require in npm modules/packages not checking node_module folder

[emmanuelbuah]

@valentinstoychev Per comments at #103, I started work on integrating meteor and nativescript via npm modules. I run into an issue where require(..) doesn't check the node_modules folder relative to the calling script (similar to node), but rather only checks tns_module.

It this a bug?

[ligaz]

Hey @emmanuelbuah we are already working on this. You can check our progress here

[valentinstoychev]

@emmanuelbuah as @ligaz said - npm out of the box will be available soon - initial support in June. You can require the JS files manually. Please check this blog post. Please let us know if you need help.

[emmanuelbuah]

@ligaz @valentinstoychev Thanks for the update. I have about 3 dependency level deep (x requires y, y which requires z,..). I will try to resolve the issue by modifying each to reference the js file. If it proves to be unproductive, I will wait for the initial support and go from there. Thanks for the update.

[emmanuelbuah]

@ligaz @valentinstoychev Failed to communicate this. Meteor integration requires websocket which JSCore (iOS) doesn't support. I don't know if there is current a socket nativescript implementation/polyfill. If not, would I be right to create a module than exposes https://github.com/socketio/socket.io-client-swift for iOS socket support, similar to native-script implementation here https://github.com/kirkness/react-native-swift-socketio

[RangerMauve]

@emmanuelbuah I've also been thinking of doing a Websocket polyfill for NativeScript, but I was going to do Android first. As well I've been waiting for the NPM integration to get finalized before getting too much into it.

[emmanuelbuah]

@RangerMauve if the websocket implementation is just a wrapper to the os (android) socket implementation, you should be able to create a tns modules (in the tns_module folder) to provide the nativescript js api. Same here, with the socket io client, i should be able to create a tns_module and have it work.

In general, I think we should be able to expose ios/android websocket api via a tns websocket modules without having to wait till June. If you are interested, we can collaborate on a nativescript websocket module project with the follow struct in mind

tsn_modules/
 |--socket/
 |   |--- socket.ios.js (implement ios specific wrapper for socket)
 |   |--- socket.android.js (implement android specific wrapper for socket)
 |   |---  socket.common.js (define nativescript socket api/protocals + helper func)
 |   |--- package.json 

[RangerMauve]

@emmanuelbuah I'd definately be interested. My only real caveat is that I was planning to rely on the java-websocket library for the websocket implementation, and I'm not 100% sure how I would be integrating the dependency with everything else.

[ligaz]

It will be great if we can collaborate on a WebSocket implementation for NativeScript. I have provided a guidance how this can be implemented for Android in this issue.

For iOS there is well known library that we can reuse as well SocketRocket. @fealebenpae what do you think?

[fealebenpae]

SocketRocket is a good choice, although I'd go with PocketSocket myself.

Ideally I'd like to see if some of the WebSocket code within WebKit can be reused in order to have a true W3C-conforming WebSocket implementation, but we have a long ways to go before we can comfortably reuse WebKit code in NativeScript. I suppose a custom WebSocket API is a good first step, though.

[RangerMauve]

Well, that's the main reason that I was interested in java-websocket.. It's API is very similar to what exists in Browsers, so doing a NativeScript wrapper would be very simple.

[emmanuelbuah]

Cool. Do you need any help? More implementation details will be great.

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At least on WebSockets -- I have the Android side done; I'm currently
working on the IOS side... Hopefully released in a couple days. [image:
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[valentinstoychev]

@NathanaelA - this is great! Now we should try to run Firebase JS SDK on top of NativeScript. This was one of the showstoppers.

BTW: Make sure to work with @kiril-stanoev, he can help you get maximum visibility by including these on http://plugins.telerik.com. We will launch it soon for {N}.

[kshitizrimal]

Hi @NathanaelA I am just starting to use nativescript and I am from Meteor Background.. After reading the thread.. I feel very optimistic and I am anxiously waiting to use it on my project.. Thanx :)

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