cmd-line-app
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Build a console application (CLI) that allows a user to process a CSV-file and produce a summary report from it.
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Command Line Tool App (Fruit-Basket)
Build a console application (CLI) that allows a user to process a CSV-file and produce a summary report from it.
Prerequisites
- Install nodeJS: https://nodejs.org/en/ - Download the Recommended For Most Users Option
- WINDOWS: On the Destination folder screen: Set the field to ‘C:\’
- MAC: Installs automatically where it needs to be
- Download the files:
fruit-basket.csv - full verified data
b.csv - bad dataup – bad data results in an error
b2.csv - bad data mockup – bad data results in an error
MAC: save these files at user level dir; for ex: Macintosh HD/Users/claffe200/fruit-basket.csv
WINDOWS: save these files at user level dir; for ex: C:\User\claffe200\fruit-basket.csv
Install the APP globally (don’t forget the ‘g’ global option):
- MAC: Run this in Terminal:
sudo npm install -g cmd-line-app
- WINDOWS: Run this in Terminal:
npm install -g cmd-line-app
If you get access errors / permission errors, try running this and then retry npm install -g fruit-basket
sudo chown -R $USER /usr/local/lib/node_modules
Install Dependencies
- Go to the directory where fruit-basket app lives (For ex: 'Desktop/apps/fruit-basket'):
- Run Yarn install to get all the project dependencies - should create a 'node_modules' folfer inside of 'fruit-basket' folder
yarn install
Make App Globally Available
- Once installed, go to the directory where fruit-basket app lives (For ex: 'Desktop/apps/fruit-basket'):
cd Desktop/apps/fruit-basket // for example
- Still inside the fruit-basket directory, enter these two lines to make the app available globally. You will be able to run a command in terminal from anywhere.
npm link
yarn link
// entering command 'fruit-basket' will yield the app output
Run the App in Command Terminal
- To see all available commands (options: help and command: start):
fruit-basket
- Execute the following command to get help:
fruit-basket help
- Execute the following command to start the app:
fruit-basket start
- When prompted 'Enter CSV File:', insert 'fruit-basket.csv' or the full file path at '/Users/myName/fruit-basket.csv' in field and hit Enter
- App should execute with proper outputs
Publish to NPM
- To publish changes, call these commands in terminal:
npm publish
yarn publish