aberlaas

Aberlaas

Start a new npm package with all the right tooling in place.

This package exposes the aberlaas script that can be used to perform the most common tasks on a package: build, lint, test and release. It also exposes the inner configuration of the tools it uses.

Usage

Use this by calling the aberlaas script to perform tasks on your code. The following scripts are automatically added to your package.json.

"scripts": {
  "build": "aberlaas build",
  "build:watch": "aberlaas build --watch",
  "lint": "aberlaas lint",
  "lint:fix": "aberlaas lint --fix",
  "test": "aberlaas test",
  "test:watch": "aberlaas test --watch",
  "release": "aberlaas release"
}

Building

aberlaas build will build all files located in ./lib into ./build by default. You can alter the behavior with the following options:

CLI Argument	Default value	Description
[...]	./lib	Files or directory to build
--out-dir	./build	Build directory
--ignore {pattern}	empty	Define patterns of files to ignore. Accepts globs, and can be passed more than once
--watch	false	If enabled, will listen for changes on files and rebuild

You can extend the internal Babel by editing the babel.config.js created at the root of your project.

Linting

Run aberlaas lint to lint your files. You can call aberlass lint ./your/own/files to lint specific files. aberlaas lint:fix will attempt to fix most errors.

All .js files will go through ESLint. You can tweak the default configuration by editing the .eslintrc.js file created at the root of your project.

Testing

Run aberlaas test to run all the Jest tests in ./lib. You can pass your own list of files to the command to override the default. Use the --config jest.config.js argument to specify your own config file and --watch to start live reloading of test.

Releasing

yarn run release aliased to aberlaas release.

This will build the package and release it to npm. It will update the version in package.json as well as creating the related git tag.

When called without arguments, it will prompt you for the next version to package. If called with an argument, this will be used as the next version number (for example, yarn run release 1.1.3). You can also use SemVer increments (for example, yarn run release minor).

Use -n to start a dry-run. It will simulate a release but won't actually push anything to GitHub or npm.

File structure

./lib/configs contain the default configuration for all the tools. They are exported by the package and thus can be imported in userland.

./templates contains default configurations files copied to userland. Each extends the configuration exported in the previous files. Copying files to userland allows user to modify the files if they want to change the behavior.

.babelrc.js, .eslintrc.js, jest.config.js and .huskyrc.js are local configuration files for aberlaas itself. They eat their own dog food by referencing the same configs as above.

Name

Aberlaas is the base camp from which all great expedition start in the La Horde du Contrevent book. I felt it's a great name for a bootstrapping kit for modules.