Node.js Native Add-ons from zero to hero

Talk for Codemotion Rome 2018 https://rome2018.codemotionworld.com/conference/

Abstract

This talk is about creating Node.js interfaces for native libraries written in C or C++. It starts with various situations in which you need to build native addons and the common problems in doing that. I'll discuss the reference provided by the new N-API (Node-API) that helps mantainers to support a wide variety of Node.js releases without needing recompilation or abstraction layers. With all these tools and knowledge I'll show you how to build some addons from scratch and how to convert existing addons using the new N-API. The last part is related to future developments about addons.

Slides

Examples

• First simple example

• Pass function

• Async worker

• Key value database

• Emit events

• Stream and Native addon-ons

C++ references

• Programming - Principles and Practice Using C++

• C++ Concurrency in Action

JavaScript references

• Understanding ECMAScript 6

• Exploring ES6

• Functional JavaScript

Node.js documentation and good references

• Node.js documentation API

• Node.js Design Pattern

• Node.js 8 the Right Way

• Node Cookbook - Third Edition

Node.js C / C ++ Addons

Documenttation of Node.js Native Addons

N-API

Documentation for N-API

Node Addon API

Header-only C++ wrapper classes for the ABI-stable Node.js API

Node.js API (N-API) Package

Web resources

• How I ported bcrypt to new N-API
• N-API the next API for Native Addons
• N-API Next generation Node API for native modules
• Speed up Your Node.js App with Native Addons
• Start with N-API
• How to get a performance boost using Node.js native addons

Nicola Del Gobbo

https://github.com/NickNaso/

https://www.npmjs.com/~nicknaso

https://twitter.com/NickNaso

Acknowledgements

Thank you to all people that encourage me every day.

License

Licensed under Apache license V2