@denwa/do v1.1.0

@denwa/do

Javascript based task runner. build and run tasks with javascript in the same spirit as Jake, Grunt.

Use when package.json scripts becomes too scary.

Installation

npm install @denwa/do

Usage

create a do.js file in project repo root.

// import functions
let { sh, task, execute } = require('@denwa/do');

// register hello task
task('hello', () => {
	sh('echo hello friend!');
});

// parse arguments and execute tasks
execute();

execute hello task with following command

$ node do hello
hello friend!

API

sh

execute a shell command, works the same as child_process.execSync except that it catches an exit code of 130 and exits the current process.

function sh(command: string | string[], options: ExecSyncOptions): void

task

register a task callback to be executed, the callback can be sync or async and takes a minimist ParsedArgs object

function task(name: string, callback: (args?: ParsedArgs) => void | Promise<void>): void

execute

executes the tasks register by parsing the command line arguments and invoking the requested task names

async function execute(args?: string[]): Promise<number>

Command Line

node <script> <tasks> <options?>

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