runn

The first thing I did was writing this documentation - so don't wonder the tool doesn't work yet.

Usage

Instead of npm run type runn. That's it.

Getting started

What is runn?

runn is a tool that can run your NPM scripts faster.

runn stands for run npm.

Background

If you have a package.json with scripts calling other scripts (which often happens when you use NPM as build tool), Node will start a new process for each of that scripts. The problem is that each process initiation takes time - to much time.

An example:

Your package.json

{
    ...
    "scripts": {
        "build": "npm run testCss && npm run testJs && npm run generateCss && npm run generateJs",
        "testCss": "do something",
        "testJs": "do something",
        "generateCss": "do something",
        "generateJs": "do something"
    },
    ...
}

The command npm run build would initiate 5 processes in this case.

runn build will bring the same result, but invokes only 1 process.

Requirements

Node >= 4.*
NPM >= 2.* (comes with Node)