vi-io is under development

vi-io

vi-io is a light-weight frame work for IO services (inspired by koa.io). vi-io focuses on the following features

• Light-weight
• Flexiblity

Install

Install vi-io with npm

npm install vi-io

Get started

Start a server for any tcp connections:

var io = require('vi-io');
var app = io();
app.use(function*(next){
    //Handle connect event
    yield next;
    //Handle close event
});
app.route('data', function*(next){
    var data = this.args[0].toString();
    this.socket.write('Data Got : ' + data);
});
app.listen(8300);

Besides tcp, http and websocket connections are also supported. Use io.io to switch :

Http

var app = io();
app.io(io.http); 
app.use(function*(next){
    //Handle with this.req and this.res
    this.res.write("Hello?");
    yield next;
});
//app.route is not supported for the builtin http
app.listen(8300);

WebSocket

var app = io();
app.io(io.ws);
app.use(function*(next){
    //Handle when connect
    yield next;
    //Handle when disconnect
});
app.route('message', function*(){
    var message = this.args[0];
    this.client.send("Message Got : " + message);
});
io.listen(8300);

Socket.io

var realtime = io()
realtime.io(io.socketio);
realtime.use(function*(next){
    //Handle when connect
    yield next;
    //Handle when disconnect
});
realtime.route('foo', function*(){
    var message = this.args[0];
    this.client.send("Message [foo] Got : " + message);
});
io.listen(8300);

Websocket & socket.io

The difference between websocket and socket.io is :

websocket supports the native websocket protocol, which means in the browser side, use

var ws = new WebSocket('ws://localhost:8300');

to create a connection;

socket.io supports the fully developed realtime system based on websocket. In the browser side you need to use socket.io too, like :

var socket = io('http://localhost:8300');

Attach

If you have run the example socket.io, you may feel need to run a http server on the same port. vi-io provides an easy way to attach one io to another. In the socket.io case, we need to attach socket.io to http :

var app      = io().io(io.http);
var realtime = io().io(io.socketio);
app.attach(realtime);
//alias
//realtime.attachTo(app);
app.listen(8300);

More features to be developed...