ndapp - its node application starter helper. It helps you do not write long requires, parse command line arguments, use application with components hierarchy, define your tools or favourte modules to fast access to him (without require in every new file)

ndapp create a global variable app - it's yours application with with everything you need

In new app by default avaliable few modules: path, fs-extra, os, lodash, moment To use them, in every

const ndapp = require("ndapp");

Create application

ndapp(options)

Where options - is object with fields, you can omit any option:

• app - instance of your app, use base class:

  class MyApp extends ndapp.Application {
  };
    
  ndapp({ app: new MyApp() });

• arguments - command line arguments You can define enum for your argument list, and define options to parse arguments (parsing is provided by module minimist)

  const ARGUMENTS = new ndapp.enum({
      "ARG1": "arg1",
      "ARG2": "arg2"
  });
  
  ndapp({
      arguments: {
          enum: ARGUMENTS,
          options: {
              boolean: [
                  ARGUMENTS.ARG1,
                  ARGUMENTS.ARG2
              ],
              default: {
                  [ARGUMENTS.ARG1]: false,
                  [ARGUMENTS.ARG2]: false
              }
          }
      }
  });

  If you provide a enum for arguments, you can acess to arguments by these methods:

  console.log(app.arguments[app.enums.arguments.ARG1]);
  console.log(app.arguments.ARG1);

  Otherwise, you always acess to arguments by it's names (how you will write it in console)

  console.log(app.arguments.arg1);

  app.arguments - it's a minimist result (for example, you can acess to undefined args by app.arguments._)

• enums - define your own enums

  ndapp({
      enums: {
          myEnum: new ndapp.enum(["MY_ENUM1", "MY_ENUM2"])
      }
  });

• constants - define your own constants

  ndapp({
      constants: {
          "MY_CONSTANT": 123
      }
  });

• libs - define libs

  ndapp({
      libs: {
          express: require("express")
      }
  });
  
  const application = app.libs.express();

  Default libs path os fs (fs-extra) _ (lodash) moment (moment.js)

• tools - define any function/classes, what you need

  ndapp({
      tools: {
          convert: x => x * 100
      }
  });
  
  const result = app.tools.convert(20);

• components - define application components

  class MyComponentApp extends ndapp.ApplicationComponent {
      constructor(options) {
          // ...
      }
  };
  
  ndapp({
      components: [
          new MyComponentApp({ a: 1})
      ]
  });

Simpliest application will looks like:

ndapp()

const data = app.tools.json.load("mydata.js");

Complex example:

const ARGUMENTS = new ndapp.enum({
	"MY_ARG": "myarg"
});

class MyApp extends ndapp.Application {
};

ndapp({
	info: {
		name: "abb-server",
		version: "2.0.0"
	},
	app: new MyApp(),
	arguments: {
		enum: ARGUMENTS,
		options: {
			boolean: [
				ARGUMENTS.MY_ARG
			],
			default: {
				[ARGUMENTS.MY_ARG]: true
			}
		}
	},
	enums: {
	},
	constants: {
	},
	libs: {
	},
	tools: {
	},
	components: [
	]
});