Understanding Blocklet

The core concepts in the Blocklet ecosystem and the relationships between the concepts are shown in the following diagram.

What is Blocklet?#

• Blocklets are the basic unit of application development, delivery, and operation
• Blocklets follow the same protocol, enjoy the same services, and when combined together can perform very powerful functions
• Blocklets are combinable, in a way very similar to Lego blocks
• Blocklets are uniquely identified by a Blocklet DID, and the DIDs in each Blocklet Store are non-repeatable

What is Blocklet Component?#

• A Blocklet Component is specifically a Blocklet that can be used in combination, or not, as declared in blocklet.yml
• Blocklet Components can usually be used both independently and in combination, and can behave differently in both modes
• Blocklet Components can contain other Blocklet Components, and this containment relationship can be nested, just as a codebase published in an NPM can depend on other codebases published on the NPM. However, from a performance point of view, there is a limit to the depth of nesting of Blocklet Components.

What is Blocklet Server?#

• Blocklet Server is the software that provides the complete runtime environment, basic services, and management functions for Blocklet
• The data generated when Blocklet Server is running belongs to the owner of Blocklet Server only.
• Blocklet Server is uniquely identified by an immutable DID generated at the time of Blocklet Server creation and displayed in the Blocklet Server Console
• Anyone can run their own Blocklet Server on their own computer without license and without payment

What is Blocklet Bundle?#

• A Blocklet Bundle is a package built using blocklet bundle that can be consumed by Blocklet Server
• Blocklet Bundles are usually uploaded and hosted by developers in the Blocklet Store, and can be hosted on any accessible network.
• A Blocklet Bundle typically contains the following two files.

• blocklet.json Blocklet description file calculated from blocklet.yml
• {name}-{version}.tgz contains the various files needed for the blocklet runtime, including the source code after the build, external dependencies
• Theoretically, the two files could be hosted in different places, as long as blocklet.json contains the correct zip address

What is Blocklet App?#

• A Blocklet App is an entity that is installed, runs in the Blocklet Server, and can provide services to the public.
• The service behind a Blocklet App can consist of a single or multiple Blocklet Instances
• The unique identifier of a Blocklet App is the appId, which can be obtained from Blocklet SDK and blocklet.js
• The same Blocklet Bundle running in a different Blocklet Server belongs to a different Blocklet App
• The same Blocklet Bundle running in the same Blocklet Server also belongs to a different Blocklet App
• A Blocklet App can have any number of users depending on the use case
• A Blocklet App can have only one blocklet owner, but can have multiple administrators

What is Blocklet Instance?#

• Each component of a running Blocklet App is a Blocklet Instance, which is like an instance generated from a class
• Each Blocklet Instance runs in its own separate process, with its own process identity, environment variables, and data directory

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