Base Module

Use this Base Module to create your own NPM module.

Features

• Linting according Airbnb JavaScript Style Guide
• Support and compilation of ES6 code
• Unit tests with Mocha, Chai and Sinon
• Test coverage check with Istanbul / NYC

Workflow

Preparation

1. Install Node.js
2. Install Atom text editor
3. Install Atom package linter-eslint and its dependencies

Setup

1. Get available module name by testing https://www.npmjs.com/package/<module-name>
2. Create module folder with mkdir <module-name>
3. Open module folder with cd <module-name>
4. Create empty package.json file with echo '{}' > package.json
5. Install Base Module with npm install --save-dev base-module

Development

• Follow Test Driven Development
• Follow the Airbnb JavaScript Style Guide
• Edit your code in src folder only
• Edit your tests in test folder only

Testing

• Run npm test to run all tests once
  • Run npm run test-eslint to run code tests once
  • Run npm run test-mocha to run unit tests once
  • Run npm run test-mocha-watch to run continuous unit tests
    • Run CTRL + C to stop the continuous unit tests

Compiling

• Run npm run build to compile ES6 code to ES5 code in folder lib