make node-httpp as module instead of fork of node.js

[InstantWebP2P]

make node-httpp as addon or module is prefer, than fork of node.js.

[legege]

This is much needed, and would drive adoption.

[No9]

Started a UDT module myself then rediscovered this so I thought I would get in touch. Would like to help on this but not sure where to start....

[sequoiar]

@No9

three choices to make UDT as node.js module:

1. make UDT library as libuv addon
2. rewrite UDT protocol with libuv API
3. rewrite UDT protocol with Node.js udp API

for item 1, I did write one, but not fully tested. you can start from https://github.com/InstantWebP2P/libuvpp/tree/v0.8-uvudt/uvudt

for item 2, I prefer, but I have no bandwidth on it so far.

for item 3, someone did it, like https://github.com/bigeasy/udt. but, UDT needs the exact timer and dedicated thread/worker to maintain it's state machine. I did doubt on this approach against Node.js single thread model.

[No9]

@sequoiar

1. I think this would make the work more complex than it needs to be. We would not be able to utilse the default loop in node.js
2. I think this is the option Are we not just taking this https://github.com/InstantWebP2P/udt4/blob/master/udt4/app/appserver.cpp getting rid of the pthread for libuv and then putting a node.js API infront ot it?
3. Yes I made the same mistake too :) https://gitlab.com/venshare/udpdt There is an interesting none UDT spec approach that could be event driven but that is research after this is I suppose.

[sequoiar]

@No9

that's ok, you can put node.js API on UDT library directly.
But, if you are going implement TCP-compatible API over UDT and integrate these API to Node.js default loop, the work should be still complex compare to make UDT as libuv addon. :)

[No9]

@sequoiar

:) Very good point!

I have made some progress on this and have a UDT server that the sample app https://github.com/InstantWebP2P/udt4/blob/master/udt4/app/appclient.cpp talks too.

Do you have a https://gitlab.com/ account btw? You can use you github login.

[sequoiar]

@No9 this one https://gitlab.com/s/iwebpp

[No9]

Added you there :)

[bog]

Very interested in progress here. Any word?

[No9]

@bog There is a lot of work in making this a node_module. I am currently building a wrapper around UDT and then going to see what the next steps would be.

[No9]

It still has the multi-threading issue raised by @sequoiar and a lot of other things wrong but this sample now goes end to end https://gitlab.com/no9/udt4

[sequoiar]

@No9 great work.