MistLift

CLI tools and structured project support for easy-access cloud development

MistLift, aka @tremho/mist-lift at npm is an OpenSource project aimed at providing an easy and seamless platform for developers to quickly develop cloud services locally and then migrating to cloud with a simple and lightweight Command Line API that avoids some of the more intimidating aspects of using larger frameworks for such purposes.

This provides a much lower barrier to entry to would-be cloud developers and encourages a more open, distributed set of architectural choices from the very beginnings of a new project.

The initial version of MistLift is complete with minimal viability to represent its future potential. It focuses on a Typescript (JavaScript) oriented NodeJS stack hosted on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud infrastructure.

In the future, other stacks will be supported, including DotNet and Python, and other stacks supported by AWS. Other cloud hosts, such as Azure, are also planned to be supported in future versions.

Contributions Needed

MistLift is fully functional now, but there is much more planned in the vision roadmap, and your help is needed!

GitHub Repository

Any level of involvement or contribution is appreciated. Please see the Contribution Guidelines.

Also review the Future States Plan and the issues page for future state plans and status.

Getting Started

To get started using MistLift, please see the QuickStart Guide

Help me out

I would love to have others join this project as contributors, because it is a great tool and since I am using it myself constantly, I am improving it alone. If you would like to support my late night efforts, please consider a contribution to buy me a coffee

Changelog

2.2.6, 2.2.7

• package update

2.2.5

• fixes problems with exposing headers from local server request

2.2.4

• fixes failure to bind when there are more than 50 functions in AWS account

2.2.3

• fixes problematic bug w/rt test, build, and package consistency.

2.2.2

• updated docs and prompts regarding tap installation
• addressed hanging issue on publish command
• addressed fileserve issues

2.2.1

• minor logging support updates

2.2.0 - webroot redirects

• See Webroot redirect documentation
• esbuild re-generated on publish operation as well as update
• new Configuration options for ESBuild
• changed the identifying suffix of deployed functions to be human readable

2.1.5

• inverse-y library update

2.1.1, 2.1.2, 2.1.3, 2.1.4

• Fixes for fileserve operations that caused failures in custom domain deployments
• minor updates to publish operation
• Fixes for update operation

2.1.0 -- Update command

• Add update command to allow updating of webroot files without a new publish.

2.0.7

• misc fixes
• improved esbuild start/watch

2.0.6

• additional fixes for API built-in
• minor update for memorySize and timeout reporting

2.0.5

• add support for memorySize in definitions.json
• increase memorySize for webroot built-in to 1024

2.0.4

• FIXED BUILTINS That were broken in the 2.0.3 release. Now file access and api are working again.

2.0.3

• Changed structure of function unit test files. No longer couching into a separate directory, as this limited ability to access function code directly.
• Including TapAssert as part of test solution and creating a new .test.ts file that demonstrates its use for the placeholder source created.
• Updated built-in methods to use latest dependencies.

2.0.2

• includes webroot template files for esbuild and watcher support
• adds support for timeoutSeconds in definitions.json

2.0.1

• Fixes sourcemap issues, via @tremho/gen-logger 2.0.1

2.0.0 - General updates

• Revised logging implementation using @tremho/gen-logger
• Numerous bug fixes
• Additional documentation for 1.2.0 changes

1.2.0

• Minor Breaking Change service definition allowedMethods changed to just method. No more pretense of supporting multiple methods for the same function. This is breaking because any previous service definition files need to change this property name to continue to work with this version or later.

• Support for a common library shared by functions (see Tips and Techniques)

• Support for esbuild (e.g. React) (see ESBuild and React support)

1.1.8

• Fixed a bug with certain forms of JSON responses on AWS

1.1.5, 1.1.6, 1.1.7 -- 7/2/24

• A number of Windows-related fixes

1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.1.3, 1.1.4 -- 7/1/24

• documentation updates
• insure commands issued at project root
• build if necessary before starting local server
• fix local request handling treatment of body
• fix package definition cross-over bug
• add lint and test targets
• fixes for Windows and its wacky ways

1.1.0 -- 6/28/24

• add info command

1.0.3 -- Initial Release 6/27/24

• Include missing template files in npm publish

1.0.0 - 1.0.2 -- Pre Release 6/26/24

• Basic functionality

• minor bug fixes

• documentation

• ts-standard linter adopted