English
2016
ASIN: B01NAB2FAN
88 pages
EPUB

This book walks through the steps of creating and publishing node.js packages to a public repository. It starts with an introduction and provides the code for a simple module. Then it walks through the steps of creating a package, applying a packaging tool, adding unit tests and source control. Once those steps are completed, you will learn how to publish your new package and handle updates. As a bonus chapter, you will also learn how to create a command line utility.

What this Book Covers

This book walks through the steps of creating and publishing node.js packages to a public repository (repo). It starts with an introduction and provides the code for a simple module. Then it walks through the steps of creating a package, applying a packaging tool, adding unit tests and source control. Once those steps are completed, you will learn how to publish your new package and handle updates. As a bonus chapter, you will also learn how to create a command line utility.

Here is a more detailed breakdown of the book by chapter:

Node Package Manager - The book starts out by introducing the Node Package Manager (npm for short). After a brief overview, instructions are given on how to install the npm tool and how to add a user to the npm site. The npm site is where you can publish your packages.

Calculator Example - Even though the book is about publishing and not programming, you will need to have something to publish. This chapter provides a simple calculator module that you are free to use, modify and publish.

Creating a Package - Setup your project and turn it into a package using the npm command line tool. Learn about the special package file that the tool generates. Create an ignore file to control what actually goes into your package. Once you are familiar with the steps, you will be able to turn any module into a package.

Unit Testing - Learn how to use two popular tools to build test suites for your project. You will also learn about another tool that lets you monitor the live effect of source code changes while you are working.

Source Control - Get an introduction to the popular source control tool called git. Learn how to publish the source code for your package to github.com.

Documentation - Document your work with a README file. Get started with an introduction to the Markdown syntax. Learn by example what sections a package README file should have and what they should look like.

Publishing a Package - Once you know how to build, test, document and check your package code into source control, you will be ready to publish it. Walk through the steps to put your package online.

Creating Examples - Documentation is great, but example code is even better. Add examples to your project in a way that will make them easy to find.

Publishing Updates - When updating your package, learn how to apply the rules of semantic versioning to your build numbers. Then remember to add new tests, document the version history and push the changes to source control.

Creating a Command Line Utility - As a bonus chapter, this book also covers using JavaScript and npm to create a command line utility.

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