Browser altenatives to built-in node.js modules

This is used by browserify module. Initially these files were in node-browser-resolve but disappeared in v1.0.1 which broke browserify dependency. This module is that missing dependency.

Browser support

• Safari: latest
• Chrome: latest
• Firefox: latest
• Opera: latest
• Internet Explore: 8, 9, 10

Documentation

Requireing this module gives you a simple map between the modulename and a filepath to the module containing the shim. You can then point to these files in your pseudo-node implementation. Note that beyond the nodecore modules there is also a process module, there mimics global.process in node.

require('browser-builtins');

{
  assert: '/user/node_modules/browser-builtins/builtin/assert.js',
  child_process: '/user/node_modules/browser-builtins/builtin/child_process.js',
  cluster: '/user/node_modules/browser-builtins/builtin/cluster.js',
  dgram: '/user/node_modules/browser-builtins/builtin/dgram.js',
  dns: '/user/node_modules/browser-builtins/builtin/dns.js',
  domain: '/user/node_modules/browser-builtins/builtin/domain.js',
  events: '/user/node_modules/browser-builtins/builtin/events.js',
  fs: '/user/node_modules/browser-builtins/builtin/fs.js',
  https: '/user/node_modules/browser-builtins/builtin/https.js',
  net: '/user/node_modules/browser-builtins/builtin/net.js',
  path: '/user/node_modules/browser-builtins/builtin/path.js',
  process: '/user/node_modules/browser-builtins/builtin/process.js',
  querystring: '/user/node_modules/browser-builtins/builtin/querystring.js',
  readline: '/user/node_modules/browser-builtins/builtin/readline.js',
  repl: '/user/node_modules/browser-builtins/builtin/repl.js',
  stream: '/user/node_modules/browser-builtins/builtin/stream.js',
  string_decoder: '/user/node_modules/browser-builtins/builtin/string_decoder.js',
  sys: '/user/node_modules/browser-builtins/builtin/sys.js',
  timers: '/user/node_modules/browser-builtins/builtin/timers.js',
  tls: '/user/node_modules/browser-builtins/builtin/tls.js',
  tty: '/user/node_modules/browser-builtins/builtin/tty.js',
  url: '/user/node_modules/browser-builtins/builtin/url.js',
  util: '/user/node_modules/browser-builtins/builtin/util.js',
  punycode: '/user/node_modules/browser-builtins/node_modules/punycode/punycode.js',
  http: '/user/node_modules/browser-builtins/node_modules/http-browserify/index.js',
  vm: '/user/node_modules/browser-builtins/node_modules/vm-browserify/index.js',
  crypto: '/user/node_modules/browser-builtins/node_modules/crypto-browserify/index.js',
  console: '/user/node_modules/browser-builtins/node_modules/console-browserify/index.js',
  zlib: '/user/node_modules/browser-builtins/node_modules/zlib-browserify/index.js',
  buffer: '/user/node_modules/browser-builtins/node_modules/buffer-browserify/index.js',
  constants: '/user/node_modules/browser-builtins/node_modules/constants-browserify/constants.json',
  os: '/user/node_modules/browser-builtins/node_modules/os-browserify/browser.js'
}

Contribute

When you find a bug in this module and want to fix it its a good idea to follow these steps:

On a general note, please try to fix all issues either by coping from nodecore or by fixing it with a shim in the _shims file.

Also since this module isn't just for browserify, you should always require the Buffer module and avoid using the process object.

1. Add a test (preferably in a new file) with the name {modulename}-{issue}.js in the test/browser/ directory.
2. Check if the bug exists in node.js, if true goto bug in nodecore
3. Check if the module is outdated, if true goto outdated module
4. Check if the issue can be shimed, if true goto fix with shims
5. Sorry, as of this date all issues could be fixed with shims, you are on your own

bug in nodecore

1. Fix it in nodecore
2. When merged in nodecore goto outdated module

outdated module

1. Before you copy the module search for shims in the outdated module file.
2. Copypast the entire module from nodecore (checkout a stable branch).
3. Reimplement the shims from the outdated module file, git diff can help.
4. goto test in browsers

fix with shims

In the builtin directory there is a _shims.js file this contain all the currently necessary shims. Most of these are incomple and writen specific for this module collection. If you find that the current implementation is insufficient try to improve it. If it lacks a feature just added that shim, but try to keep the implementation at a minimum. Usually TypeError and similar can be omitted.

test in browsers

This module is currently not integrated with testling-ci, but you can run testling locally in order to run the tests.

1. First install: npm install -g testling and npm install -g browserify
2. cd intro this module directory
3. Run browserify --transform ./test/browserify-transform.js test/browser/* | testling -u
4. This gives you a url, go to that url in a modern browser (just not IE, even IE 10).
5. This will run the tests, if there was an issue you should fix it now
6. Run the tests again in IE 10, then IE 9 and at last IE 8 and fix any issues (see: fix with shims)
7. Test in the remaining supported browser, there shouldn't be any issues
8. You are done, make the Pull Request 👍

History

1. "Forked" from node-browser-resolve, originally written by Roman Shtylman (@shtylman).
2. Major update to node v0.10 and tests (@AndreasMadsen)