@swim/mesh

@swim/mesh implements a multiplexed streaming WARP client that runs in both Node.js and web browsers. @swim/mesh can be used in concert with the @swim/ui user interface toolkits to build massively real-time streaming applications. @swim/mesh is part of the broader @swim/system framework.

Framework

The @swim/mesh umbrella package depends on, and re-exports, the following component libraries:

• @swim/warp (npm, doc) – WebSocket protocol for dynamically multiplexing large numbers of bidirectional links to streaming API endpoints, called lanes, of URI-addressed distributed objects, called nodes, that run stateful distributed processes, called Web Agents.
• @swim/client (npm, doc) – streaming API client for linking to lanes of stateful Web Agents using the WARP protocol, enabling massively real-time applications that continuously synchronize all shared states with ping latency.

@swim/mesh builds on the @swim/core framework; it has no additional dependencies when run in a web browser, and depends only on a WebSocket implementation when run in Node.js.

Installation

npm

For an npm-managed project, npm install @swim/mesh to make it a dependency. TypeScript sources will be installed into node_modules/@swim/mesh/main. Transpiled JavaScript and TypeScript definition files install into node_modules/@swim/mesh/lib/main. And a pre-built UMD script, which bundles all @swim/mesh component libraries, can be found in node_modules/@swim/mesh/dist/main/swim-mesh.js.

Browser

Browser applications can load swim-mesh.js, along with its swim-core.js dependency, from the SwimOS CDN.

<!-- Development -->
<script src="https://cdn.swimos.org/js/latest/swim-core.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.swimos.org/js/latest/swim-mesh.js"></script>

<!-- Production -->
<script src="https://cdn.swimos.org/js/latest/swim-core.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.swimos.org/js/latest/swim-mesh.min.js"></script>

Alternatively, the standalone swim-system.js script may be loaded from the SwimOS CDN, which bundles @swim/mesh together with all other @swim/system frameworks.

<!-- Development -->
<script src="https://cdn.swimos.org/js/latest/swim-system.js"></script>

<!-- Production -->
<script src="https://cdn.swimos.org/js/latest/swim-system.min.js"></script>

Usage

ES6/TypeScript

@swim/mesh can be imported as an ES6 module from TypeScript and other ES6-compatible environments. All component libraries are re-exported by the umbrella @swim/mesh module.

import * as swim from "@swim/mesh";

CommonJS/Node.js

@swim/mesh can also be used as a CommonJS module in Node.js applications. All component libraries are re-exported by the umbrella @swim/mesh module.

var swim = require("@swim/mesh");

Browser

When loaded by a web browser, the swim-mesh.js script adds all component library exports to the global swim namespace. The swim-mesh.js script requires that swim-core.js has already been loaded.

The swim-system.js script also adds all @swim/mesh component library exports to the global swim namespace, making it a drop-in replacement for swim-mesh.js when additional @swim/system frameworks are needed.