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start
:warning: Project has been transferred to NexTools metarepo
- functional β in all senses
- fast β parallelism and concurrency
- shareable β presets as published packages
- 4th line to align with logo on the right
TOC
Example
.
βββ packages/
β βββ foo/
β β βββ src/
β β β βββ index.ts
β β βββ test/
β β β βββ index.ts
β β βββ package.json
β βββ bar/
β βββ src/
β β βββ index.ts
β βββ test/
β β βββ index.ts
β βββ package.json
βββ package.json
βββ tasks.ts
$ yarn add --dev --ignore-workspace-root-check \
@babel/core \
@babel/register \
@babel/preset-env \
@babel/preset-typescript \
@start/cli \
@start/reporter-verbose \
@start/plugin-sequence \
@start/plugin-parallel \
@start/plugin-xargs \
@start/plugin-find \
@start/plugin-find-git-staged \
@start/plugin-remove \
@start/plugin-read \
@start/plugin-rename \
@start/plugin-write \
@start/plugin-lib-babel \
@start/plugin-lib-typescript-generate \
@start/plugin-lib-eslint \
@start/plugin-lib-istanbul \
@start/plugin-lib-tape \
@start/plugin-lib-codecov
// package.json
{
"private": true,
"description": "Start example",
"workspaces": [
"packages/*"
],
"devDependencies": {},
"start": {
// tasks file, default to `./tasks`
"file": "./tasks"
"require": [
[
"@babel/register",
{
"extensions": [
".ts",
".js"
]
}
]
],
"reporter": "@start/reporter-verbose"
},
"babel": {
"presets": [
[
"@babel/preset-env",
{
"targets": {
"node": "current"
}
}
],
// Babel 7
"@babel/preset-typescript"
]
}
}
// tasks.ts
// write tasks file once, publish it and then reuse or even extend
// in all projects using `start.preset` option in `package.json`,
// something like `my-start-preset` package with everything included
import sequence from '@start/plugin-sequence'
import parallel from '@start/plugin-parallel'
import xargs from '@start/plugin-xargs'
import find from '@start/plugin-find'
import findGitStaged from '@start/plugin-find-git-staged'
import remove from '@start/plugin-remove'
import read from '@start/plugin-read'
import rename from '@start/plugin-rename'
import write from '@start/plugin-write'
import babel from '@start/plugin-lib-babel'
import typescriptGenerate from '@start/plugin-lib-typescript-generate'
import eslint from '@start/plugin-lib-eslint'
import {
istanbulInstrument,
istanbulReport,
istanbulThresholds
} from '@start/plugin-lib-istanbul'
import tape from '@start/plugin-lib-tape'
import codecov from '@start/plugin-lib-codecov'
const babelConfig = {
babelrc: false,
presets: [
[
'@babel/preset-env',
{
targets: {
node: 6
},
modules: false
}
],
'@babel/preset-typescript'
]
}
// each named export is a "task"
export const build = (packageName: string) =>
sequence(
find(`packages/${packageName}/src/**/*.ts`),
read,
babel(babelConfig),
rename((file) => file.replace(/\.ts$/, '.js')),
write(`packages/${packageName}/build/`)
)
export const dts = (packageName: string) =>
sequence(
find(`packages/${packageName}/src/index.ts`),
typescriptGenerate(`packages/${packageName}/build/`)
)
export const pack = (packageName: string) =>
sequence(
find(`packages/${packageName}/build/`),
remove,
// child-processes
parallel(['build', 'dts'])(packageName)
)
// child processes
export const packs = xargs('pack')
export const dev = (packageName: string) =>
watch(`packages/${packageName}/**/*.ts`)(
build(packageName)
)
export const lint = () =>
sequence(
findGitStaged(['packages/*/{src,test}/**/*.ts']),
read,
eslint()
)
export const lintAll = () =>
sequence(
find(['packages/*/{src,test}/**/*.ts']),
read,
eslint()
)
export const test = () =>
sequence(
find('coverage/'),
remove,
find('packages/*/src/**/*.ts'),
istanbulInstrument({ esModules: true, extensions: ['.ts'] }),
find('packages/*/test/**/*.ts'),
tape(),
istanbulReport(['lcovonly', 'html', 'text-summary']),
istanbulThresholds({ functions: 100 })
)
export const ci = () =>
sequence(
// nested task
lintAll(),
// nested task
test(),
find('coverage/lcov.info'),
read,
codecov
)
$ yarn start
# or
$ npx start
One of the following task names is required:
* build
* dts
* pack
* packs
* dev
* lint
* lintAll
* test
* ci
$ yarn start build foo
$ yarn start dts foo
$ yarn start pack foo
$ yarn start packs foo bar
$ yarn start dev bar
$ yarn start lint
$ yarn start lintAll
$ yarn start test
$ yarn start ci
How to
- [Use CLI and pass in options](packages/cli)
- [Create a plugin](packages/plugin)
- [Create a reporter](packages/reporter-verbose)
- Create a preset
Recipes
- Node.js TypeScript library preset β @deepsweet/start-preset-node-ts-lib
- Node.js TypeScript libraries monorepo β Start project builds itself from sources using sources, see [
tasks/index.ts
](tasks/index.ts) - React / React Native (higher-order) components monorepo β hocs
- React app β to be added
Packages
Core
- β¬οΈ [cli](packages/cli) β CLI entry point
- βοΈ [plugin](packages/plugin) β plugin creator
- π [reporter-verbose](packages/reporter-verbose) β verbose reporter
Plugins
Misc
- β© [plugin-sequence](packages/plugin-sequence) β run plugins in sequence
- π [plugin-parallel](packages/plugin-parallel) β run tasks as parallel child processes with same agruments
- π [plugin-xargs](packages/plugin-xargs) β run task as parallel child process for each argument
- π£ [plugin-spawn](packages/plugin-spawn) β spawn new child process
- π [plugin-env](packages/plugin-env) β set environment variable using
process.env
- π [plugin-input-files](packages/plugin-input-files) β inject arguments as files into Start flow files
- π plugin-output-files β to be added
FS
- π [plugin-find](packages/plugin-find) β find files using glob patterns
- π [plugin-find-git-staged](packages/plugin-find-git-staged) β find Git staged files and filter them using glob patterns
- π [plugin-read](packages/plugin-read) β read files content
- π [plugin-rename](packages/plgun-rename) β rename files
- β [plugin-remove](packages/plugin-remove) β remove files or directories
- π― [plugin-copy](packages/plugin-copy) β copy files to relative destination using streams and keeping folders structure
- βοΈ [plugin-write](packages/plugin-write) β write files with source maps to relative destination keeping folders structure
- βοΈ [plugin-overwrite](packages/plugin-overwrite) β overwrite files
- π [plugin-watch](packages/plugin-watch) β watch for new or changed files matched by glob patterns
- π [plugin-unpack](packages/plugin-unpack) β unpack .tar/.tar.bz2/.tar.gz/.zip archives
Build and bundle
- π [plugin-lib-babel](packages/plugin-lib-babel) β transform files using Babel
- π [plugin-lib-esm-loader](packages/plugin-lib-esm-loader) β copy a predefined ESM loader file to a directory
- π [plugin-lib-webpack](packages/plugin-lib-webpack) β bundle files using Webpack
- π [plugin-lib-webpack-dev-server](packages/plugin-lib-webpack-dev-server) β run Webpack development server
- π [plugin-lib-rollup](packages/plugin-lib-rollup) β bundle files using Rollup
- π [plugin-lib-typescript-generate](packages/plugin-lib-typescript-generate) β generate
.d.ts
files using TypeScript - π [plugin-lib-flow-generate](packages/plugin-lib-flow-generate) β generate
.js.flow
files using Flow - π [plugin-lib-postcss](packages/plugin-lib-postcss) β transform files using PostCSS
- π plugin-lib-less β to be migrated
- π plugin-lib-clean-css β to be migrated
- π plugin-lib-uglify β to be migrated
Tests
- β [plugin-lib-jest](packages/plugin-lib-jest) βΒ run tests using Jest
- β [plugin-lib-tape](packages/plugin-lib-tape) β run tests using Tape
- β [plugin-lib-karma](packages/plugin-lib-karma) β run tests using Karma
- π― [plugin-lib-instanbul](packages/plugin-lib-istanbul) β collect, report and check code coverage using Istanbul
- β plugin-lib-ava β to be migrated
- β plugin-lib-mocha β to be migrated
- β [plugin-assert](packages/plugin-assert) βΒ Node.js
assert()
Lint, check and fix
- π· [plugin-lib-eslint](packages/plugin-lib-eslint) β lint and/or fix code using ESLint
- π· [plugin-lib-prettier-eslint](packages/plugin-lib-prettier-eslint) β fix code(style) using Prettier + ESLint
- π· [plugin-lib-typescript-check](packages/plugin-lib-typescript-check) βΒ check types using TypeScript
- π· [plugin-lib-flow-check](packages/plugin-lib-flow-check) β check types using Flow
CI and publish
- π― [plugin-lib-codecov](packages/plugin-lib-codecov) β send code coverage report to codecov.io
- π’ [plugin-lib-npm-version](packages/plugin-lib-npm-version) β bump package version
- π¦ [plugin-lib-npm-publish](packages/plugin-lib-npm-publish) βΒ publish package to NPM
- π― plugin-lib-coveralls β to be migrated
Tasks
Coming soon.
Roadmap
- [x] stabilize and publish 0.1.0 of everything
- [x] documentation
- [ ] more tests
- [ ] migrate the rest of important plugins
Copyright
All the packages in this repository are released under the terms of the [MIT License](license.md).
The font used in logo is supernova fat.
*Note that all licence references and agreements mentioned in the start README section above
are relevant to that project's source code only.