waddup

Table of contents

• Usage
• Size
• API
• Support
• Development

Breaking change notice

If you were using v1.x.x, there are a few changes when moving to v2.x.x:

• Map polyfill may be required depending on your targeted browser support (check [support])
  • Previously used standard objects, Map change was to allow non-string objects
• Subscribe handlers now receive a single parameter, an object with data and topic as properties
  • Previously received topic and then data as individual parameters, change was to allow avoidance of topic reference if not needed

Usage

// ES2015
import waddup from "waddup";
 
// or you can import individual functions
import { getSubscriptions, publish, subscribe, unsubscribe } from "waddup";
 
// CommonJS
const waddup = require("waddup").default;
 
// script
const waddup = window.waddup;

Size

• Uncompressed: 14.8kB
• Minified: 3.39kB
• Minified and gzipped: 1.5kB

API

publish(topic)

Publish a topic, usually upon some other event. This topic can be subscribed to by an unlimited number of functions, and can be any object type.

• topic {*} required
  • Any object you want to use as a unique identifier
• data {*} optional
  • Data that is passed to the second argument of the subscription

import { publish } from "waddup";
 
const div = document.getElementById("div");
 
div.addEventListener("click", () => {
  // go classic and use a string
  publish("div-clicked");
 
  // or use whatever you want
  publish(div, {
    id: div.id
  });
});

subscribe(topic[, options][, fn]])

returns {number} id of subscription, or {Array<number>} of ids based on topic(s) passed

Subscribe to a topic, so that a specific function you pass in will be executed upon each publishing of that topic.

• topic(s) {*|Array<*>} required
  • Topic(s) to which you are subscribing
• options {object} optional, defaults to fn
  • Options passed to subscription action
  • Available options:
    • maxPublishCount {number} defaults to Infinity
• fn {function} required
  • Function that will be executed upon each publishing of given topic

import { subscribe } from "waddup";
 
// do a standard subscription
const div = document.getElementById("div");
 
const persistentSubscription = subscribe(div, ({ data, topic }) => {
  console.log(topic, data);
});
 
// or provide options
const options = {
  maxPublishCount: 1
};
const oneTimeSubscription = subscribe("div-clicked", options, ({ topic }) => {
  console.log(`This callback for ${topic} will only be fired once.`);
});
 
// or do multiple subscriptions that use the same handler at once
const subscriptions = subscribe([div, "div-clicked"], ({ topic }) => {
  console.log(`${topic} will fire for either one of the published events!`);
});

unsubscribe(id)

Remove subscription(s) to a topic based on subscription id passed in.

• id(s) {number|Array<number>} required
  • Single id, or array of ids, to remove subscriptions for

import {
  subscribe
  unsubscribe
} from 'waddup';
 
// unsubscribe a single id
const id = subscribe('foo', () => {});
 
unsubscribe(id);
 
// or multiples
const otherId = subscribe('bar', () => {});
 
unsubscribe([id, otherId]);

getSubscriptions([...topics]);

returns {Array<Object>|Object|Map} either the complete list of subscriptions, a subset Array of subscriptions, or a single subscription

Convenience function to see subscriptions that are currently active. If no topics are passed you get the complete list, or if you pass a topic you get that subscription, or if you pass multiple topics you get an Array of matching subscriptions.

import { getSubscriptions, subscribe } from "waddup";
 
const array = ["bar", "baz"];
 
subscribe("foo", () => {
  console.log("foo");
});
subscribe(array, () => {
  console.log("array");
});
 
const subscriptions = getSubscriptions(); // Map {"foo" =>

Support

Support for the following browsers natively:

• Edge (all)
• Chrome
• Chrome for Android
• Firefox
• Firefox Mobile
• Opera (25+)
• Safari (7.1+)
• Safari Mobile (8+)
• Internet Explorer (11+)

Support for the following browsers when including polyfill for Map:

• Opera (15-)
• Safari (7-)
• Safari Mobile (7.1-)
• Internet Explorer (9-10)
• Android Browser (all)
• Opera Mobile (all)

Development

Standard practice, clone the repo and npm i to get the dependencies. The following npm scripts are available:

• build => build unminified dist version with source map and NODE_ENV=development via webpack
• build-minified => build minified dist version with NODE_ENV=production via webpack
• dev => start webpack playground App for eyeball testing
• lint => run ESLint on all files in src folder (also runs on dev script)
• prepublish => run lint, test, transpile, build, and build-minified scripts
• test => run AVA with NODE_ENV=test on all files in test folder
• test:watch => run same script as test but keep persistent watcher
• transpile => run Babel on all files in src folder (transpiled to lib folder)