Running Node Applications on iOS and Android
- 1. Running Node Applications on iOS and Android Ugur Kadakal, PhD Cofounder and CEO Nubisa, Inc.
- 3. “Node.js® is a platform built on Chrome's JavaScript runtime for easily building fast, scalable network applications. Node.js uses an event-driven, non-blocking I/O model that makes it lightweight and efficient, perfect for data- intensive real-time applications that run across distributed devices.” Source: nodejs.org
- 4. How popular is Node.JS?
- 5. Job Trends - Absolute Source: indeed.com
- 6. Job Trends - Relative Source: indeed.com
- 7. Module Counts Data Source: modulecounts.com/ Maven Central (Java), 106712 npm (node.js), 151767 nuget (.NET), 37165 Packagist (PHP), 60050 Rubygems.org, 102004 0 20000 40000 60000 80000 100000 120000 140000 160000
- 8. Monthly Module Downloads Source: npmjs.org
- 9. Many Enterprises Already Using Node in Production
- 10. Why is Node.JS so popular?
- 11. Faster development and deployment
- 12. Node.js allows front-end developers to handle both client and server development
- 13. Flexible skill sets and fast learning curve
- 14. Node.JS is for server applications
- 16. JavaScript Platforms for Mobile Development
- 17. What about Node.JS and Node modules?
- 18. Node is built on Google V8 engine
- 19. V8 uses Just-In-Time (JIT) compiling to execute JavaScript code
- 20. JIT is not allowed on iOS
- 21. We forked Node and created JXcore
- 22. Our goal was to run Node on mobile devices by replacing V8 with another JS engine
- 23. It was not an easy task
- 24. We not only replaced V8 with SpiderMonkey but also built an abstraction layer for developers to choose which engine to use
- 25. Abstraction layer isolated Node core from JS engines
- 26. We also developed a Cordova plugin Visit github.com/jxcore/jxcore-cordova for details
- 27. You can now develop iOS apps with Cordova and JXcore Visit modernweb.com/2015/03/19/develop-an-ios-application- with-node-js-and-cordova/ for details
- 28. What’s next for JXcore?
- 29. Stability
- 30. Extending JXcore to other JS engines: JavaScriptCore? Chakra?
- 31. Extending Node to IoTs by embedding a lightweight JS engine like Duktape
- 32. JXcore is open source (MIT) We welcome contributions