Here are the slides from my nodeconf talk last year. Not much about building properly, but some approachable info about how a native module works in node. Hope it helps.
http://marcorogers.com/nodeconf-2011/node_addons_presentation.html :Marco On Saturday, April 21, 2012 6:50:49 PM UTC-7, Ryan Cole wrote: > > Hello, > > I'm learning how to write C++ modules, for Node.js. I'm sort of > brute-forcing my learning by looking at examples, referencing the > documentation for v8 and trial and error. The only two modules that I can > seem to think of, as a reference, are hiredis-node and node.bcrypt.js. Both > have helped me get to where I am now, which is able to compile a base > skeleton module, using node-gyp. Are there any other modules that are > written in C++ that would be simple + good to reference? > > For example, I'm currently trying to write a module that simply wraps and > exposes a class from an existing third-party lib, HDF5. I've got it all > written to the point where I think I am supposed to initialize an object of > that class I want to expose, but when I include the code to initialize it, > I cannot `require` it from within Node. It will compile, but I cannot > require it. I do not think it is actually compiling properly. The HDF5 lib > comes with a special wrapper binary around g++ that sets up the compile > environment for you, so I guess I need to figure out how to tell node-gyp > to use that. > > My code is here, if anyone wants to take a peek: > https://github.com/ryancole/node-hdf5 > > Thanks > On Saturday, April 21, 2012 6:50:49 PM UTC-7, Ryan Cole wrote: > > Hello, > > I'm learning how to write C++ modules, for Node.js. I'm sort of > brute-forcing my learning by looking at examples, referencing the > documentation for v8 and trial and error. The only two modules that I can > seem to think of, as a reference, are hiredis-node and node.bcrypt.js. Both > have helped me get to where I am now, which is able to compile a base > skeleton module, using node-gyp. Are there any other modules that are > written in C++ that would be simple + good to reference? > > For example, I'm currently trying to write a module that simply wraps and > exposes a class from an existing third-party lib, HDF5. I've got it all > written to the point where I think I am supposed to initialize an object of > that class I want to expose, but when I include the code to initialize it, > I cannot `require` it from within Node. It will compile, but I cannot > require it. I do not think it is actually compiling properly. The HDF5 lib > comes with a special wrapper binary around g++ that sets up the compile > environment for you, so I guess I need to figure out how to tell node-gyp > to use that. > > My code is here, if anyone wants to take a peek: > https://github.com/ryancole/node-hdf5 > > Thanks > -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to nodejs@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en
