node-remote-repl

Execute code remotelly via Node.js inspect protocol like Clojure nREPL. Primary usage for REPL driven development.

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``
npm install -g node-remote-repl
`

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You can always get help of cli:

`
node-remote-repl --help
`

Output:

`
Usage: node-remote-repl [options]

Options:
-V, --version output the version number
-h, --host host of inspect protocol (default: "localhost")
-p, --port port of inspect protocol (default: 9229)
-h, --help display help for command
`

Ok, it's very easy, create for example repl.js and play with it

`
node-remote-repl --host some-host --port 9229 repl.js
`

Also TypeScript supported too

`
node-remote-repl --host some-host --port 9229 repl.ts
`

If you want to use fast TypeScript compiler

`
USE_SWC=1 node-remote-repl --host some-host --port 9229 repl.ts
`

For TypeScript support should be installed typescript or @swc/core (when USE_SWC=1) in your devDependencies

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#### log to stdout of your remote process

`js
console.log(/ some stuff /);
`

#### expose something from remote process

`js
exports.$repl = async () => {
return 1 + 1;
};
`

#### expose some json from remote process

`js
exports.$replJson = async () => {
return {obj: true};
};
`

#### use power of require

`js
const util = require('util');
const module = require('./some-module');

exports.$repl = async () => {
return util.inspect(module.method(), {colors: true});
};
`

#### typescript support out of the box

`ts
exports.$repl = async () => {
const n: number = 1;
return n;
};
`

#### you can replace implementation on remote side

`js
const Module = require('./some-module');
Module.prototype.method = () => {
// replace implementation on the fly
};
`

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Because it simple command line util, you can easy integrate it with your IDE.
For example let's do it with Visual Studio Code and Code Runner extension:

* install Code Runner extension to Visual Studio Code
* configure Code Runner to run node-remote-repl in repl.js:

`json
{
"code-runner.executorMapByGlob": {
"repl.js": "node-remote-repl --host some-host --port 9229"
}
}
``

* profit, now you can fastly run repl via Visual Studio Code
* I hope, some similar stuff exists on all popular IDE

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* repl-ns -
Namespace for REPL driven development for TypeScript/JavaScript, inspired by Clojure namespaces