What is gopher?
Gopher is a simple JS pub/sub system.
Gopher is tiny. The minified version is less than 500 Bytes.
Gopher broadcasts synchronously and in-order of subscription.
Gopher is compatible with node (CommonJs), RequireJS, and browsers.
What isn't gopher?
Gopher has no bells and whistles.
Gopher does not allow for sub-topic subscriptions.
Example // Usage
function outputToConsole(message) {
console.log(message);
}
var messages = [];
function storeMessage(message) {
messages.push(message);
}
gopher("notification").subscribe(outputToConsole);
gopher("notification").subscribe(storeMessage);
gopher("notification").broadcast("Message one.");
gopher("notification").broadcast("Message two.");
gopher("notification").unsubscribe(outputToConsole);
gopher("notification").broadcast("Message three.");
console.log(messages);
// Console
// --------------------------------------
// >>> Message one.
// >>> Message two.
// >>> [ 'Message one.', 'Message two.', 'Message three.' ]