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cortex-playground
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Collections of test fixtures for cortex.
$ npm install cortex-playground --save
For details, see test-fixture.
var playground = require('cortex-playground');
var packages = playground.packages;
var resources = playground.resources;
packages: contains raw files of the user reposresources: contains built files, and each of the resource folder is built from the package which has the same name.The usage of resources is the same as packages.
var normal = packages('normal');
// copy test fixtures into a temp directory.
normal.copy(function(err, dir){
dir; // the temp directory
normal.resolve(); // `dir` itself.
normal.resolve('cortex.json'); // returns the absolute path of `cortex.json`.
});
Use a package.
/path/to/playground/
|-- packages/
|-- a/ // package a
|-- lib/
|-- index.js
|-- b/ // package b
|-- resources/
|-- a/
|-- b/
packages(); // -> use all packages
packages('a'); // -> use package `'a'`
packages('a', 'lib'); // -> use the `lib` folder of package `'a'`
function(err, dir)path a temporarily directory that contains all resources and nice toys which you will enjoy!Copy the test fixtures to a temp dir.
.resolve(); // -> the base
Returns path
As well as available resources.
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FAQs
Collections of test fixtures for cortex.
We found that cortex-playground demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 2 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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