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Build trash program by JS and make it npm pkg & publish it

#javascript #npm #bash #node

Hi, in this post, we'll create trash program by JS,
after create it, this program will be npm package.

Pre-requisites

before we move on, you'll need :

Let's go

We're going to create package.json

The first command is npm init

$ npm init
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I'll name it manx

so you should have like this ...

{
  "name": "@your_npm_user_name/your_proj_name",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "Cli app can move files/folders to the trash without any dangerous",
  "main": "cli.js",
  "scripts": {
    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
  },
  "repository": {
    "type": "git",
    "url": "https://Git_Repos_Site/Your_Git_Repo"
  },
  "keywords": [
    "cli-app",
    "cli",
    "trash"
  ],
  "author": "Your_Name",
  "license": "ISC"
}
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We don't want to have package-lock.json, so type

$ touch .npmrc
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in .npmrc

package-lock=false
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now we'll install @abdfnx/hac_k & trash

$ npm i @abdfnx/hac_k trash
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ok, let's create cli.js

in cli.js

#!/usr/bin/env node
"use strict";
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now we're going to require the packages

#!/usr/bin/env node
"use strict";

const hac_k = require("@abdfnx/hac_k");
const manx = require("trash");
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nice, also create two variables

// Ignore all flags of `rm` program.
const ignoredFlags = ["r", "f", "i", "d", "P", "R", "v", "W"];

const ignoredFlagsConfig = {};
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this variables're very important, so we'll make for loop

for (const flag of ignoredFlags) {
    ignoredFlagsConfig[flag] = {
        type: "boolean",
    };
}
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the most importnant variable is cli

const cli = hac_k(
    `
    Usage
      $ manx <file/folder> […]

    Examples
      # file
      $ manx xcode.tsx layout.tsx edge.tsx
      $ manx '*.tsx' '!xcode.tsx'
      # folder
      $ manx app
    `,
    {
        flags: {
            ...ignoredFlagsConfig,
        },
    }
);
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But what if the user entered a space, we need if statement

if (cli.input.length === 0) {
    console.error("Specify at least one path");
    process.exit(1);
}
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at the end add

manx(cli.input);
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the final result of file

#!/usr/bin/env node
"use strict";
const hac_k = require("@abdfnx/hac_k");
const manx = require("trash");

// Ignore all flags of `rm` program.
const ignoredFlags = ["r", "f", "i", "d", "P", "R", "v", "W"];

const ignoredFlagsConfig = {};

for (const flag of ignoredFlags) {
    ignoredFlagsConfig[flag] = {
        type: "boolean",
    };
}

const cli = hac_k(
    `
    Usage
      $ manx <file/folder> […]

    Examples
      # file
      $ manx xcode.tsx layout.tsx edge.tsx
      $ manx '*.tsx' '!xcode.tsx'
      # folder
      $ manx app
    `,
    {
        flags: {
            ...ignoredFlagsConfig,
        },
    }
);

if (cli.input.length === 0) {
    console.error("Specify at least one path");
    process.exit(1);
}

manx(cli.input);
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you're good, now let's test it, go to package.json and add bin, engines, files props

{
  "name": "@your_npm_user_name/your_proj_name",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "Cli app can move files/folders to the trash without any dangerous",
  "main": "cli.js",
  "bin": {
        "manx": "cli.js"
  },
  "engines": {
        "node": ">=10"
  },
  "files": [
        "cli.js"
  ],
  "scripts": {
    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
  },
  "repository": {
    "type": "git",
    "url": "https://Git_Repos_Site/Your_Git_Repo"
  },
  "keywords": [
    "cli-app",
    "cli",
    "trash"
  ],
  "author": "Your_Name",
  "license": "ISC",
  "dependencies": {
    "@abdfnx/hac_k": "^1.0.2",
    "trash": "^7.0.0"
  }
}
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type npm link

$ npm link
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add file and folder for test

$ touch test_file && mkdir test_folder
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Now the awaited moment, in the terminal

$ manx --help
    Usage
      $ manx <file/folder> […]

    Examples
      # file
      $ manx xcode.tsx layout.tsx edge.tsx
      $ manx '*.tsx' '!xcode.tsx'
      # folder
      $ manx app
$ manx test_file test_folder
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Congratulations, you now have a great program...

npm publish (optional)

if you want to publish your awesome project to npm, follow me

before publish, add some files

.editorconfig, .gitattributes, .gitignore and .travis.yml

it's optional, but it's better to create it

in .editorconfig

root = true

[*]
indent_style = tab
end_of_line = lf
charset = utf-8
trim_trailing_whitespace = true
insert_final_newline = true

[*.yml]
indent_style = space
indent_size = 2
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.gitattributes

* text=auto eol=lf
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.gitignore

node_modules
yarn.lock
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.travis.yml

language: node_js
node_js:
  - '14'
  - '12'
  - '10'
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ok, type

$ npm unlink
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and now we must login to npm

$ npm login
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publish

$ npm publish --access=public
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and if you want to install it, you should install it globally

$ npm i -g YOUR_PKG
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you can see your package in npm

visit https://www.npmjs.com/package/YOUR_PKG

Here you are, you have trash program and npm package...

enjoy, and see you next time.

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