Makeen Core

As the name states this plugin is the core of all other Makeen plugins by providing shared functionality such as:

• createServer logic for creating a Hapi.js server and loading its plugins (exported as a node module member function)
• createServiceBus logic for creating a Octobus.js service bus required by service containers (exposed as a server method)
• createStore logic for creating octobus mongodb storage required by service containers(exposed as a server method)

Under the hood Makeen Core uses hapi-octobus, a Hapi.js adapter plugin for Octobus.js.

The following Octobus.js constructs are being extensively used:

• MessageBus
• ServiceBus

Octobus.js promotes a modular message driven architecture where you develop services called SeviceContainers which encapsulate cohesive logic and allow inter-service communication by way of messages.

A ServiceBus is concerned with creating, managing and invoking published services. Each service will require a MessageBus which is a lower layer concerned with message transportation, by default this uses the node EventEmitter class but can be configured to rely on HTTP transport such that you can enable cross-process communication between services running on different processes/locations.

Requirements

• Node v6 or higher

Installation

npm install makeen-core