@gjsify/events

GJS implementation of the Node.js events module. Provides EventEmitter, once, on, and listenerCount.

Part of the gjsify project — Node.js and Web APIs for GJS (GNOME JavaScript).

Installation

gjsify install @gjsify/events

# npm or yarn also work (e.g. adding it to an existing project):
npm install @gjsify/events
yarn add @gjsify/events

Usage

import { EventEmitter } from '@gjsify/events';

const emitter = new EventEmitter();
emitter.on('data', (msg) => console.log(msg));
emitter.emit('data', 'hello');

Inspirations and credits

• https://github.com/EventEmitter2/EventEmitter2
• https://github.com/browserify/events
• https://github.com/geut/brode/blob/main/packages/browser-node-core/src/events.js
• https://github.com/denoland/deno_std/blob/main/node/_events.mjs

License

MIT