Getting your C++ to the Web with Node.js

This repository is the code for a blog series I wrote here. It's designed to outline a few ways to take legacy C++ (or new C++) and integrate it with Node.js.

Build instructions

First... get the code:

> git clone https://github.com/bangbay/cppwebify-tutorial.git

Step 1: Install node-gyp

This is required for building all the C++ example projects, including the addons.

> npm install -g node-gyp

Step 2: Build the examples

This tutorial includes 6 seperate C++ projects and one web (express) project. You'll only run the web app, but you need to build all the C++ apps. I've included a grunt script to take care of the entire build process (which is explained in the tutorial).

Go into the /web directory and to build everything just type:

> npm install

which installs the web and grunt build dependencies... and then

> npm run cpp

which builds the C++ examples. If you want to remove the build artifacts (clean), just type:

> npm run cleanup

Run the web app

The web app has links to invoke all the C++ examples. Just go to /web and type:

> npm start