nyks

nyks provide a set of "missing" stuffs in nodejs basic api. All those functions will eventually end up in the official API :-).

Natives

child_process

• require('child_process').exec_window(cmd, args, callback);

child_process.exec equivalent for windowed applications.

fs

• require('fs').deleteFolderRecursive(path); Recursive folder deletion

• require('fs').md5FileSync(file_path) Return md5 checksum of a file

• require('fs').filesizeSync(path); Filesize sync

• require('fs').tmppath (ext) Return a unique file path in OS temp dir

• require('fs').renameCross(src, dest, callback) Rename src to dest (even on cross devices)

Natives

Object

• Object.sort(obj, keys) Return a new object based on obj's existings keys

Buffer

• Buffer.prototype.indexOf(byte) Binary search of byte Return -1 if not found

String

• String.prototype.startsWith(str) Return boolean

• String.prototype.endsWith(str) Return boolean

• String.prototype.replaces(dict) Replace key => value in current string

• String.prototype.rreplaces(dict) Recursive (iterative) replaces

• String.prototype.stripEnd(str) Return trimmed string of "str" if present (else, leave untouched)

zero_functions

• bool(val) Return boolean value of *val with "f", "false", "n" and "no" casted as "false" (case insensitive)