Hey Mike. If you're interested, I published *Federation* ( http://underflow.ca/federation) which is intended for federated event emitting.
I haven't used hook.io so I can't really compare the two, but I can outline a few differences off the top of my head. Federation does not involve itself in restarting process, but is robust against failing processes. If a process fails, the network doesn't die. At most you'll get a message timeout notification. The default configuration uses Axon sockets, which buffer messages when no client is able to receive them. This helps prevent lost messages while processes are restarting. The routing of messages between hosts is handled via an external routing file. You don't have to change your code if you re-arrange hosts and IPs, just the config file. The config file supports direct, round-robin, and broadcast messaging. Federation processes can also act as routers with very little code, so it's possible to make complex networks. I am happy to work with anyone wanting to try it. - Jacob On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 8:28 PM, MikeB_2012 <majb2...@gmail.com> wrote: > Good replies (incl. amino). Here's where I'm coming from: > > a) I'm looking for the functionality that hook.io seems to have, an > 'event bus' (as mentioned > here<http://itc.conversationsnetwork.org/shows/detail5307.html#>) > and as described in the nicely illustrated "Hook.io for > Dummies"<http://ejeklint.github.com/2011/09/23/hook.io-for-dummies-part-1-overview/>. > The whole 'self-healing' mesh idea suits my purposes and reminds me of some > AI work I did last year where something vaguely similar was implemented in > Java (I provided algorithms, someone else wrote the Java) using the OSGI > framework; > b) For the past decade I have programmed in Matlab almost exclusively > (occasional C functions to speed up matlab). I've decided that > javascript/node.js will be my next languages and currently have 4 months > experience teaching myself. The learning curve has been pretty steep. > Browsers, servers, synchronous/asynchronous, collaboration software, IDE's, > etc. are a far cry from the very insular environment of matlab programming; > and > c) I've looked at the suggested alternatives to hook.io and cannot tell > whether they can provide the functionality I want (see a) ). I am happy to > fork hook.io. The mechanics of doing it are actually straightforward. > The challenge: I'm hardly qualified to progress the work at this point in > time, though I'm happy to collaborate to the extent I can with anyone. > > So: where do I go from here? Any constructive advice would be appreciated. > > Cheers, > Mike > > -- > -- > 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 > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "nodejs" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
