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▐ Everything awesome for using npm as a build tool.

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Contents




- Articles (#articles)
- Videos/Talks (#videostalks)
- Task Runners (#task-runners)
- File Watchers (#file-watchers)
- Dev Servers (#dev-servers)
- Cross-platform Utilities (#cross-platform-utilities)
  - Utility Packs (#utility-packs)
- Other Utilities (#other-utilities)
- Miscellaneous (#miscellaneous)
- Cross-platform Shell Reference (#cross-platform-shell-reference)
- npm run Reference (#npm-run-reference)



Articles

- Why we should stop using Grunt & Gulp (https://www.keithcirkel.co.uk/why-we-should-stop-using-grunt/) - Blog post by Keith Cirkel.
- How to Use npm as a Build Tool (https://www.keithcirkel.co.uk/how-to-use-npm-as-a-build-tool/) - Sequel to »Why we should stop using Grunt & Gulp«.
- Why I Left Gulp and Grunt for npm Scripts (https://medium.freecodecamp.com/why-i-left-gulp-and-grunt-for-npm-scripts-3d6853dd22b8) -  Article by Cory House.
- Helpers and tips for npm run scripts (http://michael-kuehnel.de/tooling/2018/03/22/helpers-and-tips-for-npm-run-scripts.html) - Blog post by Michael Kühnel covering advanced topics.
- Running cross-platform tasks via npm package scripts (https://exploringjs.com/nodejs-shell-scripting/ch_package-scripts.html) - The most comprehensive guide to using npm Scripts by Dr. Axel Rauschmayer.

Videos/Talks

- Advanced front-end automation with npm scripts (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RYETb9YVrk) - Talk at Nordic.js 2015 by Kate Hudson.
- How to create a build system with npm scripts (http://www.penta-code.com/how-to-create-a-build-system-with-npm-scripts/) - Video tutorial series on setting up a front-end build system.

Task Runners

Tools for running multiple commands or npm scripts in parallel or sequentially.

- script-runner (https://github.com/paulpflug/script-runner) - Simple task runner with a terse syntax.
- npm-run-all (https://github.com/mysticatea/npm-run-all) - Fully featured task runner.
- redrun (https://github.com/coderaiser/redrun) - Expand scripts from package.json to improve execution speed.

File Watchers

Tools to watch your source files and run a build command whenever any of the files change.

- onchange (https://github.com/Qard/onchange) - onchange .
- watch (https://github.com/mikeal/watch) - watch .

Dev Servers

- http-server (https://github.com/indexzero/http-server) - Simple zero-configuration command-line http server.
- live-server (https://github.com/tapio/live-server) - Simple development http server with live reload capability.

Cross-platform Utilities

Utilities to perform common command-line tasks without worrying about cross-platform compatibility.

- rimraf (https://github.com/isaacs/rimraf) - Delete files or directories; like rm -rf.
- del-cli (https://github.com/sindresorhus/del-cli) - Safer file and folder deletion.
- mkdirp (https://github.com/substack/node-mkdirp) - Create a directory, creating parent directories if needed; like mkdir -p.
- cpr (https://github.com/davglass/cpr) - cp -r for Node.js.
- cpy-cli (https://github.com/sindresorhus/cpy-cli) - File/directory copying/renaming.
- copyfiles (https://github.com/calvinmetcalf/copyfiles) - Copy a list of files into a directory.
- sync-files (https://github.com/byteclubfr/node-sync-files) - rsync-like directory syncing with watch mode.
- echo-cli (https://github.com/iamakulov/echo-cli) - Cross-platform echo with JS escape sequence support.
- clear-cli (https://github.com/sindresorhus/clear-cli) - Clear the terminal.
- cross-env (https://github.com/kentcdodds/cross-env) - Set environment variables for scripts, unix-style.
- cross-os (https://github.com/milewski/cross-os) - Run platform-specific npm scripts.
- ntee (https://github.com/stefanmaric/ntee) - Utility that reads from standard input and writes to standard output and files; like Unix tee.
- catw (https://github.com/substack/catw) - Print a file to stdout, with optional watch mode; sorta like Unix cat.

Utility Packs

- shx (https://github.com/shelljs/shx) - Collection of common Unix utilities implemented in Node.js; example usage: shx rm somefile.

Other Utilities

- hashmark (https://github.com/keithamus/hashmark) -  Take contents of a file and output as new file with a hash in the name.
- gzip-size-cli (https://github.com/sindresorhus/gzip-size-cli) - Get the gzipped size of a file or stdin.
- opn-cli (https://github.com/sindresorhus/opn-cli) - Open websites, files, executables, etc. with the user's preferred application.
- headr (https://github.com/heldr/headr) - Add header / banner info to a file.
- Bower files CLI (https://github.com/thompsonemerson/bower-files-cli) - Get main bower files on the command line.
- cli-error-notifier (https://github.com/micromata/cli-error-notifier) - Send native desktop notifications when npm scripts fail.

Miscellaneous

- screwy (https://github.com/samueleaton/screwy) - The npm scripts GUI.
- Forrest (https://github.com/stefanjudis/forrest) - npm scripts desktop client.
- run-npm (https://github.com/timoxley/npm-run) - Run locally-installed node module executables. Useful for debugging npm scripts.
- npm-quick-run (https://github.com/bahmutov/npm-quick-run) - Quickly run npm scripts by prefix without typing the full name.
- edit-script (https://github.com/RyanZim/edit-script) - Edit npm scripts from the command line without worrying about JSON escaping.
- ntl (https://github.com/ruyadorno/ntl) - Interactive cli menu to list and run npm scripts.

Cross-platform Shell Reference

A quick reference of the shell operators & commands that work the same on Unix and Windows.

- Use && to run commands in sequence. If a command fails, the script exits.
- Use | to pipe the stdout of one command into the stdin of the next. (do-something | something else)
- Use > to write the stdout of a command to a file. (do-something > file)
- Use < to send the contents of a file to a command's stdin. (command < file)
- Use cd . Note that cd alone prints the current working directory on windows, but changes the working directory to ~ on *nix.

npm run Reference

You can use npm run-script or npm run; they both do the same thing, but npm run is shorter.

- Run just npm run to print a list of scripts.
- Running npm run script (where script is the name of your script) will run prescript, script, and postscript; in that order.
  - You can't nest pre and post hooks (i.e. preprescript won't work).
- You can pass arguments to your scripts by passing -- to npm run, followed by the arguments. Example: Given the script "mocha": "mocha", you can run npm run mocha -- --reporter xunit. This effectively runs mocha --reporter xunit.
- Running npm test is the same as running npm run test. The same applies to npm start and npm stop.
- You can run npm run  -s to silence the default npm output (useful for calling a script within another script).

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md (https://github.com/RyanZim/awesome-npm-scripts/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md).

npmscripts Github: https://github.com/RyanZim/awesome-npm-scripts