clocktick

clocktick

Clock-accurate timeout for Node.js and browser. Basically it is identical to setTimeout, but it triggers callback function precisely on the next second.

example

See an example here

accuracy

Accuracy should be around 1–2ms.

installation

npm install clocktick

usage

Usage is similar to setTimeout, but without delay parameter:

var tick = require('clocktick')
tick(callback, parameters...)

repeat

You can repeat the tick by just calling it again:

tick(callback)

function callback () {
  console.log('tick')
  tick(callback)
}

cancel

You can cancel the tick by using clearTimeout:

var timeout = tick(callback)

clearTimeout(timeout)

testing

Clone to desktop and then run following commands at clocktick folder:

npm install
npm test

building

npm install
npm run build