yehorbk / rtl

A library that provides bootstrap functionality and process management tools for JavaScript applications

Runtime Library

A library that provides bootstrap functionality and process management tools for JavaScript applications. It allows to extend and Application class and implement the main function in JavaScript.

NPM Installation

$ npm install --save @genericst/rtl

GitHub Installation

• Run npm install to install dependencies
• Run npm build to build .ts files into .js
• Run npm link to create a temporary link to library cli
  If you have a troubles with that commands try to run with sudo.

How to use

Syntax

$ rtl [options]

Command Line Arguments

• -f: select file
• -o: push arguments to application

Run

1. Run with rtl (default): rtl -f demo.js
2. Run with node (custom): node ./bin/cli.js -f demo.js

Demo

const { Application } = require('./rtl-components');

class Demo extends Application {
    static main(args) {
        const { argv } = process;
        console.dir({ argv, args });
    }
}

module.exports = Demo;

Requirements

• Entry class must be extended of Application
• Entry class must be exported from the file
• Main must be a static function
• Only use strict, imports/exports, global variables and classes allowed in the file

Scripts

• npm start - build and run application with rtl
• npm test - run tests
• npm run-script rtl-run - run application with rtl
• npm run-script build - build .ts files into .js
• npm run-script eslint - check for syntax mistakes

Author

Yehor Bublyk: GitHub • Twitter