/npm-package-template

Template repository for creating NPM packages

Primary LanguageJavaScriptOtherNOASSERTION

YourProjectName

Project Purpose

This is a template repository, intended to accelerate teams at Lokalise to create public packages for publishing on NPM.

This repository is not specifically frontend focused.

Key Features

The following are all handled for you and do not need to be configured:

  • Licensing
  • Linting
  • Formatting
  • Testing
  • Building
  • Bundling
  • Automated Versioning
  • Publishing

Getting Started

  • Find and replace all instances of the symbols (case-insensitive) with your project name:
    • your-project-name
    • YourProjectName
  • Add an NPM token to GitHub secrets with the name NPM_TOKEN
    • This is required for publishing under the @lokalise NPM namespace.
  • Add a GitHub token to GitHub secrets with the name GITHUB_TOKEN
    • This is required to allow the automated semantic release process to push to main.
  • Update the CODEOWNERS file with your personal and/or team tags.

Once you are all setup, we recommend reviewing and rewriting this README as necessary to make it more specific to your project.

The last thing to do is actually start writing your code! We recommend starting from src/index.ts and src/index.test.ts.

Customizing the build

The build system uses Vite with @lokalise/package-vite-config setup. It is configured to treat ./src/index.ts as the entry point of your repository. Feel free to change any particulars in ./vite.config.ts. In particular if you require multiple entry points, we recommend reviewing Vite's documentation on this here: Vite Library Mode.

commitlint

You can use npm run commit to interactively construct correct commit messsage.

Check out commitlint docs for examples of how to customise.

Release actions

The following token needs to be set in the Github repo for the prerelease and release Github Actions to work:

  • secrets.NPM_TOKEN (need this to publish on NPM)

When performing a release, make sure to follow our conventional commit approach, as described in contribution documentation.

License

This project is APACHE, VERSION 2.0 licensed, see LICENSE.md for details.

Template Specific Internal Notes

The following notes are only relevant to the maintainers of this template. You may delete this section when you clone it.

Creating a release of the template

  • Merge your PR and create a new draft release.
  • Create a new tag vx.x.x. Consider the type of changes you added. Major, minor or patch.
  • In Release title mention the same version vx.x.x.
  • Generate release notes.
  • Publish Release

Other Resources

This template represents the culmination of Lokalise technical recommendations as documented in the Frontend Radar.

Support Us

lokalise-npm-package-template was created by Lokalise Engineering Team. Support our work by keeping this line in your README.