Domains in node 0.8

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1. Domains in node 0.8 A quick introduction Freitag, 29. Juni

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2. 1 var app = require('express')(); 2 3 app.get('/search', function(req, res,

   next) { 4 doSearch(req.params, function(err, result) { 5 if (err) return next(err); 6 7 // trying to access non-existing property 8 if (result.foo.bar) { 9 console.log('does not work'); 10 } 11 }); 12 }); 13 14 app.listen(8080); Freitag, 29. Juni 12

3. /Users/Felix/Desktop/domains/example.js:14 if (result.foo.bar) { ^ TypeError: Cannot read property 'bar'

   of undefined at /Users/Felix/Desktop/domains/example.js:14:19 at doSearch (/Users/Felix/Desktop/domains/example.js:3:5) at process.startup.processNextTick.process._tickCallback (node.js:244:9) Freitag, 29. Juni 12

4. 1 process.on('uncaughtException', function(err) { 2 // Keeps the process from

   crashing 3 // But does not let you find out which `req` 4 // was causing the `err` 5 }); Freitag, 29. Juni 12

5. Domains to the rescue! Freitag, 29. Juni 12

6. 1 var createDomain = require('domain').create; 2 3 app.use(function(req, res, next)

   { 4 var domain = createDomain(); 5 6 domain.on('error', function(err) { 7 // alternative: next(err) 8 res.statusCode = 500; 9 res.end(err.message + '\n'); 10 11 domain.dispose(); 12 }); 13 14 domain.enter(); 15 next(); 16 }); Freitag, 29. Juni 12

7. $ curl -i localhost:8080/search HTTP/1.1 500 Internal Server Error X-Powered-By:

   Express Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2012 10:50:18 GMT Connection: keep-alive Transfer-Encoding: chunked Cannot read property 'bar' of undefined Freitag, 29. Juni 12

8. Questions? Freitag, 29. Juni 12

9. Hiring node.js developers @ marcgreenstock @dan_jenkins Freitag, 29. Juni 12