xmpp2

[sonnyp]

So we want to modernize and modularize node-xmpp here is the roadmap.

Server is left out on purpose for the time being.

Roadmap

• switch to monorepo
  • node-xmpp PR
  • node-xmpp-core PR
  • node-xmpp-server PR
  • node-xmpp-component PR PR
  • node-xmpp-client PR PR PR
  • node-xmpp-jid PR
  • node-xmpp-stanza PR
  • update README.md, package.jsons, links PR
• Move every independent pieces to different packages something like
  • client
    • @xmpp/client-bosh
    • @xmpp/client-tcp
    • @xmpp/client-connection
    • @xmpp/client-websocket
    • FIXME what about auth?
  • @xmpp/component
  • core
    • @xmpp/connection
    • @xmpp/streamparser
• Define and implement a simple/basic 'plugin' mechanism (catch in/out stanzas)
• Move non standard features to plugin packages for example
  • @xmpp/plugin-register https://xmpp.org/extensions/xep-0077.html
  • @xmpp/plugin-session https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-cridland-xmpp-session-01
  • ...
• Publish @xmpp modules
• Deprecated node-xmpp modules
• Rename github.com/node-xmpp github.com/xmpp2.js or something
• ...

TODO maybe somewhere in between

meta

• es2015
• code review (remove code smell and the like)
• doc
• promises
• use https://github.com/jaredhanson/js-sasl
• stop using node-xmpp-tls-connect PR

client

• replace faye-websocket with ws PR
• re-enable WebSocket client integration tests
• fix skipped integration tests a b
• reduce bundle size (rollup?)
• re-enable client browser tests PR PR
• add client websocket browser tests
• replace request/browser-request; those are way too big for our needs and browser-request is now unsupported

tests

• more unit/integration tests
• stop using port 5222
• use a config file rather than hardcoded localhost
• refactor unit/integration tests
• faster travis builds (sudo: false, caching, ...)

[sonnyp]

To Do:

• More tests
• BOSH
• Finalize plugin mechanism
• deprecate node-xmpp-client and node-xmpp-component

[sonnyp]

closing in favor of #434