retool-helpers

Retool helper functions that run in a browser environment (don't use Node APIs).

Development

Functions should be imported into, then exported from, src/index.ts.

Don't use Node APIs, these functions are for use in a browser environment.

Building

The Typescript is compiled into ESM and CJS compatible modules. The ESM modules are then bundled using esbundler and exposed on the browser Window object under the OakRetoolHelpers object.

CI/CD

GitHub Secrets Required for Workflows

• secrets.SONAR_TOKEN required for running Sonar Cloud with test coverage report uploading.

Testing

• Unit tests: npm run test - these run in CI, but will not throw if you accidentally include Node APIs in the library.
• Browser tests: npm run browser-test, this will open a local browser window and run Mocha tests in it. These don't run in CI because we can't extract the test result. Because they run in a browser they will throw if you accidentally include non-Browser APIs, e.g. Node's process.env.

Publishing

New GitHub releases are automatically created with the Semantic Release package on merging a PR, and automatically released to npmjs.com.

Documentation

Documentation can be read locally by using the command npm run open-docs

Use

The bundled code can be included on a page as a <script> tag. Once loaded the functions will be available on the OakRetoolHelpers object attached to the global Window scope, e.g. OakRetoolHelpers.slugify(myString). See the browser test file for an example.

Contributions

We are not currently accepting external contributions, thank you.