mcode-package

MicroCODE's 'mcode-package' collection

A public NPM Packaging of our internal app construction packages: mcode-log, mcode-list, etc.

These are an extremely 'light weight' packages with zero dependencies that can be collected together into a single namespace called 'mcode.' for invocation.

These utilities are identical on both...

• Frontend - Browser Client side
• Backend - Node Server side

Description

This is our internal app construction code. These are the tools we use continuously to build robust '24x7x365'code. The current packages bundled by this are:

• mcode-data - provides an consistent set of functions for data testing and conversion chores.
• mcode-log - provides an consistent set of functions for logging events into any console, with severity and colorization.
• mcode-list - provides an consistent set of functions for handling list processing chores.
• mcode-cache - provides an simple, consistent set of functions for caching files, keys, or database records using Redis.

Dependencies

• Production

• None
• mcode-data (optional)
• mcode-log (optional)
• mcode-list (optional)
• mcode-cache (optional)

• Development

• Node.JS - standard runtime environment
• JSDocs - our preferred JavaScript documentation system
• Jest.JS - our preferred JavaScript testing framework

Installing

Use "npm install" to install the 'bundler' and then all required MicroCODE packages.

• Get to a terminal session in the local repo folder of your project.
• Use 'npm install' to load the package(s)...

npm install mcode-package
npm install mcode-data
npm install mcode-log
npm install mcode-list
npm install mcode-cache
...

mcode-package (NPM 'Bundling')

This is a console log to demonstrate how the mcode.data, mcode.log, mcode.list and mcode-cache NPM packages are brought together under a single 'mcode' object...

• This shows 'mcode' as logged by its own function 'mcode.debug()'...

• Notice how the functions from 'mcode-log' and 'mcode-list' are all present under 'mcode.*' as if they came from a single NPM package, e.g.: swap() and list() are from 'mcode-list' and the reset are from 'mcode-log'...

Testing

This package includes a simple test/demog module: index.test.js. running it direclty will show you all the 'log' and 'exp' formatting that occurs into the console and the recursive destruction of objects when they are logged.

• From your project directory...

node .\node_modules\mcode-log\examples

...you should see the 'severities' example shown earlier in this README.

• To test with JEST:
• From the mcode-log package directory...

npm install --save-dev jest
npm test

• A view of the JEST tests (for 'mcode-log') in the console...

Available Packages

These are the functions we want at the ready in any module for development and debug.

Function	Description	Usage
mcode-data	A collection of data handling functions and utilities	mcode.isObject(), mcode.listifyArray(), mcode.octify(), etc.
mcode-log	A collection of event logging functions and utilities	mcode.log(), mcode.warn(), mcode.exp(), etc.
mcode-list	A collection of list processing fucntions and utilities	mcode.swap(), mcode.call(), mcode.add(), etc.
mcode-cache	A collection of data caching fucntions and utilities	mcode.fileRead(), mcode.redisGet(), mcode.redisSet(), etc.

Documentation

We believe is explicit code documentation, for other users, and for our 'future selves'.
JSDocs is a standardized system for documenting functions and data structures that produces three (3) primary outputs:

• Inline documentation for the coder.
• Intellisense popup documentation for the coder for every function.
• External 'reference manual' documentation for your entire code base, if used consistently.

• This entire project--like all our projects--is documented with JSDocs.

• To install JSDocs use, get to a terminal session in the project folder...

npm install --save-dev jsdoc

• Configure JSDoc processing in...

jsdoc.json

• To regenerate the JSDocs from all source code, use the following command (from the project root directory)...

jsdoc -c .jsdoc.json

...then open ./docs/index.html

Help

Contact Timothy McGuire, [e-mail].

Terminology

Word or Acronym	Description/Definition
NPM	Node Package Manager, actually “Node PM”, “Node pkgmakeinst” a system to deploy, install, and maintain NodeJS Apps. (PM was a BASH utility).
NVM	Node Version Manager, a tool that supports changing NodeJS versions.
MERN	MongoDB, Express, React, Node JS.
MongoDB	A ‘NoSQL’ database designed for Cloud applications, also referred to as a ‘Document Store’.
Express	Express is not a database but rather an ‘extensible routing language’ for communication between a Client and a Server.
React	A Web UI development system, a JavaScript library developed by Facebook and made public—and Open Source—since 2013.
Node JS	A development stack that executes from a local file store—on a local Server—instead of from a network of servers.
JSDocs	A toolset to automatically generate API-style documentation from source code tagging.

Authors

Contributor's names and contact info...

• Timothy McGuire @TimothyMcGuire - Founder, President-CEO of MicroCODE, Inc. a software and controls engineering company in Detroit, Michigan USA.

Version History

• v0.9.0
  • Updated mcode-data,-log,-list,-cache packages to get latest enhancements and fixes.
• v0.8.9
  • Updated mcode-log package to v0.7.9 to correct simple object logging to VT and HTML.
• v0.8.8
  • Updated mcode-log package to v0.7.7 to get latest logging enhancements and orange debug.
  • Updated mcode-data package to v0.6.3 to get new common 'classExport()' and other utilities.
  • Updated bootstrap.js and added .env.phase for standard MicroCODE project environment variables.
• v0.8.7
  • Updated mcode-log package to v0.7.5 to get latest fix for logging request/response.
• v0.8.6
  • Updated mcode-log package to v0.7.4 to get latest fix for logging simple arrays.
• v0.8.5
  • Updated mcode-log package to v0.7.3 to get latest bug fixes and colorization updates.
• v0.8.3
  • Updated mcode-log package to v0.7.2 to get latest colorization & documentation updates.
• v0.8.2
  • Updated mcode-log package to v0.7.1 to get latest documentation updates.
• v0.8.1
  • Updated mcode-log to v0.7.0
  • See Release Notes for mcode-log for details, mainly direct HTML output of colorized JSON objects.
• v0.8.0
  • Updated mcode-cache to v0.8.0
  • See Release Notes for mcode-cache for details, this is a BREAKING CHANGE.
• v0.7.1
  • Use _ naming convention for internal use of our own mcode. within other packages.
  • Corrected logging of exceptions in package loader.
  • Supplied our 'bootstrap.js' for loading 'mcode.*' package as the first thing in a NODE Server.
• v0.7.0
  • Added more standardized JSDoc module headers for inclusion in end-product documentation.
  • upgraded to mcode-data v0.6.0, mcode-log v0.6.0, mcode-list v0.6.0, and mcode-cache v0.7.0
• v0.6.10
  • upgraded to mcode-data v0.5.10, mcode-log v0.5.10, mcode-list v0.5.10, and mcode-cache v0.6.10
• v0.6.9
  • upgraded to mcode-data v0.5.9, mcode-log v0.5.9, mcode-list v0.5.9, and mcode-cache v0.6.9
• v0.6.8
  • upgraded to mcode-data v0.5.8, mcode-log v0.5.8, mcode-list v0.5.8, and mcode-cache v0.6.8
• v0.6.2
  • upgraded to mcode-data v0.5.5, mcode-log v0.5.5, mcode-list v0.5.5, and mcode-cache v0.6.2
• v0.6.1
  • Missed mcode-cache v0.6.0, arrrggh.
• v0.6.0
  • Updated mcode-data, mcode-log, mcode-list and mcode-cache.
  • The updated to mcode-cache is a BREAKING CHANGE because it now support multiple caches node-cache and redis at the same time for different App needs. This changed some existing functions named 'redis*' to 'cache*' to become agnostic.
• v0.5.0 - 0.5.3
  • All 'mcode-*' packages updated with 'ready()' only implemented in 'mcode-log'.
  • Added internal 'mcode-cache' package.
• v0.4.2
  • Added mcode-cache and updated to latest log, data, and list.
• v0.4.1
  • Synchronized mcode-data, mcode-log, mcode-list, mcode-package.
• v0.4.0
  • Synchronized mcode-data, mcode-log, mcode-list, mcode-package.
• v0.3.8
  • Moved all data handling functions into new mcode-data package.
• v0.3.0
  • Upgrade 'mcode-log' to v0.3.0
  • Upgrade 'mcode-list' to v0.3.0
• v0.2.6
  • Upgrade 'mcode-log' to v0.2.6
• v0.2.5
  • Upgrade 'mcode-log' to v0.2.5
• v0.2.4
  • Upgrade 'mcode-log' to v0.2.4
• v0.2.2
  • Upgrade 'mcode-log' to v0.2.2
• v0.2.1
  • Upgrade 'mcode-log' to v0.2.1
• v0.2.0
  • Upgrade 'mcode-log' to v0.2.0, sync'ed package versions to v0.2.0
• v0.1.11
  • upgraded to 'mcode-log' v0.1.18
• v0.1.10
  • upgraded to 'mcode-log' v0.1.17
• v0.1.9
  • upgraded to 'mcode-log' v0.1.16
• v0.1.8
  • Added the display of sub-package versions on load.
• v0.1.7
  • Improved README examples, corrected typos.
• v0.1.6
  • Changed export to the Univeral Module Defintion (UMD) pattern.
• v0.1.0 * v0.1.5
  • Rewrote code to load all functions and elements from an included mcode-_ package into 'mcode._'.
  • Removed the need to update this package with explicit references when features are added to a bundled package.
• v0.0.8
  • Upgraded to 'mcode-log' v0.1.8
• v0.0.6 * v0.0.7
  • Updated README with pictures illustrating how 'mcode-package' brings togther other MicroCODE packages under 'mcode.*'.
• v0.0.5
  • Upgraded to 'mcode-log' v0.1.5
• v0.0.3 * v0.0.4
  • Corrected JSDocs and Jest to DEV ONLY dependencies
• v0.0.2
  • Published to NPM
• v0.0.1
  • Initial movement of our internal code into an NPM bundled packages for ease of use in other projects.

Future Development

• v0.0.*
  • Any additional core code we development for general JavaScript MERN coding, debug, and support.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE.md file for details

MicroCODE Mantra

MicroCODE, Inc. was founded in 1987 as a controls engineering and software development company.
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