C++ ABI Node.js Addon Hello World

Info

• a simple parameter hello world example
• a more complex async worker hello world example
• build in the new Node.js N-API (ABI)
• using the C++ wrapper node-addon-api

Requires

• Node.js >= 8.6.0
• yarn npm i -g yarn
• CPP compiler like gcc

Install & Run

• yarn # make sure that node-gyp installation succeeds
• yarn configure # prepares MAKE configuration
• yarn build # builds native addon to /build
• yarn start # runs Javascript that executes native addon's functions

Structure

• /lib/* javascript source
• /src/* C++ native addon source
• ./binding.gyp describes addon configuration for node-gyp
• ./addon.js uses bindings module to export native addon
• ./index.js requires javascript version of addon and executes