Fiberit

This is just a copy of the wait.for implementation of luciotato/Wait.for but in Typescript.

Sequential programming for node.js, end of callback hell. Simple, straightforward abstraction over Fibers.

By using wait.for, you can call any nodejs standard async function in sequential/Sync mode, waiting for result data, without blocking node's event loop (thanks to fibers)

A nodejs standard async function is a function in which the last parameter is a callback: function(err,data)

Advantages:

• Avoid callback hell / pyramid of doom
• Simpler, sequential programming when required, without blocking node's event loop (thanks to fibers)
• Simpler, try-catch exception programming. (default callback handler is: if (err) throw err; else return data)
• You can also launch multiple parallel non-concurrent fibers.
• No multi-threaded debugging nightmares, only one fiber running at a given time (thanks to fibers)
• Can use any node-standard async function with callback(err,data) as last parameter.
• Plays along with node programming style. Write your async functions with callback(err,data), but use them in sequential/SYNC mode when required.
• Plays along with node cluster. You design for one thread/processor, then scale with cluster on multicores.

Install

With npm installed, run

$ npm install --save fiberit

Usage

import { Fiberit } from 'fiberit';

const someAsyncFunction = (param: number, cb: NodeCallback<number>) => setTimeout(() => cb(null, param * 2), 100);

Fiberit.launchFiber(() => {
  const result = Fiberit.for(someAsyncFunction, 5);
  console.log(result); // 10
})

API

Fiberit.launchFiber(fn)

Calls the function inside a fiber.

fn

Required Type: Function

Function to run inside the fiber

Fiberit.for(asyncFunction, params)

Calls the function inside a fiber.

asyncFunction

Required Type: Function

Async function with node-style callback

params

Type: any

N parameters that will be passed to the asyncFunction

Fiberit.forMethod(object, method, params)

Calls the function inside a fiber.

object

Required Type: Object

Object that has the method that will be called inside the fiber

method

Required Type: String

Method of the object with node-style callback

params

Type: any

N parameters that will be passed to the object.method

Fiberit.forPromise(object, method, params)

Calls the function inside a fiber.

object

Required Type: Object

Object that has the method that will be called inside the fiber

method

Required Type: String

Method of the object which return a Promise

params

Type: any

N parameters that will be passed to the object.method