CommonJS support

[manuelstofer]

It would be great if ChuckT could get loaded as CommonJS module. This could allow to use ChuckT with ws or other websocket libraries for evented server-server communication on node.js.

And it would also allow to use ChuckT with component or browserify.
What do you think?

[manuelstofer]

I think ChuckT and ChuckT-node could may be even get merged into one module since both just operate on a websocket. We would have to add the server like callback functionality into ChuckT. This way applications could also initiate events with callbacks from the server. Would be cool if ChuckT would just use a websocket like object as transport layer without making any assumption about client / server.

[manuelstofer]

I actually want to use ChuckT in my application also for server-server communication so i implemented this functionality. The chuckt-client only needed some small changes to also run as server on node.js over SockJS-node and ws. (Without using chuckt-node). Think its cool to be client / server agnostic.

I also added also some jasmine specs and examples:
https://github.com/manuelstofer/chuckt/tree/unify-client-server

Let me know what you think about.

[epixa]

Interesting idea. If it doesn't make chuckt harder to use or maintain, I'm not against it. But I do think I need more time to consider it.

[manuelstofer]

It does not change how chuckt is used in the browser. I also think it should be a bit easier to maintain because you would not have to maintain chuckt-node anymore.

[manuelstofer]

Any news on this?

[epixa]

I'm definitely for making chuckt CommonJS compatible and having a single module that can power both the client and server. I haven't gotten a chance to experiment with it yet, but my main concern is how to make that happen without making it harder to maintain. I'm going to have some time next week to work on my open source stuff though, so I'll see what I can put together.