npm script workflow

[genkio]

bits and pieces of npm script workflow for turbo boosting your productivity.

Quick start a npm project.

$ npm config set init.author.email ""
$ npm config set init.author.name "Ji Wu"
$ npm config set init.author.url "http://github.com/j1wu"
$ npm config set init.license "MIT"
$ npm config set init.version "0.1.0"

$ npm init -f

Run npm scripts in parallel

Replace && with & to connect commands, or use the npm-run-all library.

...
"test": "npm-run-all --parallel lint:* ava"
...

Use pre and post hook to perform tasks before or after certain script

...
"pretest": "npm run lint",
"test": "ava tests/"
...
"precover": "rm -rf coverage",
"cover": "nyc --reporter=html npm test",
"postcover": "rm -rf .nyc_output && opn coverage/index.html"

Use custom variables

"config": {
  "port": 3000
},
"scripts": { 
  "cover:serve": "http-server coverage_archive/$npm_package_version -p $npm_package_config_port",
}