node-shims

This repository contains a basic set of shims for commonly used node API for use in Chrome Packaged Apps. Most notably net/tls (TCP socket) APIs. Unlike node-browser-builtins, which is used by browserify, we do not require an additional build step, since we use amdefine to build AMD modules that can be used in the browser via requirejs and node environments alike.

Usage

In a node enviroment, the native node API is provided. In a Chrome environment, the shims are used. This repo may serve as a drop-in replacement for the builtin node packages in your node module:

var shims = require('node-shims'),
    util = shims.util;

To run the tests in node, do the following:

> npm install
> npm test

To run the tests in Chrome as a Chrome packaged app, do the following:

> npm install
> grunt copy
> node test-server.js

open Chrome
go to chrome://extensions/ 
activate developer mode
load node-shims as unpacked extension
watch the tests pass

Feel free to drop a patch :)

License

If not stated otherwise, the contents of this library are MIT licensed.

Copyright © 2013 Whiteout Networks GmbH.

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
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to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
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SOFTWARE.

• node-tls uses crypto primitives from Forge by Digital Bazaar, Inc. which is licensed under BSD and GPL.
• node-buffer was originally written by Romain Beauxis, see here, licensed under MIT/X11 license.
• node-crypto uses crypto primitives from Forge by Digital Bazaar, Inc., licensed under BSD and GPL license.
• node-http was originally written by James Halliday, see here, licensed under MIT/X11 license.
• node-events, node-stream, node-string-decoder and node-url was originally written by Joyent, Inc. and other Node contributors, see here, licensed under MIT license.