nhunzaker / nodebot

A helper robot written in node javascript

#Nodebot

A helper robot written for the busy developer. Nodebot can (currently):

• Compile javascripts using Uglify.js (And all javascripts in a directory)
• Validate html (websites too), css, and javascript
• Watch files for changes and validate them there is a supported validator
• Report system information such as ip addresses, free memory, and host names
• Query Wolfram|Alpha for definitions and answers to complex questions.

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npm install nodebot -g

Example commands

$ nodebot What is the capital of Spain?

$ nodebot is nodebot.js valid?

$ nodebot watch ./nodebot.js

$ nodebot how much free memory do I have?

Validate Javascript, CSS, and HTML (websites work too)

$ nodebot is nodebot.js valid?

Nodebot: Oh snap! I found 1 error in nodebot.js: 
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48:12 - Don't make functions within a loop.
 

General Information

$ nodebot

Nodebot: What can I help you with?
 Response: what is the current directory

Nodebot: The current directory is /Users/nate/Sites/nodebot

Nodebot: What can I help you with?
 Response: what is my ip address?

Nodebot: User's ip address is 

   local - 127.0.0.1
external - 172.30.9.66

Nodebot: What can I help you with?
 Response: What is your name?

Nodebot: Nodebot's name is Nodebot

Compiling javascript

$ nodebot compile all javascript as min.js

Nodebot: I am now compiling all javascript into min.js

Nodebot: Files have changed. Compiling all javascript into min.js.

nodebot's Issues

Reminders

It'd be pretty cool if the following behavior occurred:

$ nodebot Remind me to foo bar on Thursday

Nodebot: What time?
Response: 9:00
Nodebot: Okay I will remind you to foo bar on Thursday, the [Date] at 9:00

Test coverage for part of speech tagger

Go go go!

Reminders (Requires issue #3)

It'd be pretty cool if the following behavior occurred:

$ nodebot Remind me to foo bar on Thursday

Nodebot: What time?
Response: 9:00
Nodebot: Okay I will remind you to foo bar on Thursday, the [Date] at 9:00

Compile Command

It'd be cool if the Nodebot could compile together all javascript in a directory. Just a thought.

Persistent lexical memory

The nodebot should remember what you tell it.

Language » Use part of speech tagger

Instead of using a set of arrays to slice up commands for processing, perhaps use something such as:

https://github.com/fortnightlabs/pos-js