EventEmitter example

event-emitter.md

events.EventEmitter example

"use strict";

var EventEmitter = require('events').EventEmitter;
var ee = new EventEmitter();
var counter = 1;

setInterval(function () {
    ee.emit('timed', counter++);
}, 3000);

ee.on('timed', function (data) {
    console.log('timed ' + data);
});

Sample output:

> node test
timed 1
timed 2
timed 3
^C