Node Children

Concurrent tasks computation among nodejs child processes

Features

• Evented API (with EventEmitter2)
• Auto-respawn dead processes
• Underscore methods available on child processes

NPM

Install module with: npm install children

Documentation

Usage

var children = require('children')(path.resolve(__dirname, './worker2.js'), {
  // @see Manager.defaults
});

children.start(function(){
  // Or listen to the `ready` event

  children.send("hello world");
});

children is a collection of child process that implements ~28 underscore methods

> children.pluck('pid')
[ 47494, 47495, 47496, 47497 ]

Available events

ready(children)
respawning:child(child, children)
spawning:child(child, children)
spawned:child(child, children)
killing:child(child, children)
killed:child(child, children, exitCode, signalCode)

Todo

• Update documentation
• Better examples

Release History

v0.1.0 - Initial commit (17 fev. 2012)

License

Copyright (c) 2013 Francois-Guillaume Ribreau
Licensed under the MIT license.