Hacking NodeJS on 3DS

[hack3r2507]

Hey! I have an O3DS XL and I just started to code a bit javascript and did a Discord Bot. So my question: Can I run nodejs programs on my 3DS? So it would be on 24/7. If I made any grammar or spelling mistakes sorry I am not English.

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[Lunorian]

Hey mate it's easy just port electron to the 3ds and you're golden

 

[hack3r2507]

Hey mate it's easy just port electron to the 3ds and you're golden

Is there already a port? Because when I have to do it myself....I can't because I don't know why

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[Lunorian]

Is there already a port? Because when I have to do it myself....I can't because I don't know why

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That was a joke, don't take that seriously, Electron is basically Google Chrome full screen to make desktop apps using Javascript, it's a bit more complicated but you get the idea.

Now as for seriously running Javascript on the 3DS, Node.js hasn't been ported, I reached out to the Node.js Team Today and they told me this might be a better request of NodeOS. I'm looking into it now, although don't expect this to be available any time soon if ever.

 

[Joom]

Don't expect to run anything like this on an O3DS. They're far too limited in the hardware department.

 

[catlover007]

why would you run a Discord bot on a 3ds 24/7? There's no real multitasking, so you can't play games with it anymore.

Porting Electron? Have you ever used the 3ds browser? Eventhough it's extremely limited in it's capabilities, it's slow and a lot of sides don't even fit into the 3ds's memory.

Porting Node.Js isn't realistic. Duktape(which is a lightweight JS implementation, with a footprint similar to Lua) would be an option, if you want to run JS code, but then without Node.Js's networking or filesystem functions.

 

[hack3r2507]

That was a joke, don't take that seriously, Electron is basically Google Chrome full screen to make desktop apps using Javascript, it's a bit more complicated but you get the idea.

Now as for seriously running Javascript on the 3DS, Node.js hasn't been ported, I reached out to the Node.js Team Today and they told me this might be a better request of NodeOS. I'm looking into it now, although don't expect this to be available any time soon if ever.

Okay I didn't get the joke^^[emoji23]

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[Sono]

Yeah, no... not that pthreads are infeasible on the 3DS, but you do a while(true); and you softlock the entire system, so yeah, no...
And you'd also need to port libuv which is a very thread-heavy library, so it's not going to happen any time soon™

Also, Discord bots are already possible on the 3DS You just need to write them in C/C++ instead of JS or CShasp or Python (there is no Discord library for Python 2.7, and Python 3.6 is not yet fully functional) or Java (it uses spinlocks which softlock the entire 3DS, so it's not portable without a major rewrite) or Lua (you'd need to write your own Discord Lua lib in C/C++ because all Discord Lua libs require libuv).

If you'd tell the reason you want NodeJS on the 3DS, I could try suggesting an alternative which is more feasible.

 

[hack3r2507]

Yeah, no... not that pthreads are infeasible on the 3DS, but you do a while(true); and you softlock the entire system, so yeah, no...
And you'd also need to port libuv which is a very thread-heavy library, so it's not going to happen any time soon[emoji769]

Also, Discord bots are already possible on the 3DS [emoji14] You just need to write them in C/C++ instead of JS or CShasp or Python (there is no Discord library for Python 2.7, and Python 3.6 is not yet fully functional) or Java (it uses spinlocks which softlock the entire 3DS, so it's not portable without a major rewrite) or Lua (you'd need to write your own Discord Lua lib in C/C++ because all Discord Lua libs require libuv).

If you'd tell the reason you want NodeJS on the 3DS, I could try suggesting an alternative which is more feasible.

I just started with NodeJS so I don't want to start a new coding language. But thanks to your long reply. I ordered a Raspberry PI Zero W and that's better for hosting a Discord Bot. Thanks again [emoji1303][emoji1303]

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[Sono]

I just started with NodeJS so I don't want to start a new coding language. But thanks to your long reply. I ordered a Raspberry PI Zero W and that's better for hosting a Discord Bot. Thanks again [emoji1303][emoji1303]

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You could make Discord bots in C or C++ for the 3DS if that's what you want... Sure, it's a bit harder to do because you have to implement your own shit, but that's the fun in programming

 

[Lunorian]

I just started with NodeJS so I don't want to start a new coding language. But thanks to your long reply. I ordered a Raspberry PI Zero W and that's better for hosting a Discord Bot. Thanks again [emoji1303][emoji1303]

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