt/view/component/context/ComponentContext.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package groowt.view.component.context;
 
 import groowt.view.component.ViewComponent;
+import groowt.view.component.runtime.RenderContext;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 
 import java.util.List;
@@ -8,13 +9,22 @@ import java.util.function.Predicate;
 
 public interface ComponentContext {
 
+    RenderContext getRenderContext();
+
     List<ComponentScope> getScopeStack();
 
     void pushScope(ComponentScope scope);
+
     void pushDefaultScope();
+
     void popScope();
+
     ComponentScope getRootScope();
 
+    default <S extends ComponentScope> S getRootScope(Class<? extends S> scopeClass) {
+        return scopeClass.cast(this.getRootScope());
+    }
+
     default ComponentScope getCurrentScope() {
         final List<ComponentScope> scopeStack = this.getScopeStack();
         if (scopeStack.isEmpty()) {
@@ -23,8 +33,15 @@ public interface ComponentContext {
         return scopeStack.getFirst();
     }
 
+    default <S extends ComponentScope> S getCurrentScope(Class<? extends S> scopeClass) {
+        return scopeClass.cast(this.getCurrentScope());
+    }
+
     @Nullable ViewComponent getParent();
-    @Nullable <T extends ViewComponent> T getParent(Class<T> parentClass);
+
+    default <T extends ViewComponent> @Nullable T getParent(Class<T> parentClass) {
+        return parentClass.cast(this.getParent());
+    }
 
     @Nullable ViewComponent findNearestAncestor(Predicate<? super ViewComponent> matching);
 
diff --git a/view-components/src/main/java/groowt/view/component/context/DefaultComponentContext.java b/view-components/src/main/java/groowt/view/component/context/DefaultComponentContext.java
index d4c257a..f806226 100644
--- a/view-components/src/main/java/groowt/view/component/context/DefaultComponentContext.java
+++ b/view-components/src/main/java/groowt/view/component/context/DefaultComponentContext.java
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ public class DefaultComponentContext implements ComponentContext {
     private final LinkedList<ComponentScope> scopeStack = new LinkedList<>();
     private RenderContext renderContext;
 
-    @ApiStatus.Internal
+    @Override
     public RenderContext getRenderContext() {
         return Objects.requireNonNull(
                 this.renderContext,
@@ -66,11 +66,6 @@ public class DefaultComponentContext implements ComponentContext {
         return null;
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public <T extends ViewComponent> @Nullable T getParent(Class<T> parentClass) {
-        return parentClass.cast(this.getParent());
-    }
-
     @Override
     public @Nullable ViewComponent findNearestAncestor(Predicate<? super ViewComponent> matching) {
         final List<ViewComponent> componentStack = this.getRenderContext().getComponentStack();
diff --git a/view-components/src/main/java/groowt/view/component/runtime/DefaultRenderContext.java b/view-components/src/main/java/groowt/view/component/runtime/AbstractRenderContext.java
similarity index 70%
rename from view-components/src/main/java/groowt/view/component/runtime/DefaultRenderContext.java
rename to view-components/src/main/java/groowt/view/component/runtime/AbstractRenderContext.java
index 6b3a716..f9d2eae 100644
--- a/view-components/src/main/java/groowt/view/component/runtime/DefaultRenderContext.java
+++ b/view-components/src/main/java/groowt/view/component/runtime/AbstractRenderContext.java
@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@ import groowt.view.component.context.ComponentScope.TypeAndFactory;
 import java.util.LinkedList;
 import java.util.List;
 
-public class DefaultRenderContext implements RenderContext {
+public abstract class AbstractRenderContext implements RenderContext {
 
     private final ComponentContext componentContext;
     private final ComponentWriter writer;
     private final LinkedList<ViewComponent> componentStack = new LinkedList<>();
 
-    public DefaultRenderContext(ComponentContext componentContext, ComponentWriter writer) {
+    public AbstractRenderContext(ComponentContext componentContext, ComponentWriter writer) {
         this.componentContext = componentContext;
         this.writer = writer;
     }
@@ -80,39 +80,6 @@ public class DefaultRenderContext implements RenderContext {
         );
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public ViewComponent create(Resolved<?> resolved, Object... args) {
-        final ViewComponent created;
-        if (resolved instanceof ResolvedStringType<?> resolvedStringType) {
-            try {
-                created = resolvedStringType.componentFactory().create(
-                        resolvedStringType.typeName(),
-                        this.getComponentContext(),
-                        args
-                );
-            } catch (Exception createException) {
-                throw new ComponentCreateException(resolved, createException);
-            }
-        } else if (resolved instanceof ResolvedClassType<?> resolvedClassType) {
-            try {
-                created = resolvedClassType.componentFactory().create(
-                        resolvedClassType.alias(),
-                        resolvedClassType.resolvedType(),
-                        this.getComponentContext(),
-                        args
-                );
-            } catch (Exception createException) {
-                throw new ComponentCreateException(resolved, createException);
-            }
-        } else {
-            throw new UnsupportedOperationException(
-                    this.getClass().getName() + " cannot handle Resolved of sub-type " + resolved.getClass().getName()
-            );
-        }
-        created.setContext(this.getComponentContext());
-        return created;
-    }
-
     @Override
     public void pushComponent(ViewComponent component) {
         this.componentStack.push(component);
diff --git a/view-components/src/main/java/groowt/view/component/runtime/RenderContext.java b/view-components/src/main/java/groowt/view/component/runtime/RenderContext.java
index 6c8fbd7..888f79d 100644
--- a/view-components/src/main/java/groowt/view/component/runtime/RenderContext.java
+++ b/view-components/src/main/java/groowt/view/component/runtime/RenderContext.java
@@ -3,11 +3,9 @@ package groowt.view.component.runtime;
 import groowt.view.component.ViewComponent;
 import groowt.view.component.context.ComponentResolveException;
 import groowt.view.component.factory.ComponentFactory;
-import org.jetbrains.annotations.ApiStatus;
 
 import java.util.List;
 
-@ApiStatus.Internal
 public interface RenderContext {
 
     interface Resolved<T extends ViewComponent> {
@@ -31,8 +29,6 @@ public interface RenderContext {
     Resolved<?> resolve(String typeName) throws ComponentResolveException;
     <T extends ViewComponent> Resolved<T> resolve(String alias, Class<T> type) throws ComponentResolveException;
 
-    ViewComponent create(Resolved<?> resolved, Object... args);
-
     void pushComponent(ViewComponent component);
     void popComponent(ViewComponent component);
 
diff --git a/web-views/docs/asciidoc/componentTemplateSpec.asciidoc b/web-views/docs/asciidoc/componentTemplateSpec.asciidoc
index e056018..babdbdf 100644
--- a/web-views/docs/asciidoc/componentTemplateSpec.asciidoc
+++ b/web-views/docs/asciidoc/componentTemplateSpec.asciidoc
@@ -18,19 +18,18 @@ import groowt.view.web.runtime.*
 class MyComponentTemplate implements ComponentTemplate {
 
     Closure getRenderer() {
-        return { ComponentContext componentContext, ComponentWriter out ->
-            // <1>
-            final RenderContext renderContext = new DefaultWebViewComponentRenderContext(componentContext, out)
+        return { WebViewComponentContext componentContext, ComponentWriter writer -> // <1>
+            def renderContext = new DefaultWebViewComponentRenderContext(componentContext, writer) // <2>
             componentContext.setRenderContext(renderContext)
-            out.setRenderContext(renderContext)
-            out.setComponentContext(renderContext)
+            writer.setRenderContext(renderContext)
+            writer.setComponentContext(renderContext)
 
-            out.append 'Hello from simple text!' // <2>
-
-            out.append "Hello from GString!" // <3>
+            writer << 'Hello from simple text!' // <3>
+            writer << someProp // <3>
+            writer << someMethod() // <3>
 
             // <4>
-            ComponentContext.Resolved c0Resolved // <5>
+            def c0Resolved // <5>
             try {
                 c0Resolved = renderContext.resolve('MySubComponent', MySubComponent) // <6>
             } catch (ComponentResolveException c0ResolveException) { // <7>
@@ -40,44 +39,38 @@ class MyComponentTemplate implements ComponentTemplate {
                 throw c0ResolveException
             }
 
-            WebViewComponent c0 // <8>
+            def c0 // <8>
             try {
                 c0 = renderContext.create( // <9>
-                        c0Resolved,
-                        [greeting: 'Hello, World!'],
-                        "Some constructor arg",
-                        WebViewComponentChildCollectorClosure.get(this) { c0cc ->
-                            c0cc.add 'JString child.' // <10>
-                            c0cc.add "GString child"
+                        c0Resolved, // <10>
+                        [greeting: 'Hello, World!'], // <11>
+                        ["Some constructor arg"] // <12>
+                ) { c0childList -> // <13>
+                    c0childList << 'string child.' // <14>
 
-                            ComponentContext.Resolved c1Resolved
-                            try {
-                                c1Resolved = renderContext.resolve('h1') // <11>
-                            } catch (ComponentResolveException c1ResolveException) {
-                                c1ResolveException.type = IntrinsicHtml // <12>
-                                c1ResolveException.template = this
-                                c1ResolveException.line = 1
-                                c1ResolveException.column = 10
-                                throw c1ResolveException
-                            }
+                    def c1Resolved
+                    try {
+                        c1Resolved = renderContext.resolve('h1') // <15>
+                    } catch (ComponentResolveException c1ResolveException) {
+                        c1ResolveException.template = this
+                        c1ResolveException.line = 1
+                        c1ResolveException.column = 10
+                        throw c1ResolveException
+                    }
 
-                            WebViewComponent c1
-                            try {
-                                c1 = renderContext.create(
-                                        c1_resolved,
-                                        WebViewComponentChildCollectorClosure.get(this) { c1cc ->
-                                            c1cc.add "$greeting"
-                                        }
-                                )
-                            } catch (ComponentCreateException c1CreateException) {
-                                c1CreateException.template = this
-                                c1CreateException.line = 1
-                                c1CreateException.column = 1
-                            }
-
-                            c0cc.add c1
+                    def c1
+                    try {
+                        c1 = renderContext.create(c1_resolved) { c1cc ->
+                            c1cc << greeting
                         }
-                )
+                    } catch (ComponentCreateException c1CreateException) {
+                        c1CreateException.template = this
+                        c1CreateException.line = 1
+                        c1CreateException.column = 1
+                    }
+
+                    c0childList << c1
+                }
             } catch (ComponentCreateException c0CreateException) {
                 c0CreateException.template = this
                 c0CreateException.line = 1
@@ -85,38 +78,27 @@ class MyComponentTemplate implements ComponentTemplate {
                 throw c0CreateException
             }
 
-            // append it
-            out.append c0
+            writer << c0
         }
     }
 }
 ----
-<1> Initialize the contexts.
-<2> Appending a plain old java string (jstring) to `out`.
-<3> Appending a GString to `out`.
-<4> Now begins a component 'block', where a component is resolved, created, and either rendered or appended
-    to a child collector (see below).
-<5> First, we define the `resolved` variable, of the type `ComponentContext.Resolved`.
+<1> The render `Closure` receives a `ComponentContext` and a `ComponentWriter`.
+<2> A `RenderContext` is created which is then initialized with the values that the render `Closure` received.
+<3> Strings and expressions of every type (except components) are simply left-shifted into the `ComponentWriter`.
+<4> Now begins a component 'block', where a component is resolved, created, and eventually left-shifted into either a `ComponentWriter` or a children `List` (see below).
+<5> First, we define the `resolved` variable, of the type `ComponentContext.Resolved<WebViewComponent>`.
 <6> Resolve it from the context.
 <7> If the context cannot resolve the component, it should throw a `ComponentResolveException`. We catch it
     here in order to set the template (`this`), line, and column information for debugging purposes.
 <8> Now we can start to create the component by first defining a variable for it.
-<9> The create function takes a few things:
-. The relevant instance of `ComponentContext.Resolved`.
-. Any attributes for the component, passed as a `Map`.
-. Any arguments from the component constructor.
-. A `WebViewComponentChildCollectorClosure`, which is a 'marker' subclass of `Closure`
-(so that constructor args ending with a closure don't get confused), which simply collects
-the children of the component.
-<10> For children, we add the value of the child, rather than appending it directly to `out`.
-The collector itself will be given the `out` writer from the `context`, which will then
-supply the parent with the ability to render to out. This way the parent doesn't ever have to worry about `out` itself
-(though if the parent wants access to `out` (for example, it is using a non-wvc template) it can access the out writer
-from the context).
-<11> Here, a string type is passed, since all lowercase type names are treated as string types in web view components.
-<12> Because this is an intrinsic html element, we set the type here.
-<13> Finally, our child component is added as a `Closure` which accepts the component back again and appends
-it to out.
+<9> The create function takes up to four parameters.
+<10> The relevant instance of `ComponentContext.Resolved` (required).
+<11> Attributes from the component, passed as a `Map` (required; if there are no attributes, an empty `Map` is passed).
+<12> Any arguments from the component constructor, passed as a `List` (required; if there are no arguments, an empty `List` is passed).
+<13> A `Closure` (optional), which receives an argument of `List` and simply collects the children of the component.
+<14> For children, we add the value of the child to the children `List`, rather than appending it directly to `out`.
+<15> Here, a string type is passed, since all lowercase type names are treated as string types in web view components.
 
 == Items requiring Groovy ASTNode position adjustment
 
diff --git a/web-views/src/main/groovy/groowt/view/web/DefaultWebViewComponentContext.groovy b/web-views/src/main/groovy/groowt/view/web/DefaultWebViewComponentContext.groovy
index 68ae298..9b3d3cf 100644
--- a/web-views/src/main/groovy/groowt/view/web/DefaultWebViewComponentContext.groovy
+++ b/web-views/src/main/groovy/groowt/view/web/DefaultWebViewComponentContext.groovy
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@ import groowt.view.component.context.DefaultComponentContext
 class DefaultWebViewComponentContext extends DefaultComponentContext implements WebViewComponentContext {
 
     DefaultWebViewComponentContext() {
-        this.pushScope(WebViewComponentScope.getDefaultRootScope())
+        this.pushScope(DefaultWebViewComponentScope.getDefaultRootScope())
     }
 
     @Override
     protected ComponentScope getNewDefaultScope() {
-        new WebViewComponentScope()
+        new DefaultWebViewComponentScope()
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/web-views/src/main/groovy/groowt/view/web/DefaultWebViewComponentScope.groovy b/web-views/src/main/groovy/groowt/view/web/DefaultWebViewComponentScope.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b66fc2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web-views/src/main/groovy/groowt/view/web/DefaultWebViewComponentScope.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+package groowt.view.web
+
+import groowt.view.component.context.DefaultComponentScope
+import groowt.view.web.lib.Echo
+import groowt.view.web.lib.IntrinsicHtml
+import org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.InvokerHelper
+
+import static groowt.view.web.WebViewComponentFactories.withAttr
+
+class DefaultWebViewComponentScope extends DefaultComponentScope {
+
+    static DefaultWebViewComponentScope getDefaultRootScope() {
+        new DefaultWebViewComponentScope().tap {
+            addWithAttr(Echo)
+        }
+    }
+
+    <T extends WebViewComponent> void addWithAttr(Class<T> componentClass) {
+        add(componentClass, withAttr(componentClass) { attr ->
+            InvokerHelper.invokeConstructorOf(componentClass, attr) as T
+        })
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    TypeAndFactory factoryMissing(String typeName) {
+        IntrinsicHtml.TYPE_AND_FACTORY
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/web-views/src/main/groovy/groowt/view/web/WebViewComponentFactories.groovy b/web-views/src/main/groovy/groowt/view/web/WebViewComponentFactories.groovy
index efb6576..86caa7d 100644
--- a/web-views/src/main/groovy/groowt/view/web/WebViewComponentFactories.groovy
+++ b/web-views/src/main/groovy/groowt/view/web/WebViewComponentFactories.groovy
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ package groowt.view.web
 import groovy.transform.stc.ClosureParams
 import groovy.transform.stc.FromString
 import groowt.view.component.factory.ComponentFactory
-import groowt.view.web.runtime.DefaultWebViewComponentChildCollector
-import groowt.view.web.runtime.WebViewComponentChildCollector
 
 import static groowt.view.component.factory.ComponentFactories.ofClosureClassType
 
@@ -15,30 +13,7 @@ final class WebViewComponentFactories {
             @ClosureParams(value = FromString, options = 'java.util.Map<String, Object>')
             Closure<? extends T> closure
     ) {
-        ofClosureClassType(forClass) { Map<String, Object> attr -> closure(attr) }
-    }
-
-    static <T extends WebViewComponent> ComponentFactory<T> withChildren(
-            Class<T> forClass,
-            @ClosureParams(value = FromString, options = 'java.util.List<groowt.view.web.WebViewComponentChild>')
-            Closure<? extends T> closure
-    ) {
-        ofClosureClassType(forClass) { WebViewComponentChildCollector childCollector ->
-            closure(childCollector.children)
-        }
-    }
-
-    static <T extends WebViewComponent> ComponentFactory<T> withAttrAndChildren(
-            Class<T> forClass,
-            @ClosureParams(
-                    value = FromString,
-                    options = 'java.util.Map<String, Object>, java.util.List<groowt.view.web.WebViewComponentChild>'
-            )
-            Closure<? extends T> closure
-    ) {
-        ofClosureClassType(forClass) { Map<String, Object> attr, WebViewComponentChildCollector childCollector ->
-            closure(attr, childCollector.children)
-        }
+        ofClosureClassType(forClass) { Map<String, Object> attr, Object[] ignored -> closure(attr) }
     }
 
     private WebViewComponentFactories() {}
diff --git a/web-views/src/main/groovy/groowt/view/web/WebViewComponentScope.groovy b/web-views/src/main/groovy/groowt/view/web/WebViewComponentScope.groovy
deleted file mode 100644
index 2e78ac9..0000000
--- a/web-views/src/main/groovy/groowt/view/web/WebViewComponentScope.groovy
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-package groowt.view.web
-
-import groowt.view.component.context.DefaultComponentScope
-import groowt.view.web.lib.Echo
-import groowt.view.web.lib.IntrinsicHtml
-import org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.InvokerHelper
-
-import static groowt.view.web.WebViewComponentFactories.*
-
-class WebViewComponentScope extends DefaultComponentScope {
-
-    static WebViewComponentScope getDefaultRootScope() {
-        new WebViewComponentScope().tap {
-            add(Echo, Echo.FACTORY)
-        }
-    }
-
-    <T extends WebViewComponent> void addWithAttr(Class<T> componentClass) {
-        add(componentClass, withAttr(componentClass) { attr ->
-            InvokerHelper.invokeConstructorOf(componentClass, attr) as T
-        })
-    }
-
-    <T extends WebViewComponent> void addWithChildren(Class<T> componentClass) {
-        add(componentClass, withChildren(componentClass) { children ->
-            InvokerHelper.invokeConstructorOf(componentClass, children) as T
-        })
-    }
-
-    <T extends WebViewComponent> void addWithAttrAndChildren(Class<T> componentClass) {
-        add(componentClass, withAttrAndChildren(componentClass) { attr, children ->
-            InvokerHelper.invokeConstructorOf(componentClass, [attr, children] as Object[]) as T
-        })
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    TypeAndFactory factoryMissing(String typeName) {
-        IntrinsicHtml.TYPE_AND_FACTORY
-    }
-
-}
diff --git a/web-views/src/main/groovy/groowt/view/web/lib/Echo.groovy b/web-views/src/main/groovy/groowt/view/web/lib/Echo.groovy
index a176836..89b65ce 100644
--- a/web-views/src/main/groovy/groowt/view/web/lib/Echo.groovy
+++ b/web-views/src/main/groovy/groowt/view/web/lib/Echo.groovy
@@ -1,35 +1,10 @@
 package groowt.view.web.lib
 
 import groowt.view.View
-import groowt.view.component.context.ComponentContext
-import groowt.view.component.factory.ComponentFactory
+import groowt.view.component.runtime.DefaultComponentWriter
 
 class Echo extends DelegatingWebViewComponent {
 
-    static final ComponentFactory<Echo> FACTORY = new EchoFactory()
-
-    protected static class EchoFactory implements ComponentFactory<Echo> {
-
-        protected Echo doCreate() {
-            new Echo([:])
-        }
-
-        protected Echo doCreate(Map attr) {
-            new Echo(attr)
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        Echo create(String typeName, ComponentContext componentContext, Object... args) {
-            throw new UnsupportedOperationException('Cannot create Echo for string type components')
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        Echo create(String alias, Class<?> type, ComponentContext componentContext, Object... args) {
-            this.doCreate(*args)
-        }
-
-    }
-
     Map attr
 
     Echo(Map attr) {
@@ -48,8 +23,11 @@ class Echo extends DelegatingWebViewComponent {
     @Override
     protected View getDelegate() {
         return {
+            def componentWriter = new DefaultComponentWriter(it)
+            componentWriter.setComponentContext(this.context)
+            componentWriter.setRenderContext(this.context.renderContext) // hacky
             this.children.each {
-                it.render(this)
+                componentWriter << it
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/web-views/src/main/groovy/groowt/view/web/lib/Fragment.groovy b/web-views/src/main/groovy/groowt/view/web/lib/Fragment.groovy
index c4c4334..7c6431b 100644
--- a/web-views/src/main/groovy/groowt/view/web/lib/Fragment.groovy
+++ b/web-views/src/main/groovy/groowt/view/web/lib/Fragment.groovy
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ final class Fragment extends BaseWebViewComponent {
     @Override
     void renderTo(Writer out) throws IOException {
         this.beforeRender()
-        this.renderChildren()
+        this.renderChildren(out)
         this.afterRender()
     }
 
diff --git a/web-views/src/main/groovy/groowt/view/web/lib/IntrinsicHtml.groovy b/web-views/src/main/groovy/groowt/view/web/lib/IntrinsicHtml.groovy
index 857e46f..f41d830 100644
--- a/web-views/src/main/groovy/groowt/view/web/lib/IntrinsicHtml.groovy
+++ b/web-views/src/main/groovy/groowt/view/web/lib/IntrinsicHtml.groovy
@@ -21,11 +21,7 @@ class IntrinsicHtml extends DelegatingWebViewComponent implements WithHtml {
 
     protected static class IntrinsicHtmlFactory implements ComponentFactory<IntrinsicHtml> {
 
-        IntrinsicHtml doCreate(String typeName) {
-            new IntrinsicHtml([:], typeName, typeName in voidElements)
-        }
-
-        IntrinsicHtml doCreate(String typeName, Map<String, Object> attr) {
+        IntrinsicHtml doCreate(String typeName, Map<String, Object> attr, Object[] ignored) {
             new IntrinsicHtml(attr, typeName, typeName in voidElements)
         }
 
@@ -64,11 +60,7 @@ class IntrinsicHtml extends DelegatingWebViewComponent implements WithHtml {
                 this.formatAttr(writer)
             }
             writer << '>'
-            if (this.hasChildren()) {
-                this.children.each {
-                    it.renderTo(writer, this)
-                }
-            }
+            this.renderChildren(writer)
             if (!this.isVoidElement) {
                 writer << '</'
                 writer << this.name
diff --git a/web-views/src/main/groovy/groowt/view/web/util/ContextConfigurator.groovy b/web-views/src/main/groovy/groowt/view/web/util/ContextConfigurator.groovy
index 8ada9da..cda56d2 100644
--- a/web-views/src/main/groovy/groowt/view/web/util/ContextConfigurator.groovy
+++ b/web-views/src/main/groovy/groowt/view/web/util/ContextConfigurator.groovy
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ package groowt.view.web.util
 
 import groovy.transform.stc.ClosureParams
 import groovy.transform.stc.SimpleType
+import groowt.view.web.DefaultWebViewComponentScope
 import groowt.view.web.WebViewComponentContext
-import groowt.view.web.WebViewComponentScope
 
 class ContextConfigurator {
 
@@ -14,12 +14,12 @@ class ContextConfigurator {
     }
 
     void rootScope(
-            @DelegatesTo(WebViewComponentScope)
+            @DelegatesTo(DefaultWebViewComponentScope)
             @ClosureParams(value = SimpleType, options = 'groowt.view.web.WebViewComponentScope')
             Closure configureRootScope
     ) {
         //noinspection GroovyAssignabilityCheck
-        WebViewComponentScope rootScope = context.rootScope
+        DefaultWebViewComponentScope rootScope = context.rootScope
         configureRootScope.delegate = rootScope
         configureRootScope(rootScope)
     }
diff --git a/web-views/src/main/java/groowt/view/web/AbstractWebViewComponent.java b/web-views/src/main/java/groowt/view/web/AbstractWebViewComponent.java
index 873e853..b098525 100644
--- a/web-views/src/main/java/groowt/view/web/AbstractWebViewComponent.java
+++ b/web-views/src/main/java/groowt/view/web/AbstractWebViewComponent.java
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import java.util.function.Function;
 
 public abstract class AbstractWebViewComponent extends AbstractViewComponent implements WebViewComponent {
 
-    private List<WebViewComponentChild> childRenderers;
+    private List<Object> children;
 
     public AbstractWebViewComponent() {}
 
@@ -40,11 +40,11 @@ public abstract class AbstractWebViewComponent extends AbstractViewComponent imp
     }
 
     @Override
-    public List<WebViewComponentChild> getChildren() {
-        if (this.childRenderers == null) {
-            this.childRenderers = new ArrayList<>();
+    public List<Object> getChildren() {
+        if (this.children == null) {
+            this.children = new ArrayList<>();
         }
-        return this.childRenderers;
+        return this.children;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -53,15 +53,21 @@ public abstract class AbstractWebViewComponent extends AbstractViewComponent imp
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void setChildren(List<WebViewComponentChild> children) {
-        this.childRenderers = children;
+    public void setChildren(List<?> children) {
+        if (this.children == null) {
+            this.children = new ArrayList<>();
+        }
+        this.children.addAll(children);
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void renderChildren() {
-        for (final var childRenderer : this.getChildren()) {
+    public void renderChildren(Writer to) {
+        final ComponentWriter componentWriter = new DefaultComponentWriter(to);
+        componentWriter.setComponentContext(this.getContext());
+        componentWriter.setRenderContext(this.getContext().getRenderContext());
+        for (final var child : this.getChildren()) {
             try {
-                childRenderer.render(this);
+                componentWriter.append(child);
             } catch (Exception e) {
                 throw new ChildRenderException(e);
             }
diff --git a/web-views/src/main/java/groowt/view/web/WebViewComponent.java b/web-views/src/main/java/groowt/view/web/WebViewComponent.java
index 654fa34..6006240 100644
--- a/web-views/src/main/java/groowt/view/web/WebViewComponent.java
+++ b/web-views/src/main/java/groowt/view/web/WebViewComponent.java
@@ -1,45 +1,15 @@
 package groowt.view.web;
 
-import groovy.lang.GString;
 import groowt.view.component.ViewComponent;
 
+import java.io.Writer;
 import java.util.List;
 
 public interface WebViewComponent extends ViewComponent {
 
-    List<WebViewComponentChild> getChildren();
+    List<Object> getChildren();
     boolean hasChildren();
-    void setChildren(List<WebViewComponentChild> children);
-    void renderChildren();
-
-    default List<String> getChildStrings() {
-        return this.getChildren().stream()
-                .map(WebViewComponentChild::getChild)
-                .filter(obj -> obj instanceof String || obj instanceof GString)
-                .map(obj -> {
-                    if (obj instanceof String s) {
-                        return s;
-                    } else {
-                        return ((GString) obj).toString();
-                    }
-                })
-                .toList();
-    }
-
-    default List<GString> getChildGStrings() {
-        return this.getChildren().stream()
-                .map(WebViewComponentChild::getChild)
-                .filter(GString.class::isInstance)
-                .map(GString.class::cast)
-                .toList();
-    }
-
-    default List<WebViewComponent> getChildComponents() {
-        return this.getChildren().stream()
-                .map(WebViewComponentChild::getChild)
-                .filter(WebViewComponent.class::isInstance)
-                .map(WebViewComponent.class::cast)
-                .toList();
-    }
+    void setChildren(List<?> children);
+    void renderChildren(Writer to);
 
 }
diff --git a/web-views/src/main/java/groowt/view/web/WebViewComponentChild.java b/web-views/src/main/java/groowt/view/web/WebViewComponentChild.java
deleted file mode 100644
index f6059d6..0000000
--- a/web-views/src/main/java/groowt/view/web/WebViewComponentChild.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,68 +0,0 @@
-package groowt.view.web;
-
-import groovy.lang.Closure;
-import groowt.view.component.ComponentTemplate;
-import groowt.view.component.ViewComponent;
-import groowt.view.component.runtime.ComponentWriter;
-import groowt.view.component.runtime.DefaultComponentWriter;
-
-import java.io.Writer;
-
-public class WebViewComponentChild {
-
-    private static final class ChildRenderClosure extends Closure<Void> {
-
-        private final ViewComponent parent;
-        private final Object child;
-        private final ComponentWriter writer;
-
-        public ChildRenderClosure(
-                ComponentTemplate template,
-                ViewComponent parent,
-                ComponentWriter writer,
-                Object child
-        ) {
-            super(template, template);
-            this.parent = parent;
-            this.child = child;
-            this.writer = writer;
-            this.setDelegate(this.parent);
-            this.setResolveStrategy(Closure.DELEGATE_FIRST);
-        }
-
-        public ViewComponent getParent() {
-            return this.parent;
-        }
-
-        public void doCall() {
-            this.writer.append(this.child);
-        }
-
-    }
-
-    private final ComponentTemplate template;
-    private final ComponentWriter componentWriter;
-    private final Object child;
-
-    public WebViewComponentChild(ComponentTemplate template, ComponentWriter componentWriter, Object child) {
-        this.template = template;
-        this.componentWriter = componentWriter;
-        this.child = child;
-    }
-
-    public Object getChild() {
-        return this.child;
-    }
-
-    public void render(ViewComponent parent) {
-        new ChildRenderClosure(this.template, parent, this.componentWriter, this.child).call();
-    }
-
-    public Writer renderTo(Writer out, ViewComponent parent) {
-        final var componentWriter = new DefaultComponentWriter(out);
-        final var childRenderClosure = new ChildRenderClosure(this.template, parent, componentWriter, this.child);
-        childRenderClosure.call();
-        return out;
-    }
-
-}
diff --git a/web-views/src/main/java/groowt/view/web/compiler/AnonymousWebViewComponent.java b/web-views/src/main/java/groowt/view/web/compiler/AnonymousWebViewComponent.java
index 0dfa48a..df8ad14 100644
--- a/web-views/src/main/java/groowt/view/web/compiler/AnonymousWebViewComponent.java
+++ b/web-views/src/main/java/groowt/view/web/compiler/AnonymousWebViewComponent.java
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package groowt.view.web.compiler;
 
 import groowt.view.component.context.ComponentContext;
-import groowt.view.web.WebViewComponentChild;
 import groowt.view.web.WebViewComponent;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.ApiStatus;
 
@@ -27,7 +26,7 @@ public final class AnonymousWebViewComponent implements WebViewComponent {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public List<WebViewComponentChild> getChildren() {
+    public List<Object> getChildren() {
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
     }
 
@@ -37,12 +36,12 @@ public final class AnonymousWebViewComponent implements WebViewComponent {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void setChildren(List<WebViewComponentChild> children) {
+    public void setChildren(List<?> children) {
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
     }
 
     @Override
-    public void renderChildren() {
+    public void renderChildren(Writer to) {
         throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
     }
 
diff --git a/web-views/src/main/java/groowt/view/web/runtime/DefaultWebViewComponentChildCollector.java b/web-views/src/main/java/groowt/view/web/runtime/DefaultWebViewComponentChildCollector.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 63e634b..0000000
--- a/web-views/src/main/java/groowt/view/web/runtime/DefaultWebViewComponentChildCollector.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-package groowt.view.web.runtime;
-
-import groovy.lang.GString;
-import groowt.view.component.ComponentTemplate;
-import groowt.view.component.ViewComponent;
-import groowt.view.component.runtime.ComponentWriter;
-import groowt.view.web.WebViewComponentChild;
-
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.List;
-
-public class DefaultWebViewComponentChildCollector implements WebViewComponentChildCollector {
-
-    private final ComponentTemplate template;
-    private final ComponentWriter out;
-    private final List<WebViewComponentChild> children = new ArrayList<>();
-
-    public DefaultWebViewComponentChildCollector(ComponentTemplate template, ComponentWriter out) {
-        this.template = template;
-        this.out = out;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void add(String jString) {
-        this.children.add(new WebViewComponentChild(this.template, this.out, jString));
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void add(GString gString) {
-        this.children.add(new WebViewComponentChild(this.template, this.out, gString));
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void add(ViewComponent component) {
-        this.children.add(new WebViewComponentChild(this.template, this.out, component));
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public List<WebViewComponentChild> getChildren() {
-        return this.children;
-    }
-
-}
diff --git a/web-views/src/main/java/groowt/view/web/runtime/DefaultWebViewComponentRenderContext.java b/web-views/src/main/java/groowt/view/web/runtime/DefaultWebViewComponentRenderContext.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 0a0d9b9..0000000
--- a/web-views/src/main/java/groowt/view/web/runtime/DefaultWebViewComponentRenderContext.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-package groowt.view.web.runtime;
-
-import groovy.lang.Closure;
-import groowt.view.component.ViewComponent;
-import groowt.view.component.context.ComponentContext;
-import groowt.view.component.runtime.ComponentWriter;
-import groowt.view.component.runtime.DefaultRenderContext;
-import groowt.view.web.WebViewComponent;
-import org.jetbrains.annotations.ApiStatus;
-
-public class DefaultWebViewComponentRenderContext extends DefaultRenderContext
-        implements WebViewComponentRenderContext {
-
-    DefaultWebViewComponentRenderContext(ComponentContext componentContext, ComponentWriter writer) {
-        super(componentContext, writer);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public ViewComponent create(Resolved<?> resolved, Object... args) {
-        if (args != null && args.length > 0) {
-            final Object last = args[args.length - 1];
-            if (last instanceof WebViewComponentChildCollectorClosure cl) {
-                final Object[] argsWithoutChildren = new Object[args.length - 1];
-                System.arraycopy(args, 0, argsWithoutChildren, 0, args.length - 1);
-                final WebViewComponent self = (WebViewComponent) super.create(resolved, argsWithoutChildren);
-                final var childCollector = new DefaultWebViewComponentChildCollector(
-                        cl.getTemplate(),
-                        this.getWriter()
-                );
-                cl.setDelegate(self);
-                cl.setResolveStrategy(Closure.DELEGATE_FIRST);
-                cl.call(childCollector);
-                self.setChildren(childCollector.getChildren());
-                return self;
-            }
-        }
-        return super.create(resolved, args);
-    }
-
-    @ApiStatus.Internal
-    public ViewComponent createFragment(WebViewComponent fragment, WebViewComponentChildCollectorClosure cl) {
-        final var childCollection = new DefaultWebViewComponentChildCollector(cl.getTemplate(), this.getWriter());
-        cl.call(childCollection);
-        fragment.setChildren(childCollection.getChildren());
-        return fragment;
-    }
-
-}
diff --git a/web-views/src/main/java/groowt/view/web/runtime/DefaultWebViewRenderContext.java b/web-views/src/main/java/groowt/view/web/runtime/DefaultWebViewRenderContext.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..37a3711
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web-views/src/main/java/groowt/view/web/runtime/DefaultWebViewRenderContext.java
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+package groowt.view.web.runtime;
+
+import groovy.lang.Closure;
+import groowt.view.component.ViewComponent;
+import groowt.view.component.context.ComponentContext;
+import groowt.view.component.runtime.AbstractRenderContext;
+import groowt.view.component.runtime.ComponentWriter;
+import groowt.view.web.WebViewComponent;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+public class DefaultWebViewRenderContext extends AbstractRenderContext implements WebViewComponentRenderContext {
+
+    DefaultWebViewRenderContext(ComponentContext componentContext, ComponentWriter writer) {
+        super(componentContext, writer);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public WebViewComponent create(
+            Resolved<? extends WebViewComponent> resolved,
+            Map<String, Object> attr,
+            Object[] constructorArgs
+    ) {
+        final WebViewComponent created;
+        if (resolved instanceof ResolvedStringType<? extends WebViewComponent> resolvedStringType) {
+            created = resolvedStringType.componentFactory().create(
+                    resolvedStringType.typeName(),
+                    this.getComponentContext(),
+                    attr,
+                    constructorArgs
+            );
+        } else if (resolved instanceof ResolvedClassType<? extends WebViewComponent> resolvedClassType) {
+            created = resolvedClassType.componentFactory().create(
+                    resolvedClassType.alias(),
+                    resolvedClassType.requestedType(),
+                    this.getComponentContext(),
+                    attr,
+                    constructorArgs
+            );
+        } else {
+            throw new UnsupportedOperationException(
+                    "Cannot create from a Resolved that is not a ResolvedStringType or ResolvedClassType."
+            );
+        }
+        created.setContext(this.getComponentContext());
+        created.setChildren(new ArrayList<>());
+        return created;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public WebViewComponent create(
+            Resolved<? extends WebViewComponent> resolved,
+            Map<String, Object> attr,
+            Object[] constructorArgs,
+            Closure<Void> childrenClosure
+    ) {
+        final WebViewComponent created = this.create(resolved, attr, constructorArgs);
+        childrenClosure.setDelegate(created);
+        childrenClosure.setResolveStrategy(Closure.DELEGATE_FIRST);
+        final List<Object> children = new ArrayList<>();
+        childrenClosure.call(children);
+        created.setChildren(children);
+        return created;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ViewComponent createFragment(WebViewComponent fragment, Closure<Void> childrenClosure) {
+        final List<Object> children = new ArrayList<>();
+        childrenClosure.call(children);
+        fragment.setChildren(children);
+        fragment.setContext(this.getComponentContext());
+        return fragment;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/web-views/src/main/java/groowt/view/web/runtime/WebViewComponentChildCollector.java b/web-views/src/main/java/groowt/view/web/runtime/WebViewComponentChildCollector.java
deleted file mode 100644
index ec197eb..0000000
--- a/web-views/src/main/java/groowt/view/web/runtime/WebViewComponentChildCollector.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-package groowt.view.web.runtime;
-
-import groovy.lang.GString;
-import groowt.view.component.ViewComponent;
-import groowt.view.web.WebViewComponentChild;
-
-import java.util.List;
-
-public interface WebViewComponentChildCollector {
-    void add(String jString);
-    void add(GString gString);
-    void add(ViewComponent component);
-    List<WebViewComponentChild> getChildren();
-}
diff --git a/web-views/src/main/java/groowt/view/web/runtime/WebViewComponentChildCollectorClosure.java b/web-views/src/main/java/groowt/view/web/runtime/WebViewComponentChildCollectorClosure.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 9c9de82..0000000
--- a/web-views/src/main/java/groowt/view/web/runtime/WebViewComponentChildCollectorClosure.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-package groowt.view.web.runtime;
-
-import groovy.lang.Closure;
-import groowt.view.component.ComponentTemplate;
-
-public class WebViewComponentChildCollectorClosure extends Closure<Object> {
-
-    public static Closure<?> get(ComponentTemplate template, Closure<?> collectorClosure) {
-        return new WebViewComponentChildCollectorClosure(template, collectorClosure);
-    }
-
-    private final ComponentTemplate template;
-    private final Closure<?> collectorClosure;
-
-    private WebViewComponentChildCollectorClosure(ComponentTemplate template, Closure<?> collectorClosure) {
-        super(template, template);
-        this.template = template;
-        this.collectorClosure = collectorClosure;
-    }
-
-    public ComponentTemplate getTemplate() {
-        return this.template;
-    }
-
-    public Object doCall(WebViewComponentChildCollector childCollector) {
-        return this.collectorClosure.call(childCollector);
-    }
-
-}
diff --git a/web-views/src/main/java/groowt/view/web/runtime/WebViewComponentRenderContext.java b/web-views/src/main/java/groowt/view/web/runtime/WebViewComponentRenderContext.java
index 4fc34eb..ded92b0 100644
--- a/web-views/src/main/java/groowt/view/web/runtime/WebViewComponentRenderContext.java
+++ b/web-views/src/main/java/groowt/view/web/runtime/WebViewComponentRenderContext.java
@@ -1,14 +1,30 @@
 package groowt.view.web.runtime;
 
+import groovy.lang.Closure;
 import groowt.view.component.ViewComponent;
 import groowt.view.component.runtime.RenderContext;
 import groowt.view.web.WebViewComponent;
-import org.jetbrains.annotations.ApiStatus;
-import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
+
+import java.util.Map;
 
 public interface WebViewComponentRenderContext extends RenderContext {
 
-    @ApiStatus.Internal
-    ViewComponent createFragment(WebViewComponent fragment, WebViewComponentChildCollectorClosure cl);
+    Map<String, Object> EMPTY_ATTR = Map.of();
+    Object[] EMPTY_CONSTRUCTOR_ARGS = {};
+
+    WebViewComponent create(
+            Resolved<? extends WebViewComponent> resolved,
+            Map<String, Object> attr,
+            Object[] constructorArgs
+    );
+
+    WebViewComponent create(
+            Resolved<? extends WebViewComponent> resolved,
+            Map<String, Object> attr,
+            Object[] constructorArgs,
+            Closure<Void> childrenClosure
+    );
+
+    ViewComponent createFragment(WebViewComponent fragment, Closure<Void> childrenClosure);
 
 }
diff --git a/web-views/src/main/java/groowt/view/web/transpile/AppendOrAddStatementFactory.java b/web-views/src/main/java/groowt/view/web/transpile/AppendOrAddStatementFactory.java
index 8c56e8e..2e5697a 100644
--- a/web-views/src/main/java/groowt/view/web/transpile/AppendOrAddStatementFactory.java
+++ b/web-views/src/main/java/groowt/view/web/transpile/AppendOrAddStatementFactory.java
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ public interface AppendOrAddStatementFactory {
         ADD, APPEND
     }
 
-    Statement addOnly(BodyChildNode sourceNode, TranspilerState state, Expression rightSide);
-    Statement appendOnly(BodyChildNode sourceNode, TranspilerState state, Expression rightSide);
     Statement addOrAppend(BodyChildNode sourceNode, TranspilerState state, Function<Action, Expression> getRightSide);
 
     default Statement addOrAppend(BodyChildNode sourceNode, TranspilerState state, Expression rightSide) {
diff --git a/web-views/src/main/java/groowt/view/web/transpile/DefaultAppendOrAddStatementFactory.java b/web-views/src/main/java/groowt/view/web/transpile/DefaultAppendOrAddStatementFactory.java
index 0308c90..c95264b 100644
--- a/web-views/src/main/java/groowt/view/web/transpile/DefaultAppendOrAddStatementFactory.java
+++ b/web-views/src/main/java/groowt/view/web/transpile/DefaultAppendOrAddStatementFactory.java
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 package groowt.view.web.transpile;
 
 import groovy.lang.Tuple2;
-import groowt.view.web.ast.NodeUtil;
 import groowt.view.web.ast.node.BodyChildNode;
-import groowt.view.web.ast.node.ComponentNode;
-import groowt.view.web.ast.node.GStringBodyTextNode;
 import groowt.view.web.transpile.TranspilerUtil.TranspilerState;
 import org.codehaus.groovy.ast.expr.*;
 import org.codehaus.groovy.ast.stmt.ExpressionStatement;
@@ -29,8 +26,8 @@ public class DefaultAppendOrAddStatementFactory implements AppendOrAddStatementF
             BodyChildNode bodyChildNode,
             Expression rightSide,
             VariableExpression target,
-            String methodName,
-            boolean addLineAndColumn
+            String methodName // ,
+            // boolean addLineAndColumn
     ) {
         final ArgumentListExpression args;
         if (rightSide instanceof ArgumentListExpression argumentListExpression) {
@@ -39,33 +36,31 @@ public class DefaultAppendOrAddStatementFactory implements AppendOrAddStatementF
             args = new ArgumentListExpression();
             args.addExpression(rightSide);
         }
-        if (addLineAndColumn &&
-                NodeUtil.isAnyOfType(bodyChildNode.asNode(), GStringBodyTextNode.class, ComponentNode.class)) {
-            this.addLineAndColumn(bodyChildNode, args);
-        }
+//        if (addLineAndColumn &&
+//                NodeUtil.isAnyOfType(bodyChildNode.asNode(), GStringBodyTextNode.class, ComponentNode.class)) {
+//            this.addLineAndColumn(bodyChildNode, args);
+//        }
         final MethodCallExpression outExpression = new MethodCallExpression(target, methodName, args);
         return new ExpressionStatement(outExpression);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public Statement addOnly(BodyChildNode bodyChildNode, TranspilerState state, Expression rightSide) {
+    protected Statement addOnly(BodyChildNode bodyChildNode, TranspilerState state, Expression rightSide) {
         return this.doCreate(
                 bodyChildNode,
                 rightSide,
-                new VariableExpression(state.getCurrentChildCollector()),
-                TranspilerUtil.ADD,
-                false
+                state.getCurrentChildList(),
+                TranspilerUtil.ADD //,
+                // false
         );
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public Statement appendOnly(BodyChildNode bodyChildNode, TranspilerState state, Expression rightSide) {
+    protected Statement appendOnly(BodyChildNode bodyChildNode, TranspilerState state, Expression rightSide) {
         return this.doCreate(
                 bodyChildNode,
                 rightSide,
-                new VariableExpression(state.getWriter()),
-                TranspilerUtil.APPEND,
-                true
+                state.getWriter(),
+                TranspilerUtil.APPEND //,
+                // false
         );
     }
 
@@ -75,7 +70,7 @@ public class DefaultAppendOrAddStatementFactory implements AppendOrAddStatementF
             TranspilerState state,
             Function<Action, Expression> getRightSide
     ) {
-        if (state.hasCurrentChildCollector()) {
+        if (state.hasCurrentChildList()) {
             return this.addOnly(bodyChildNode, state, getRightSide.apply(Action.ADD));
         } else {
             return this.appendOnly(bodyChildNode, state, getRightSide.apply(Action.APPEND));
diff --git a/web-views/src/main/java/groowt/view/web/transpile/DefaultComponentTranspiler.java b/web-views/src/main/java/groowt/view/web/transpile/DefaultComponentTranspiler.java
index 751d6bd..10a295a 100644
--- a/web-views/src/main/java/groowt/view/web/transpile/DefaultComponentTranspiler.java
+++ b/web-views/src/main/java/groowt/view/web/transpile/DefaultComponentTranspiler.java
@@ -2,11 +2,8 @@ package groowt.view.web.transpile;
 
 import groowt.view.component.context.ComponentResolveException;
 import groowt.view.component.runtime.ComponentCreateException;
-import groowt.view.component.runtime.RenderContext;
 import groowt.view.web.WebViewComponentBugError;
 import groowt.view.web.ast.node.*;
-import groowt.view.web.runtime.WebViewComponentChildCollector;
-import groowt.view.web.runtime.WebViewComponentChildCollectorClosure;
 import groowt.view.web.transpile.resolve.ComponentClassNodeResolver;
 import groowt.view.web.transpile.util.GroovyUtil;
 import groowt.view.web.transpile.util.GroovyUtil.ConvertResult;
@@ -25,11 +22,7 @@ import static groowt.view.web.transpile.TranspilerUtil.*;
 
 public class DefaultComponentTranspiler implements ComponentTranspiler {
 
-    private static final ClassNode CHILD_COLLECTOR_TYPE = ClassHelper.make(WebViewComponentChildCollector.class);
     private static final ClassNode FRAGMENT_TYPE = ClassHelper.make(GROOWT_VIEW_WEB + ".lib.Fragment");
-    private static final ClassNode RESOLVED_TYPE = ClassHelper.make(RenderContext.Resolved.class);
-    private static final ClassNode CHILD_COLLECTOR_CLOSURE_TYPE =
-            ClassHelper.make(WebViewComponentChildCollectorClosure.class);
     private static final ClassNode COMPONENT_RESOLVE_EXCEPTION_TYPE = ClassHelper.make(ComponentResolveException.class);
     private static final ClassNode COMPONENT_CREATE_EXCEPTION_TYPE = ClassHelper.make(ComponentCreateException.class);
 
@@ -71,27 +64,17 @@ public class DefaultComponentTranspiler implements ComponentTranspiler {
 
     /* UTIL */
 
-    private void addLineAndColumn(Node sourceNode, ArgumentListExpression args) {
-        final var lineAndColumn = lineAndColumn(sourceNode.getTokenRange().getStartPosition());
-        args.addExpression(lineAndColumn.getV1());
-        args.addExpression(lineAndColumn.getV2());
-    }
-
     protected String getComponentName(int componentNumber) {
         return "c" + componentNumber;
     }
 
     /* RESOLVED DECLARATION */
 
-    // RenderContext.Resolved c0Resolved
+    // def c0Resolved
     protected Statement getResolvedDeclaration(TranspilerState state) {
-        final ClassNode resolvedType = RESOLVED_TYPE.getPlainNodeReference();
-        resolvedType.setGenericsTypes(
-                new GenericsType[] { new GenericsType(WEB_VIEW_COMPONENT_TYPE) }
-        );
         final var resolvedVariable = new VariableExpression(
                 this.getComponentName(state.newComponentNumber()) + "Resolved",
-                    resolvedType
+                    ClassHelper.dynamicType()
         );
         state.pushResolved(resolvedVariable);
         final var declarationExpr = new DeclarationExpression(
@@ -253,10 +236,10 @@ public class DefaultComponentTranspiler implements ComponentTranspiler {
 
     /* TYPED COMPONENT DECLARATION */
 
-    // ViewComponent c0
+    // def c0
     protected Statement getTypedComponentDeclaration(TranspilerState state) {
         final VariableExpression componentVariable = new VariableExpression(
-                this.getComponentName(state.getCurrentComponentNumber()), WEB_VIEW_COMPONENT_TYPE
+                this.getComponentName(state.getCurrentComponentNumber()), ClassHelper.dynamicType()
         );
         state.pushComponent(componentVariable);
         state.getCurrentScope().putDeclaredVariable(componentVariable);
@@ -285,7 +268,11 @@ public class DefaultComponentTranspiler implements ComponentTranspiler {
     // [key: value, ...]
     protected MapExpression getAttrMap(List<AttrNode> attributeNodes, TranspilerState state) {
         if (attributeNodes.isEmpty()) {
-            throw new WebViewComponentBugError(new IllegalArgumentException("attributeNodes cannot be empty."));
+            throw new WebViewComponentBugError(new IllegalArgumentException(
+                    "Did not expect attributeNodes to be empty. " +
+                            "If you intend to have it empty, use instead a static reference to " +
+                            "WebViewRenderContext.EMPTY_ATTR."
+            ));
         }
         final var result = new MapExpression();
         attributeNodes.stream()
@@ -315,91 +302,108 @@ public class DefaultComponentTranspiler implements ComponentTranspiler {
 
     /* COMPONENT CHILDREN */
 
-    // c0cc.add (jString | gString | component)
-    protected Statement getChildCollectorAdd(Variable childCollector, Expression toAdd) {
-        final VariableExpression childCollectorVariableExpr = new VariableExpression(childCollector);
-        final MethodCallExpression methodCall = new MethodCallExpression(
-                childCollectorVariableExpr,
-                "add",
-                new ArgumentListExpression(List.of(toAdd))
+    // c0childList << (jString | gString | component)
+    protected Statement getChildListAdd(Parameter childList, Expression toAdd) {
+        final BinaryExpression leftShiftExpression = new BinaryExpression(
+                new VariableExpression(childList),
+                getLeftShiftToken(),
+                toAdd
         );
-        return new ExpressionStatement(methodCall);
+        return new ExpressionStatement(leftShiftExpression);
     }
 
-    // { WebViewComponentChildCollector c0cc -> ... }
-    protected ClosureExpression getChildCollectorClosure(
+    // { List c0childList -> ... }
+    protected ClosureExpression getChildrenClosure(
             BodyNode bodyNode,
             TranspilerState state
     ) {
-        final Parameter ccParam = new Parameter(
-                CHILD_COLLECTOR_TYPE,
-                this.getComponentName(state.getCurrentComponentNumber()) + "cc"
+        final ClassNode childListType = ClassHelper.LIST_TYPE.getPlainNodeReference();
+        childListType.setGenericsTypes(new GenericsType[] { new GenericsType(ClassHelper.OBJECT_TYPE) });
+        final Parameter childListParam = new Parameter(
+                childListType,
+                this.getComponentName(state.getCurrentComponentNumber()) + "childList"
         );
 
         final var scope = state.pushScope();
-        scope.putDeclaredVariable(ccParam);
-        state.pushChildCollector(ccParam);
+        scope.putDeclaredVariable(childListParam);
+        state.pushChildList(childListParam);
 
         final BlockStatement bodyStatements = this.getBodyTranspiler().transpileBody(
                 bodyNode,
-                (sourceNode, expr) -> this.getChildCollectorAdd(ccParam, expr),
+                (sourceNode, expr) -> this.getChildListAdd(childListParam, expr),
                 state
         );
 
         // clean up
-        state.popChildCollector();
+        state.popChildList();
         state.popScope();
 
         return new ClosureExpression(
-                new Parameter[] { ccParam },
+                new Parameter[] { childListParam },
                 bodyStatements
         );
     }
 
-    protected StaticMethodCallExpression getChildCollectorGetter(
-            BodyNode bodyNode,
-            TranspilerState state
-    ) {
-        final ArgumentListExpression args = new ArgumentListExpression();
-        args.addExpression(VariableExpression.THIS_EXPRESSION);
-        args.addExpression(this.getChildCollectorClosure(bodyNode, state));
-
-        return new StaticMethodCallExpression(
-                CHILD_COLLECTOR_CLOSURE_TYPE,
-                "get",
-                args
-        );
-    }
-
     /* TYPED COMPONENT CREATE: expression and statement */
 
-    // context.create(...) {...}
+    // context.create(resolved, attr, constructorArgs) { ... }
     protected MethodCallExpression getTypedComponentCreateExpression(
             TypedComponentNode componentNode,
             TranspilerState state
     ) {
         final var createArgs = new ArgumentListExpression();
 
-        createArgs.addExpression(new VariableExpression(state.getCurrentResolved()));
-
-        final List<AttrNode> attributeNodes = componentNode.getArgs().getAttributes();
-        if (!attributeNodes.isEmpty()) {
-            createArgs.addExpression(this.getAttrMap(attributeNodes, state));
+        final VariableExpression resolvedVariableExpression;
+        final Variable currentResolved = state.getCurrentResolved();
+        if (currentResolved instanceof VariableExpression) {
+            resolvedVariableExpression = (VariableExpression) currentResolved;
+        } else {
+            resolvedVariableExpression = new VariableExpression(currentResolved);
         }
+        createArgs.addExpression(resolvedVariableExpression);
+
+        final List<AttrNode> attrNodes = componentNode.getArgs().getAttributes();
+        if (attrNodes.isEmpty()) {
+            final ClassExpression webViewComponentRenderContextClassExpression = new ClassExpression(
+                    WEB_VIEW_COMPONENT_RENDER_CONTEXT_TYPE
+            );
+            final PropertyExpression emptyAttrMapPropertyExpression = new PropertyExpression(
+                    webViewComponentRenderContextClassExpression,
+                    "EMPTY_ATTR"
+            );
+            createArgs.addExpression(emptyAttrMapPropertyExpression);
+        } else {
+            createArgs.addExpression(this.getAttrMap(attrNodes, state));
+        }
+
         final ComponentConstructorNode constructorNode = componentNode.getArgs().getConstructor();
-        if (constructorNode != null) {
-            this.getConstructorArgs(constructorNode).forEach(createArgs::addExpression);
+        if (constructorNode == null) {
+            final ClassExpression webViewComponentRenderContextClassExpression = new ClassExpression(
+                    WEB_VIEW_COMPONENT_RENDER_CONTEXT_TYPE
+            );
+            final PropertyExpression emptyConstructorArgsPropertyExpression = new PropertyExpression(
+                    webViewComponentRenderContextClassExpression,
+                    "EMPTY_CONSTRUCTOR_ARGS"
+            );
+            createArgs.addExpression(emptyConstructorArgsPropertyExpression);
+        } else  {
+            final List<Expression> constructorArgs = this.getConstructorArgs(constructorNode);
+            final ArrayExpression constructorArgsArrayExpr = new ArrayExpression(
+                    ClassHelper.OBJECT_TYPE,
+                    constructorArgs
+            );
+            createArgs.addExpression(constructorArgsArrayExpr);
         }
 
         final @Nullable BodyNode bodyNode = componentNode.getBody();
         if (bodyNode != null) {
-            createArgs.addExpression(this.getChildCollectorGetter(bodyNode, state));
+            createArgs.addExpression(this.getChildrenClosure(bodyNode, state));
         }
 
         return new MethodCallExpression(new VariableExpression(state.getRenderContext()), "create", createArgs);
     }
 
-    // c0 = context.create(context.resolve(''), [:], ...) {...}
+    // c0 = context.create(context.resolve(''), [:], new Object[] { ... }) {...}
     protected ExpressionStatement getTypedComponentCreateStatement(
             TypedComponentNode componentNode,
             TranspilerState state
@@ -463,7 +467,7 @@ public class DefaultComponentTranspiler implements ComponentTranspiler {
 
     /* FRAGMENT COMPONENT */
 
-    // context.createFragment(new Fragment(), <child cl>)
+    // context.createFragment(new Fragment()) { ... }
     protected MethodCallExpression getFragmentCreateExpression(
             FragmentComponentNode componentNode,
             TranspilerState state
@@ -472,7 +476,7 @@ public class DefaultComponentTranspiler implements ComponentTranspiler {
                 FRAGMENT_TYPE,
                 ArgumentListExpression.EMPTY_ARGUMENTS
         );
-        final Expression ccClosure = this.getChildCollectorGetter(componentNode.getBody(), state);
+        final Expression ccClosure = this.getChildrenClosure(componentNode.getBody(), state);
 
         final ArgumentListExpression args = new ArgumentListExpression(List.of(fragmentConstructor, ccClosure));
 
@@ -496,7 +500,7 @@ public class DefaultComponentTranspiler implements ComponentTranspiler {
             final Statement addOrAppend = this.getAppendOrAddStatementFactory().addOrAppend(
                     componentNode,
                     state,
-                    new VariableExpression(state.getCurrentComponent())
+                    (VariableExpression) state.getCurrentComponent()
             );
 
             // cleanup
diff --git a/web-views/src/main/java/groowt/view/web/transpile/DefaultGroovyTranspiler.java b/web-views/src/main/java/groowt/view/web/transpile/DefaultGroovyTranspiler.java
index 86addef..b37c6eb 100644
--- a/web-views/src/main/java/groowt/view/web/transpile/DefaultGroovyTranspiler.java
+++ b/web-views/src/main/java/groowt/view/web/transpile/DefaultGroovyTranspiler.java
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import groowt.view.web.ast.node.PreambleNode;
 import groowt.view.web.compiler.MultipleWebViewComponentCompileErrorsException;
 import groowt.view.web.compiler.WebViewComponentTemplateCompileException;
 import groowt.view.web.compiler.WebViewComponentTemplateCompileUnit;
-import groowt.view.web.runtime.DefaultWebViewComponentRenderContext;
+import groowt.view.web.runtime.DefaultWebViewRenderContext;
 import groowt.view.web.transpile.resolve.ClassLoaderComponentClassNodeResolver;
 import groowt.view.web.transpile.util.GroovyUtil;
 import org.codehaus.groovy.ast.*;
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public class DefaultGroovyTranspiler implements GroovyTranspiler {
 
     private static final ClassNode FIELD_ANNOTATION = ClassHelper.make(Field.class);
     private static final ClassNode RENDER_CONTEXT_IMPLEMENTATION =
-            ClassHelper.make(DefaultWebViewComponentRenderContext.class);
+            ClassHelper.make(DefaultWebViewRenderContext.class);
 
     protected TranspilerConfiguration getConfiguration(
             WebViewComponentTemplateCompileUnit compileUnit,
@@ -183,7 +183,6 @@ public class DefaultGroovyTranspiler implements GroovyTranspiler {
         moduleNode.addStarImport(GROOWT_VIEW_WEB + ".lib");
         moduleNode.addImport(COMPONENT_TEMPLATE.getNameWithoutPackage(), COMPONENT_TEMPLATE);
         moduleNode.addImport(COMPONENT_CONTEXT_TYPE.getNameWithoutPackage(), COMPONENT_CONTEXT_TYPE);
-        moduleNode.addImport(WEB_VIEW_COMPONENT_TYPE.getNameWithoutPackage(), WEB_VIEW_COMPONENT_TYPE);
         moduleNode.addStarImport("groowt.view.component.runtime");
         moduleNode.addStarImport(GROOWT_VIEW_WEB + ".runtime");
 
@@ -209,7 +208,7 @@ public class DefaultGroovyTranspiler implements GroovyTranspiler {
         final Parameter writerParam = new Parameter(COMPONENT_WRITER_TYPE, COMPONENT_WRITER_NAME);
         final VariableExpression renderContextVariable = new VariableExpression(
                 RENDER_CONTEXT_NAME,
-                RENDER_CONTEXT_TYPE
+                WEB_VIEW_COMPONENT_RENDER_CONTEXT_TYPE
         );
 
         // closure body
@@ -284,8 +283,9 @@ public class DefaultGroovyTranspiler implements GroovyTranspiler {
                                                     ));
                                                 }
                                                 return expr;
-                                            }),
-                                            state
+                                            }
+                                    ),
+                                    state
                             )
             );
         }
diff --git a/web-views/src/main/java/groowt/view/web/transpile/TranspilerUtil.java b/web-views/src/main/java/groowt/view/web/transpile/TranspilerUtil.java
index bb9e9e8..05a44a0 100644
--- a/web-views/src/main/java/groowt/view/web/transpile/TranspilerUtil.java
+++ b/web-views/src/main/java/groowt/view/web/transpile/TranspilerUtil.java
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ public final class TranspilerUtil {
     public static final ClassNode COMPONENT_TEMPLATE = ClassHelper.make(ComponentTemplate.class);
     public static final ClassNode COMPONENT_CONTEXT_TYPE = ClassHelper.make(ComponentContext.class);
     public static final ClassNode COMPONENT_WRITER_TYPE = ClassHelper.make(ComponentWriter.class);
-    public static final ClassNode RENDER_CONTEXT_TYPE = ClassHelper.make(WebViewComponentRenderContext.class);
+    public static final ClassNode WEB_VIEW_COMPONENT_RENDER_CONTEXT_TYPE = ClassHelper.make(WebViewComponentRenderContext.class);
     public static final ClassNode WEB_VIEW_COMPONENT_TYPE = ClassHelper.make(WebViewComponent.class);
 
     public static final String GROOWT_VIEW_WEB = "groowt.view.web";
@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@ public final class TranspilerUtil {
         return new Token(Types.ASSIGN, "=", -1, -1);
     }
 
+    public static Token getLeftShiftToken() {
+        return new Token(Types.LEFT_SHIFT, "<<", -1, -1);
+    }
+
     public static final class TranspilerState {
 
         public static TranspilerState withRootScope(
@@ -71,15 +75,17 @@ public final class TranspilerUtil {
             final VariableScope rootScope = new VariableScope();
             rootScope.putDeclaredVariable(new Parameter(COMPONENT_CONTEXT_TYPE, COMPONENT_CONTEXT_NAME));
             rootScope.putDeclaredVariable(new Parameter(COMPONENT_WRITER_TYPE, COMPONENT_WRITER_NAME));
-            rootScope.putDeclaredVariable(new VariableExpression(RENDER_CONTEXT_NAME, RENDER_CONTEXT_TYPE));
+            rootScope.putDeclaredVariable(new VariableExpression(RENDER_CONTEXT_NAME,
+                    WEB_VIEW_COMPONENT_RENDER_CONTEXT_TYPE
+            ));
             return new TranspilerState(rootScope);
         }
 
         private final AtomicInteger componentNumberCounter = new AtomicInteger();
         private final Deque<VariableScope> scopeStack = new LinkedList<>();
-        private final Deque<Variable> componentStack = new LinkedList<>();
-        private final Deque<Variable> resolvedStack = new LinkedList<>();
-        private final Deque<Variable> childCollectorStack = new LinkedList<>();
+        private final Deque<VariableExpression> componentStack = new LinkedList<>();
+        private final Deque<VariableExpression> resolvedStack = new LinkedList<>();
+        private final Deque<Parameter> childListStack = new LinkedList<>();
         private final List<ComponentTemplateCompileException> errors = new ArrayList<>();
 
         private int lastComponentNumber;
@@ -112,10 +118,6 @@ public final class TranspilerUtil {
             return Objects.requireNonNull(this.scopeStack.peek());
         }
 
-        public void putToCurrentScope(Variable variable) {
-            this.getCurrentScope().putDeclaredVariable(variable);
-        }
-
         private Variable getDeclaredVariable(String name) {
             VariableScope scope = this.getCurrentScope();
             while (scope != null) {
@@ -129,15 +131,15 @@ public final class TranspilerUtil {
             throw new NullPointerException("Cannot find variable: " + name);
         }
 
-        public Variable getWriter() {
-            return this.getDeclaredVariable(COMPONENT_WRITER_NAME);
+        public VariableExpression getWriter() {
+            return new VariableExpression(this.getDeclaredVariable(COMPONENT_WRITER_NAME));
         }
 
-        public Variable getRenderContext() {
-            return this.getDeclaredVariable(RENDER_CONTEXT_NAME);
+        public VariableExpression getRenderContext() {
+            return (VariableExpression) this.getDeclaredVariable(RENDER_CONTEXT_NAME);
         }
 
-        public void pushComponent(Variable componentVariable) {
+        public void pushComponent(VariableExpression componentVariable) {
             this.componentStack.push(componentVariable);
         }
 
@@ -145,11 +147,11 @@ public final class TranspilerUtil {
             this.componentStack.pop();
         }
 
-        public Variable getCurrentComponent() {
+        public VariableExpression getCurrentComponent() {
             return Objects.requireNonNull(this.componentStack.peek());
         }
 
-        public void pushResolved(Variable resolvedVariable) {
+        public void pushResolved(VariableExpression resolvedVariable) {
             this.resolvedStack.push(resolvedVariable);
         }
 
@@ -157,24 +159,25 @@ public final class TranspilerUtil {
             this.resolvedStack.pop();
         }
 
-        public Variable getCurrentResolved() {
+        public VariableExpression getCurrentResolved() {
             return Objects.requireNonNull(this.resolvedStack.peek());
         }
 
-        public void pushChildCollector(Variable childCollector) {
-            this.childCollectorStack.push(childCollector);
+        public void pushChildList(Parameter childCollector) {
+            this.childListStack.push(childCollector);
         }
 
-        public void popChildCollector() {
-            this.childCollectorStack.pop();
+        public void popChildList() {
+            this.childListStack.pop();
         }
 
-        public Variable getCurrentChildCollector() {
-            return Objects.requireNonNull(this.childCollectorStack.peek());
+        public VariableExpression getCurrentChildList() {
+            final Parameter childCollectorParam = Objects.requireNonNull(this.childListStack.peek());
+            return new VariableExpression(childCollectorParam);
         }
 
-        public boolean hasCurrentChildCollector() {
-            return this.childCollectorStack.peek() != null;
+        public boolean hasCurrentChildList() {
+            return this.childListStack.peek() != null;
         }
 
         public void addError(ComponentTemplateCompileException error) {
diff --git a/web-views/src/test/groovy/groowt/view/web/BaseWebViewComponentTests.groovy b/web-views/src/test/groovy/groowt/view/web/BaseWebViewComponentTests.groovy
index a758d7f..61fd437 100644
--- a/web-views/src/test/groovy/groowt/view/web/BaseWebViewComponentTests.groovy
+++ b/web-views/src/test/groovy/groowt/view/web/BaseWebViewComponentTests.groovy
@@ -1,16 +1,11 @@
 package groowt.view.web
 
 import groowt.view.component.factory.ComponentFactories
-import groowt.view.component.factory.ComponentFactory
 import groowt.view.web.lib.AbstractWebViewComponentTests
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
 
 class BaseWebViewComponentTests extends AbstractWebViewComponentTests {
 
-    private static final ComponentFactory<Greeter> greeterFactory = WebViewComponentFactories.withAttr(Greeter) {
-        new Greeter(it)
-    }
-
     static final class Greeter extends BaseWebViewComponent {
 
         private final String target
@@ -50,8 +45,9 @@ class BaseWebViewComponentTests extends AbstractWebViewComponentTests {
     @Test
     void nestedGreeter() {
         def context = this.context {
-            this.configureContext(it)
-            currentScope.add(Greeter, greeterFactory)
+            getRootScope(DefaultWebViewComponentScope).with {
+                addWithAttr(Greeter)
+            }
         }
         this.doTest('<BaseWebViewComponentTests.Greeter target="World" />', 'Hello, World!', context)
     }
@@ -59,9 +55,10 @@ class BaseWebViewComponentTests extends AbstractWebViewComponentTests {
     @Test
     void doubleNested() {
         def context = this.context {
-            this.configureContext(it)
-            currentScope.add(UsingGreeter, ComponentFactories.ofSupplier { new UsingGreeter() })
-            currentScope.add(Greeter, greeterFactory)
+            getRootScope(DefaultWebViewComponentScope).with {
+                addWithAttr(Greeter)
+                add(UsingGreeter, ComponentFactories.ofSupplier { new UsingGreeter() })
+            }
         }
         this.doTest('<BaseWebViewComponentTests.UsingGreeter />', 'Hello, World!', context)
     }
diff --git a/web-views/src/test/groovy/groowt/view/web/lib/EchoTests.groovy b/web-views/src/test/groovy/groowt/view/web/lib/EchoTests.groovy
index 82d27e2..56b4c21 100644
--- a/web-views/src/test/groovy/groowt/view/web/lib/EchoTests.groovy
+++ b/web-views/src/test/groovy/groowt/view/web/lib/EchoTests.groovy
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 package groowt.view.web.lib
 
-
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
 
 class EchoTests extends AbstractWebViewComponentTests {
@@ -20,4 +19,9 @@ class EchoTests extends AbstractWebViewComponentTests {
         this.doTest('<Echo>Hello, World!</Echo>', 'Hello, World!')
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void childrenCanUseProperties() {
+        this.doTest('<Echo greeting="Hello, World!">$greeting</Echo>', 'Hello, World!')
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/web-views/src/test/groovy/groowt/view/web/lib/FragmentTests.groovy b/web-views/src/test/groovy/groowt/view/web/lib/FragmentTests.groovy
index 16c4566..ccc35b5 100644
--- a/web-views/src/test/groovy/groowt/view/web/lib/FragmentTests.groovy
+++ b/web-views/src/test/groovy/groowt/view/web/lib/FragmentTests.groovy
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 package groowt.view.web.lib
 
 import groowt.view.web.BaseWebViewComponent
+import groowt.view.web.DefaultWebViewComponentScope
 import groowt.view.web.WebViewComponentContext
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
 
-import static groowt.view.web.WebViewComponentFactories.withAttr
-
 class FragmentTests extends AbstractWebViewComponentTests {
 
     static class Greeter extends BaseWebViewComponent {
@@ -21,8 +20,9 @@ class FragmentTests extends AbstractWebViewComponentTests {
 
     @Override
     void configureContext(WebViewComponentContext context) {
-        def greeterFactory = withAttr(Greeter, Greeter.&new)
-        context.currentScope.add(Greeter, greeterFactory)
+        context.getRootScope(DefaultWebViewComponentScope).with {
+            addWithAttr(Greeter)
+        }
     }
 
     @Test
diff --git a/web-views/src/test/groovy/groowt/view/web/lib/IntrinsicHtmlTests.groovy b/web-views/src/test/groovy/groowt/view/web/lib/IntrinsicHtmlTests.groovy
index 796f015..1d64189 100644
--- a/web-views/src/test/groovy/groowt/view/web/lib/IntrinsicHtmlTests.groovy
+++ b/web-views/src/test/groovy/groowt/view/web/lib/IntrinsicHtmlTests.groovy
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 package groowt.view.web.lib
 
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Disabled
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
 
 class IntrinsicHtmlTests extends AbstractWebViewComponentTests {
@@ -21,9 +20,8 @@ class IntrinsicHtmlTests extends AbstractWebViewComponentTests {
     }
 
     @Test
-    @Disabled('Until we figure out nested closure delegates')
     void canUseEchoAttrPropertyViaContext() {
-        this.doTest('<Echo greeting="Hello!"><p>${context}</p></Echo>', '<p>Hello!</p>')
+        this.doTest('<Echo greeting="Hello!"><p>$greeting</p></Echo>', '<p>Hello!</p>')
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/web-views/src/tools/groovy/groowt/view/web/tools/ConvertToGroovy.groovy b/web-views/src/tools/groovy/groowt/view/web/tools/ConvertToGroovy.groovy
index 3c6ad35..2b0e09f 100644
--- a/web-views/src/tools/groovy/groowt/view/web/tools/ConvertToGroovy.groovy
+++ b/web-views/src/tools/groovy/groowt/view/web/tools/ConvertToGroovy.groovy
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@ package groowt.view.web.tools
 
 import groovy.console.ui.AstNodeToScriptVisitor
 import groowt.view.component.compiler.source.ComponentTemplateSource
+import groowt.view.component.compiler.util.GroovyClassWriter
+import groowt.view.component.compiler.util.SimpleGroovyClassWriter
 import groowt.view.web.compiler.AnonymousWebViewComponent
 import groowt.view.web.compiler.WebViewComponentTemplateCompileUnit
-import org.codehaus.groovy.tools.GroovyClass
 import picocli.CommandLine
 
 import java.util.concurrent.Callable
@@ -48,15 +49,12 @@ class ConvertToGroovy implements Callable<Integer> {
 
     @CommandLine.Option(
             names = ['-d', '--classesDir'],
-            description = 'If the GroovyCompiler outputs classes, where to write them.'
+            description = 'If the GroovyCompiler outputs classes, where to write them, relative to the target.',
+            defaultValue = 'classes'
     )
     File classesDir
 
-    private void writeClass(File classesDir, GroovyClass groovyClass) {
-        new File(classesDir, groovyClass.name + '.class').withOutputStream {
-            it.write(groovyClass.bytes)
-        }
-    }
+    private final GroovyClassWriter groovyClassWriter = new SimpleGroovyClassWriter()
 
     @Override
     Integer call() throws Exception {
@@ -85,12 +83,11 @@ class ConvertToGroovy implements Callable<Integer> {
                 }
 
                 if (this.doClasses) {
-                    def classesDir = this.classesDir != null
-                            ? this.classesDir
-                            : new File(target.parentFile, 'classes')
-                    classesDir.mkdirs()
-                    this.writeClass(classesDir, compileResult.templateClass)
-                    compileResult.otherClasses.each { this.writeClass(classesDir, it) }
+                    def classesDir = target.parentFile.toPath().resolve(this.classesDir.toPath())
+                    this.groovyClassWriter.writeTo(classesDir, compileResult.templateClass)
+                    compileResult.otherClasses.each {
+                        this.groovyClassWriter.writeTo(classesDir, it)
+                    }
                 }
 
                 return true