timer2

timer2 is an evented timer.

Installation

$ npm install timer2

Quick start

First you need to add a reference to timer2 to your application.

const Timer = require('timer2');

Then you are able to create new timers by calling the Timer constructor with the desired timeout in milliseconds.

const timer = new Timer(100);

The timer then periodically emits tick events. You can subscribe to these events using the usual EventEmitter functions, such as on and once.

timer.on('tick', () => {
  // ...
});

Please remember that you need to unsubscribe from the tick event if you do not need the timer any longer. For that you can use the usual EventEmitter functions, such as removeListener and removeAllListeners.

Creating immediate timers

By default, timers do not start immediately, but wait for the specified number of milliseconds before emitting the first tick event. If you need a timer that starts immediately, provide an options object to the constructor and set its immediate property to true.

const timer = new Timer(100, {
  immediate: true
});

Creating wobbling timers

Normally, the timer ticks at a constant rate. If you want to make ticking a little unreliable, you can specify a variation for the timeout. This means, e.g. if you specify a timeout of 2000 ms and a variation of 500 ms, you will get ticks between every 1500 ms and 2500 ms.

To enable wobbling, provide a variation property within the options object and set its value to the desired number of milliseconds.

const timer = new Timer(2000, {
  variation: 500
});

Stopping and restarting timers

You can stop a running timer at an arbitrary point in time. For that you need to call its stop function.

timer.stop();

To restart a stopped timer call its start function accordingly.

timer.start();

Destroying timers

If you don't longer need a timer you have to stop it and remove all subscribers.

timer.stop();
timer.removeAllListeners();

Alternatively, you may use the convenience function destroy that does all the necessary things for you.

timer.destroy();

Running the build

To build this module use roboter.

$ bot

License

The MIT License (MIT) Copyright (c) 2013-2018 the native web.

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