npm install jscatjs-cat is easily customizable cat.
install with npm
``
npm install -g jscat
jscat works like unix cat.
`
jscat *.js
following two commands concatenate javascripts of current directory to all.js
`
jscat *.js > all.js
or
`
jscat *.js --out all.js
assuming you have already installed uglifyjs globally, the next command will yield compressed javascripts.
`
jscat -n compress *.js
if you don't installed uglify-js
`
npm install -g uglify-js
Jscat has three process, read, each, join.
Each event has extension and namespace scope.
The following code is the default Event hook implementation.
`
var exec = require('child_process').exec;
exports['read.js:compress'] = function (srcPath, next) {
// balk if srcPath is like *min.js
if (/min\.js$/.test(srcPath)) return next();
exec('uglifyjs ' + srcPath, next);
};
`
For more details, see next section.
All event call is done asynchronously. You have to call callback rather than return value.
read event is basically called once. But when callback is called with no arguments,
next matched event will be called.
Arguments
* filePath {String}
* callback {Function} (err, fileContent)
each event is called recursively unless you set truthy value in third argument stop
Arguments
* data {Object}
* callback {Function} (err, fileContent, stop)
`
data = {
path: {String}
content: {Buffer}
};
Arguments
* files {Array}
* callback {Function} (err, fileContent)
`
dataArray = [
{
path: {String},
content: {Buffer}
},
{
path: {String},
content: {Buffer}
}
...
];$3
Simply, file extension is applied.
* read.js will listen javascript's read event.each.css
* will listen css's each event.join.html
* will listen html's join event.
unlike read and each, join's extension is only available when you set --out, -o.
See Note section for details.
You can define your own event namespace. Make sure namespace should be followed by extension.
* read.js:production : this is legal. read:production.js
* : this is illegal.
1. [key][.ext][:namespace]
2. [key][.ext][:namespace]
3. [key][:namespace]
4. [key]
The following events hook is do nothing especially.
`
exports['read'] = function (srcPath, next) {
// Balk hook event with no argument.
next();
};
// make sure you return data.content, not data
exports['each'] = function (data, callback, stop) {
callback(null, data.content);
};
// You cannot balk join event
exports['join'] = function (dataArray, next) {
var files = dataArray.map(function (data) {
return data.content;
});
next(null, files.join('\n'));
};
`
You may want to implement your own event hook.
`
exports['each.js:compress'] = function (data, callback) {
var jsp = require("uglify-js").parser;
var pro = require("uglify-js").uglify;
// your own uglify implementation
callback(null, content);
};
`
jscat --help to see help
`
Usage: jscat [options] [dir|file|namespace ...]
Options:
-h, --help output usage information
-V, --version output the version number
-h, --hook
-o, --out
-n, --namespace
-N, --no-src excute with no hook including default hook
-v, --verbose verbose logging
`
You cannot listen join's extension event when you use redirection.
Let's say you define join event hooks like following.
`javascript
exports['join.js'] = function (dataArray, next) {
var files = dataArray.map(function (data) {
return data.content;
});
next(null, 'This is custom join \n' + files.join(';\n\n\n'));
};
exports['join'] = function (dataArray, next) {
var files = dataArray.map(function (data) {
return data.content;
});
next(null, 'yet another custom join' + files.join('\n\n\n\n=============\n\n\n\n'));
};
`
The first hook won't be called. Instead, the second hook will be called.
`
jscat foo.js bar.js
jscat foo.js bar.js > all.js
The first hook will be called when you specify --out or -o.
`
jscat foo.js bar.js --out all.js
use console.error when you log your config. Otherwise you'll end up with a hilarious situation.
`javascript`
exports['each.js'] = function (data, next) {
console.log('I am debbuging!!');
// do some work
var content = ...;
next(null, content);
};
`
jscat ./src/*.js > ./my-lib-built.js
cat my-lib-built.js
~
I an debugging!!
~
`
Implementation is quite simple with async and commander. Feel free to do pull request or suggestion.
To test code syntax, make sure you install jshint globally.
`
npm install -g jshint
`
make jshint
TODO
* example
* middleware
* test script
* multi namespace: how to do syntax??
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