nvdnkpr / interpreter

Node.js Interpreter for iOS 7

Interpreter

This an example project implementing a Node.JS interpreter as an iOS app, utilising the Nodelike framework.

Nodelike is a project to implement a roughly Node.JS-compatible interface using JavaScriptCore.framework on iOS 7 and OS X Mavericks.

(JavaScriptCore hasn't been available before iOS 7, and on OS X the project makes extensive use of the newly-updated 10.9-only Objective-C API. Previously on 10.8 there existed only a very low-level and very verbose C API.)

This is currently in a very incomplete state. It could, however, become usable over the following weeks.

The goals

• to be drop-in compatible with the current nodejs master
• to be very lightweight
• to reuse javascript code from node (/lib)
• to provide the most minimal binding that is possible (via libuv)
• NOT to archieve Node.js performance (this is meant as a client-side, not a server-side application)
• NOT to be backwards-compatible (nodejs cutting edge and newest iOS/OS X required)

How to compile

You first need to fetch the submodules. Do so by: git submodule update --init --recursive

Afterwards, just open Interpreter.xcodeproj, build the app and you're all set!

How to use the app

You can enter Javascript code into the TextView and execute that via a tap on the Execute button. After each execution, when the result of the executed script is not undefined, a popover will appear containing that result.

Have fun!

What's working right now

• process: .cwd(), .chdir(), .argv, .env, .exit(), .nextTick()
• require() for native modules
• fs: everything except .write()
• timers
• util
• url
• events
• path
• stream
• querystring
• punycode
• assert