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# Navy's webserver framework
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2022-11-09 13:56:55 +01:00
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A template repository for creating Node.js based webservers with sharding.
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Main repository: https://git.corgi.wtf/Navy.gif/webserver-framework
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## Main components
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**Controller:** `/src/controller/Controller.js`
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Master process, orchestrates the whole program. Takes care of starting up the shards and communication with them.
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**Shard.js:** `/src/controller/Shard.js`
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Manages the forked processes. Essentially a wrapper for ChildProcess.
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**Server.js:** `/src/server/Server.js`
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Main component that runs on the forked processes. Expects a message with a `_start` property with the startup options to be sent.
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## "Lesser" components
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**Authenticator:** `/src/server/middleware/Authenticator.js`
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Takes care of sessions, authentication and authorisation, relies on an implementation of `AbstractUserDatabase.js`.
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**UserDatabase:** `/src/server/components/UserDatabase.js`
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Implementation of `AbstractUserDatabase.js`, takes care of user management.
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