README.md

Ø(Riven)

Riven is a bare minimum flow-based programming framework (eg: math & conditional). Nodes have 2 ways of communicating with each other, one is a send/receive pattern, the other, a request/answer pattern. Despite its minimal toolset, it can be expanded into a complete web framework.

The Ø Selector

You are given a node selection tool Ø(), you can type the character with alt+shift+O(Alt +0216). If you are on Windows, or cannot easily type this character, try wrapping this function into a character of your choosing, like function R(a){ return Ø(a); }.

Create a node

Ø("template").create({x:2,y:2}) will create a template node at 2,2.

Select a node

Ø("template") will select the template node.

Connect a node

Ø("template").connect("parser") will connect the template node to the parser node.

You can also connect to multiple nodes at once with Ø("template").connect(["parser","console"]). The Ø("template").bind("parser") will create both a connection and a syphon between the 2 nodes.

Communication

.Send()

Ø("template").send("hello") will send "hello" to all receiving connected nodes.

.Receive()

Ø("template").receive(q) => {}, method is triggered by send().

.Request()

Ø("template").request("cake") will request "cake" from all answering connected nodes.

.Answer()

Ø("template").answer("cake"), method is triggered by request().

Extras

.Bang()

Ø("template").bang(), is a convenience method equivalent to .send(true), will send true to all receiving connected nodes.

.Signal()

Looks for a connected node(receiving/answering) with the parameter id, Ø("template").signal("parser").send("hello"). Will send "hello", directly to the parser node.

Mesh

You can group nodes into scopes with .mesh(pos,[nodes]) to visually groups the nodes into a single element that can be moved as one.

Ø("template").mesh({x:2,y:2},[
  Ø("parser").create({x:1,y:2}),
  Ø("header").create({x:2,y:3})
])

That's it!

This framework does nothing else, but it does this well.

Enjoy.