Task Automation with NPM Run

http://substack.net/task_automation_with_npm_run

https://docs.npmjs.com/misc/scripts

• prepublish
• publish
• preinstall
• install
• preuninstall
• postuninstall
• pretest, test, posttest
• prestop, stop, poststop
• prestart, start, poststart
• prerestart, restart, postrestart

$ npm test 

$ npm run test

$ npm run-script test

Reserved script names: 

{
    "name": "demo",
    "version": "1.0.0",
    "description": "",
    "main": "index.js",
    "scripts": {
        "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
  },
    "author": "",
    "license": "ISC"
}

package.json:

$ npm run build

$ npm run-script build

{
    "name": "demo",
    "version": "1.0.0",
    "description": "",
    "main": "index.js",
    "scripts": {

        "build": "echo \"Building...\"",
        "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
  },
    "author": "",
    "license": "ISC"
}

package.json:

$ npm run test-n-build

$ npm run-script test-n-build

{
    "name": "demo",
    "version": "1.0.0",
    "description": "",
    "main": "index.js",
    "scripts": {

        "test-n-build": "npm test && npm run build",

        "build": "echo \"Building...\"",
        "test": "echo \"Testing...\""
  },
    "author": "",
    "license": "ISC"
}

package.json:

{
    "name": "demo",
    "version": "1.0.0",
    "description": "",
    "main": "index.js",
    "scripts": {

        "test-n-build": "npm test && npm run build",

        "build": "echo \"Building...\"",
        "test": "echo \"Testing...\""
  },
    "author": "",
    "license": "ISC"
}

package.json:

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{
    "name": "demo",
    "version": "1.0.0",
    "description": "",
    "main": "index.js",
    "scripts": {

        "test-n-build": "sh scripts/test-n-build.sh",

        "build": "echo \"Building...\"",
        "test": "echo \"Testing...\""
  },
    "author": "",
    "license": "ISC"
}

package.json:

npm under cygwin still defaults to cmd.exe

#! /bin/bash

npm test & npm run build;

scripts/test-n-build.sh:

{
    "name": "demo",
    "version": "1.0.0",
    "description": "",
    "main": "index.js",

    "config" : { "port" : "8080" },
    "scripts": {

        "printenv": "printenv"

    },
    "author": "",
    "license": "ISC"
}

package.json:

$ npm run printenv

npm_config_sign_git_tag=
USER=jacksons
LANGUAGE=en_US
UPSTART_INSTANCE=
npm_package_config_port=8080
npm_config_user_agent=npm/2.5.1 node/v0.12.0 linux x64
npm_config_always_auth=
COMP_WORDBREAKS=     
"'><;|&(:
XDG_SEAT=seat0
TEXTDOMAIN=im-config
npm_config_bin_links=true
npm_config_key=
SESSION=xubuntu
npm_config_description=true
npm_config_fetch_retries=2
npm_config_heading=npm
npm_config_init_version=1.0.0
npm_config_user=1002
 

{
    "name": "demo",
    "version": "1.0.0",
    "description": "",
    "main": "index.js",

    "scripts": {

        "learn": "learnyounode"

      },
    "author": "",
    "license": "ISC",

    "dependencies": {
        "learnyounode": "^2.5.2"
      }
}

package.json:

$ npm run learn

items in node_modules/.bin/ are added to the path