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vorpal-hacker-news
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Demo extension for Vorpal.js. This is used in the Vantage.js demo in tandem with vorpal-use
to demonstrate how to do a live import of a Vorpal extension.
npm install vorpal-hacker-news
npm install vorpal
// index.js
var Vorpal = require('vorpal')
, hn = require('vorpal-hacker-news')
;
var vorpal = Vorpal();
vorpal
.delimiter('node~$')
.use(hn)
.show();
$
$ node index.js
node~$
node~$ hacker-news --length 3
Pulling top 3 stories on Hacker News:
1. I Dont Believe in God, but I Believe in Lithium (nytimes.com)
171 points by pepys 11 hours ago | 64 comments
2. Running Lisp in Production (grammarly.com)
300 points by f00biebletch 15 hours ago | 98 comments
3. Philanthropy for Hackers (wsj.com)
53 points by petethomas 5 hours ago | 14 comments
node~$
$
$ vorpal 192.168.0.100:4000
websvr~$
websvr~$ use vorpal-hacker-news
Successfully installed vorpal-hacker-news
websvr~$
websvr~$ hacker-news --length 10
Pulling top 10 stories on Hacker News:
...
websvr~$
FAQs
Demo extension for Vorpal.js
The npm package vorpal-hacker-news receives a total of 7 weekly downloads. As such, vorpal-hacker-news popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that vorpal-hacker-news 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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