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https://github.com/sleitnick/rbxts-proton

Experimental framework for Roblox game development
https://github.com/sleitnick/rbxts-proton

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Experimental framework for Roblox game development

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# Proton



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Proton is an easy-to-use framework for Roblox game development.



Like the proton of an atom, Proton aims at adding stability to your game development, all while only remaining a portion of the whole. Use Proton to structure and connect the top-level design of your game.



> **Warning**

> Proton is early in development. Due to currently limitations with roblox-ts, Proton does not yet support dependency injection, which is a necessary feature to make Proton production-ready. Other portions of Proton may also change, as the overall API is not solidified.



## Providers



Providers are the core of Proton. A provider _provides_ a specific service or utility to your game. For example, a game might have a `DataProvider` (or `DataService`/`DataManager`/etc.) that provides the logic for handling data for players in the game.



### Structure

The minimum structure of a provider looks like the following:

```ts

import { Provider } from "@rbxts/proton";



@Provider()

export class MyProvider {}

```



That's it. The `@Provider()` decorator communicates data about the class to Proton, but does _not_ mutate the given provider at all. Proton will create a singleton of the provider once Proton is started.



### Extensible

Providers can have any number of methods or fields added to them. They're just plain classes. Add anything to them.



```ts

@Provider()

export class MyProvider {

	private message = "hello!";



	// Optional constructor method

	constructor() {

		// Use the constructor to set up any necessary functionality

		// for the provider (e.g. hooking up network connections).

	}



	// Custom method

	helloWorld() {

		print(this.message);

	}

}

```



### Built-in Start Lifecycle

Proton includes an optional built-in lifecycle method `ProtonStart`, which is fired when Proton is started. All `ProtonStart` lifecycle methods are called at the same time using `task.spawn`, which means that these methods can yield without blocking other providers from starting. It is common practice to use `ProtonStart` as a place to have long-running loops (e.g. a system that drives map loading and rotation every round).



```ts

import { Lifecycle, ProtonStart, Provider } from "@rbxts/proton";



@Provider()

export class MyProvider {

	constructor() {

		print("MyProvider initialized");

	}



	@Lifecycle(ProtonStart)

	onStart() {

		print("MyProvider started");

	}

}

```



## Starting Proton



From both a server and client script, call the `Proton.start()` method.



```ts

import { Proton } from "@rbxts/proton";



Proton.start();

```



If another script requires Proton to be started, `Proton.awaitStart()` can be used, which will yield until Proton is fully started.



```ts

import { Proton } from "@rbxts/proton";



Proton.awaitStart();

```



### Loading Providers

Modules are not magically loaded. Thus, if your providers exist in their own modules but are never imported by any running code, then Proton will never see them and they will not start. This is common for top-level providers that no other code relies on. In such cases, they must be explicitly imported:



```ts

import { Proton } from "@rbxts/proton";



// e.g.

import "./providers/my-provider.ts"



Proton.start();

```



## Getting a Provider



Once Proton is started, use `Proton.get()` to get a provider:



```ts

const myProvider = Proton.get(MyProvider);

myProvider.helloWorld();

```



Providers can also access other providers:



```ts

@Provider()

export class AnotherProvider {

	private readonly myProvider = Proton.get(MyProvider);



	constructor() {

		myProvider.helloWorld();

	}

}

```



## Network



The recommended way to do networking in Proton is to create a `network.ts` file in a shared directory (e.g. accessible from both the server and the client), and then create a `Network` namespace with the desired `NetEvent` and `NetFunction` objects. Optionally, multiple different namespaces can be created to separate between network functionality.



```ts

// shared/network.ts

import { NetEvent, NetEventType, NetFunction } from "@rbxts/proton";



export namespace Network {

	// Send a message to a player

	export const sendMessageToPlayer = new NetEvent<[message: string], NetEventType.ServerToClient>();



	// Get fireBullet from player

	export const fireBullet = new NetEvent<[pos: Vector3, dir: Vector3], NetEventType.ClientToServer>();



	// Allow client to fetch some data

	export const getData = new NetFunction();



	// Client sends request to buy something

	export const buy = new NetFunction<[item: string, category: string], [bought: boolean]>();



	// Client gets sent multiple variables

	export const getMultiple = new NetFunction();

}

```



Example of the above Network setup being consumed:



```ts

// server



Network.sendMessageToPlayer.server.fire(somePlayer, "hello world!");

Network.fireBullet.server.connect((pos, dir) => {

	// Handle bullet being fired

});

Network.getData.server.handle((player) => {

	return "Some data";

});

Network.buy.server.handle((player, item, category) => {

	// Buy item

	return false;

});

Network.getMultiple.handle((player) => {

	return { msg1: "hello", msg2: "world", msg3: "how are you" };

});

```



```ts

// client



Network.sendMessageToPlayer.client.connect((message) => {

	print(message);

});

Network.fireBullet.client.fire(new Vector3(), Vector3.zAxis);

const data = Network.getData.client.fire();

const { msg1, msg2, msg3 } = Network.getMultiple.client.fire();

```



## Lifecycles



Custom lifecycles can be added. At their core, lifecycles are just special event dispatchers that can hook onto a class method. For example, here is a lifecycle that is fired every Heartbeat.



```ts

// shared/lifecycles.ts

import { ProtonLifecycle } from "@rbxts/proton";



export interface OnHeartbeat {

	onHeartbeat(dt: number): void;

}



export const HeartbeatLifecycle = new ProtonLifecycle();



RunService.Heartbeat.Connect((dt) => HeartbeatLifecycle.fire(dt));

```



A provider can then hook into the lifecycle:



```ts

import { Provider, Lifecycle } from "@rbxts/proton";



@Provider()

export class MyProvider implements OnHeartbeat {

	@Lifecycle(HeartbeatLifecycle)

	onHeartbeat(dt: number) {

		print("Update", dt);

	}

}

```



Here is a more complex lifecycle that is fired when a player enters the game.



```ts

// shared/lifecycles.ts

export interface OnPlayerAdded {

	onPlayerAdded(player: Player): void;

}



export const PlayerAddedLifecycle = new ProtonLifecycle();



// Trigger lifecycle for all current players and all future players:

Players.PlayerAdded.Connect((player) => PlayerAddedLifecycle.fire(player));

for (const player of Players.GetPlayers()) {

	PlayerAddedLifecycle.fire(player);

}



// Trigger lifecycle for all players for any new callbacks that get registered later on during runtime:

PlayerAddedLifecycle.onRegistered((callback) => {

	for (const player of Players.GetPlayers()) {

		task.spawn(callback, player);

	}

});

```



```ts

@Provider()

export class MyProvider implements OnPlayerAdded {

	@Lifecycle(PlayerAddedLifecycle)

	onPlayerAdded(player: Player) {

		print(`Player entered the game: ${player}`);

	}

}

```



Having the `OnPlayerAdded` interface just helps to keep explicit typings across consumers of the lifecycle. However, it is not entirely necessary. The above example could also have a lifecycle definition and consumer look like such:



```ts

export const PlayerAddedLifecycle = new ProtonLifecycle<(player: Player) => void>();



@Provider()

export class MyProvider {

	@Lifecycle(PlayerAddedLifecycle)

	onPlayerAdded(player: Player) {}

}

```



## Components



Bind components to Roblox instances using the Component class and CollectionService tags.



```ts

import { BaseComponent, Component } from "@rbxts/proton";



@Component({ tag: "MyComponent" })

class MyComponent extends BaseComponent {

	onStart() {}

	onStop() {}

}

```



In initialization file:



```ts

import { Proton } from "@rbxts/proton";



import "./wherever/my-component";



Proton.start();

```