tea-script
v1.0.5
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TeaScript
TeaScript is a superset of JavaScript(ES 5) and it can be compiled into JavaScript. TeaScript adds a new operator ~
to simply and powerfully streamline asynchronous control flow. Say goodbye to callback pyramids finally.
Sample
var count = 0;
function delayTask(interval, callback) {
setTimeout(function() {
callback(null, count++);
}, interval);
}
for (var i = 0; i < 10; ++i) {
console.log(new Date(), delayTask(1000, ~));
console.log('step' + i);
}
Output:
Mon Oct 27 2014 20:58:26 GMT+0800 (CST) 0
step0
Mon Oct 27 2014 20:58:27 GMT+0800 (CST) 1
step1
Mon Oct 27 2014 20:58:28 GMT+0800 (CST) 2
step2
Mon Oct 27 2014 20:58:29 GMT+0800 (CST) 3
step3
Mon Oct 27 2014 20:58:30 GMT+0800 (CST) 4
step4
Mon Oct 27 2014 20:58:31 GMT+0800 (CST) 5
step5
Mon Oct 27 2014 20:58:32 GMT+0800 (CST) 6
step6
Mon Oct 27 2014 20:58:33 GMT+0800 (CST) 7
step7
Mon Oct 27 2014 20:58:34 GMT+0800 (CST) 8
step8
Mon Oct 27 2014 20:58:35 GMT+0800 (CST) 9
step9
Usage
// Install tea-script module globally
$ npm install -g tea-script
// Run a TeaScript file
$ tea script.tea
// Compile the tea script and save `.js` file to the same dir
$ tea --compile script.tea
// Learn more
$ tea --help
Write TeaScript is as easy as replacing callback functions the operator ~
, and the result will be returned synchronously. Any error will be throwed.
Node Version
TeaScript requires node 0.11.x for the --harmony flag which exposes generators to your script. If you're running an earlier version of node you may install n, a node version manager to quickly install 0.11.x:
$ npm install -g n
$ n 0.11.12
$ tea script.tea
// or
$ tea --compile script.tea
$ node --harmony script.js
More examples
Before:
var async = require('async');
var userIds = [672, 282, 33, 4];
async.map(userIds, function(userId, callback) {
User.findById(userId, function(err, user) {
callback(err, user);
});
}, function(err, users) {
res.json(users);
});
Now:
var userIds = [672, 282, 33, 4];
res.json(userIds.map(function(userId) {
return User.findById(userId, ~);
}));
Before:
User.findById(req.query.userId, function(err, user) {
if (user) {
user.getTasks(function(err, tasks) {
if (tasks) {
res.json(tasks);
} else {
res.json({ error: 'No tasks' });
}
});
} else {
res.json({ error: 'No user' });
}
});
Now(with TeaScript):
var user = User.findById(req.query.userId, ~);
if (user) {
var tasks = user.getTasks(~);
if (tasks) {
res.json(tasks);
} else {
res.json({ error: 'No tasks' });
}
} else {
res.json({ error: 'No user' });
}
Roadmap
- Plugins for Grunt, Gulp, Vim...
- More tests