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localcast
A shared event emitter that works across multiple processes on the same machine, including the browser!
localcast
A shared event emitter that works across multiple processes on the same machine, including the browser!
npm install localcast
Usage
First save the example below in file called example.js.
var localcast = require('localcast')
var cast = localcast()
cast.on('hello', function (data) {
console.log('hello', data)
})
cast.emit('hello', 'world')
Then try running the example in a terminal.
# in one terminal
$ node example.js
Running the above should print out hello world and keep the process running.
Then try running opening a new terminal and run the example again.
# in a new terminal
$ node example.js
Both the new and old terminal should print out hello world.
Now try browserifying the example
browserify example.js > bundle.js
echo '<html><body><script src="bundle.js"></script></body></html>' > example.html
Open example.html in a browser. Now both the browser and the two previous terminals should print out hello world!
API
var cast = localcast([name])
Create a new localcast event emitter.
Optionally you can give it a name if you are running multiple and want them to avoid clashing.
License
MIT
FAQs
A shared event emitter that works across multiple processes on the same machine, including the browser!
The npm package localcast receives a total of 1 weekly downloads. As such, localcast popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that localcast demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
Package last updated on 09 Mar 2017
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