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npm-launcher

v0.0.8

Published

NPM scripts gui launcher

Downloads

18

Readme

npm version

npm-launcher

(Former npm-package-user-scripts-gui.)

GUI interface to npm-package-user-scripts-list command.

The idea of this tool came to my mind when I tried to introduce my son to the development of node projects and manage them using npm scripts from the console.

This script scans current project (in running path) package.json commands (see npm-package-user-scripts-list for parsing details) and shows minimalistic window for interactive running your service tasks.

Take in mind that the content of the log tab is updated only after the command is completed. All logs are doubled on stdout.

It may be preferable to install the package globally because each local installation recompiles its own libui library instance.

Requirements

See LibUI-Node Requirements -- used interface engine (required some build tools for compiling sources).

Installation

For current project:

$ npm i -S npm-launcher

Global:

$ npm i -g npm-launcher

Usage

In js code:

const ScriptCommandsGUI = require('./');

const commandsWindow = new ScriptCommandsGUI({

  // See options reference below...

  /** Datetime format */
  dateformat: 'yyyy.mm.dd, HH:MM:ss',

  /** Minimal window width */
  width: 800,

});

commandsWindow.showWindow();

Linux/MacOS shell command line:

$ npm-launcher &

Windows shell command line (console window will be opened, minimized and closed after program finish):

$ start /min npm run -s cmd-gui ^& exit

Another convenient way to run the program on Windows is with vbasic script like this:

CreateObject("Wscript.Shell").Run "npm run -s cmd-gui", 0

(Thanks to Kees Bakker, see his article How to start Node.js app windowless in Windows.)

See also scripts npm-launch.cmd, npm-launch.sh, npm-launch.vbs (included in package) for global-installed package launch.

Options

All options are optional. :)

  • execOptions: Exec options (for child_process.exec); @see child_process.exec (default: {})
  • dateformat: Format datetime for logging; @see felixge/node-dateformat (default: 'yyyy.mm.dd HH:MM:ss')
  • width: Minimal window width (default: 600)
  • height: Minimal window height (default: 200)
  • title: Window title (if can't to generate from package.json's name field) (default: 'Commands')
  • commands: Commands list (default: { test: { title: 'Test' } })
  • buttonSpaces: Spaces for adding before and after button text (default: ' ')

Screenshots

Initial screen:

Initial screen

Running command:

Running command

Successfully finished command:

Successfully finished command

Log tab:

Log tab

Failed command:

Failed command

Show error in the log tab:

Show error in the log tab

See also: