req2

req2 is an enhanced replacement for 'require' in Node.js. It's also really handy in CoffeeScript.

Why?

I always wanted to be able to require multiple modules via destructuring assignment so as to keep things smaller and tidyer. I also figured that require should be able to read in the text from a file too. That bit is synchronous right now, but later on I may have it detect pairs of files and callbacks.

Installation

$ npm install req2

Features

Works as normal.

  //JavaScript
  var module = require('req2')('module');

  #CoffeeScript:
  module = require('req2')('module')
  #or
  module = require('req2') 'module'

Require multiple modules (as either mutiple arguments or as an array), returned in an array.

  //JavaScript
  var modules = require('req2')('module0','module1');
  var module0 = modules[0];
  var module1 = modules[1];
  //or
  var modules = require('req2')(['module0','module1']);
  var module0 = modules[0];
  var module1 = modules[1];
  
  #CoffeeScript
  [module0,module1] = require('req2') 'module0','module1'
  #or
  [module0,module1] = require('req2') ['module0','module1']

Open files (with fs.readFileSync).

  //JavaScript
  var file = require('req2')('./file.txt');
  
  #CoffeeScript:
  file = require('req2') './file.txt'

Future Stuff

Async file reads.
HTTP
Automatically installing packages via npm? (Not sure if I want to do this one.)

License