zeroc-icejs

Ice for JavaScript runtime

Install

You can install Ice for JavaScript with either npm or bower.

npm

$ npm install zeroc-icejs --save

This module also includes the browser version of Ice for JavaScript.

bower

$ bower install zeroc-icejs --save

Usage

npm

var Ice      = require('zeroc-icejs').Ice;
var Glacier2 = require('zeroc-icejs').Glacier2;
var IceStorm = require('zeroc-icejs').IceStorm;
var IceGrid  = require('zeroc-icejs').IceGrid;

var communicator = Ice.initialize(process.argv);
var proxy = communicator.stringToProxy("hello:tcp -h localhost -p 10000");

The npm package also includes the browser version of Ice for JavaScript. Refer to the bower documentation below, replacing bower_components with node_modules.

bower

Add the necessary <script> tags to your html to include the Ice for JavaScript components you require.

<script src="/bower_components/zeroc-icejs/lib/Ice.js"></script>
<script src="/bower_components/zeroc-icejs/lib/Glacier2.js"></script>
<script src="/bower_components/zeroc-icejs/lib/IceStorm.js"></script>
<script src="/bower_components/zeroc-icejs/lib/IceGrid.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
    var communicator = Ice.initialize();
    var proxy = communicator.stringToProxy("hello:ws -h localhost -p 10002");
</script>

Minified versions are available with the .min.js extension.

Documentation

See the Ice Documentation.

Slice2js Compiler

To compile Slice files to JavaScript see the following:

• zeroc-slice2js
• gulp-zeroc-slice2js

Demos

A collection of demos for Ice for JavaScript can be found here.