nice-repl

nice-repl

Extension of https://github.com/sloria/local-repl, a very low-key script designed to make a nice repl for a nodejs project.

How to use

Add to project, optionally create a .replrc.js in the project, run yarn nice-repl

yarn add -D nice-repl
yarn nice-repl

What's this do that local-repl doesn't?

This is a zero-config repl for your project, and instead of writing a .replrc.js where you can configure your repl and export a "context" object, with nice-repl you don't have to think that hard. You just write a .replrc.js and it will simply run the script in a nodejs context. All of your local variables leftover from that script will be available in the nice-repl context.

local-repl did not have repl history. nice-repl is nicer than that. It will create a ~/.nice-repl directory and save a repl history in a directory it makes based on the full project directory name. You can set the environment variable NODE_REPL_HISTORY_SIZE to configure the amount of lines you want to save in the history, same as the node.js REPL.

Author

Raymond Pulver IV

Inspired by my nice, who only likes things that are nice. I believe one day she will like this repl.