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This package is used to make stuff easier by using simple functions, its not fully released yet!
ultrax is a simple package make by UltraX, it's simply made to make your coding process faster by some functions, it's not fully released yet, only 2 function is available right now!
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To install ultrax package all you need is Node.js.
Then you can open your application terminal and type there:
$ npm install ultrax
Right now the package is beta, that mean it is not fully released yet.
The available functions are:
sleep is a simple function, where is make it easier and faster to make a timeout in your code. Example:
// Importing the package
const ultrax = require('ultrax')
// Destructure the sleep function from the package
const sleep = ultrax.sleep
// this will log "Start!" once i run the application
console.log('Start!')
// using the package sleep function to set a timeout
sleep(5000) // sleep(milliseconds)
// after the 5 seconds (5000 milliseconds) it will log "5 Seconds passed"
console.log('5 Seconds passed')
this is a simple function that can generate passwords using letters and numbers and the password length is custom so you can change it to any length you want!
Example:
// Importing the package
const ultrax = require('ultrax')
// Destructure the passGen function from the package
const passGen = ultrax.passGen
// this will log the randomly generate password in your terminal
console.log(passGen(6)) // passGen(6) that mean it will generate a password from 6 characters.
// you can change it by changing passGen(here will be the length of the password)
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UltraX Package is a unique package that allows you to create cool things using simple functions and events.
The npm package ultrax receives a total of 57 weekly downloads. As such, ultrax popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that ultrax demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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