Running

Simply run npx runner to run your Parcel-based client/server project. For help, run npx runner --help. This example, uses npx, but if you don't have that, then you can add runner to a script in package.json, or run via ./node_modules/.bin/runner.

Add runner to package.json[scripts]

"scripts": {
  "runner": "runner"
}

Configuration

This system uses cosmiconfig to parse configuration files. You can add your own configuration by adding a runner key to your package.json, or by creating a .runnerrc.js file, or any other method that CosmiConfig supports.

File autodetection

Runner will attempt to autodetect client and server files for you. The order of precedence for these files is:

Client

• src/client/index.html

• src/client/index.htm

• src/client/index.ts

• src/client/index.js

• client/index.html

• client/index.htm

• client/index.ts

• client/index.js

• src/server/index.ts

• src/server/index.js

• server/index.ts

• server/index.js

Build Command

The build command will guess at configuration settings for client and server and build them. You can override this by setting the client or server entries in the config, or by adding an additional entry to sources in the config.

Configuration documentation:

{
  /** The path to additional command files */
  commandPath: string[];
  client: {
    /** The entry file for the client compilation */
    entry: string;
    /** The parcel configuration options */
    parcel: ParcelOptions;
  };
  /** Arguments to add when running the server */
  runArguments: string[];
  server: {
    /** The entry file for the server compilation */
    entry: string;
    /** True if this entry utilizes docker */
    docker: boolean;
    /** The parcel configuration options */
    parcel: ParcelOptions;
  };
  sources: {
    /** Name to display in any output related to this source (optional) */
    name: string;
    /** True if this entry utilizes docker */
    docker?: boolean;
    /** True if this item emits a runnable file */
    run?: boolean;
    /** The entry file for the server compilation */
    entry: string;
    /** The parcel configuration options */
    parcel: ParcelOptions;
  }[];
  /** Rules for linters */
  lint: {
    carets: {
      /**
       * How to handle dependencies
       * - strict: Must be a specific version such as 1.0.0
       * - range: Must be a range such as ^1.0.0
       * - ignore: Will not be checked
       */
      dependencies: DependencyType;
      /**
       * How to handle dependencies
       * - strict: Must be a specific version such as 1.0.0
       * - range: Must be a range such as ^1.0.0
       * - ignore: Will not be checked
       */
      devDependencies: DependencyType;
    };
    /** Array of additional linters to run. Should be paths to .js files */
    custom: string[];
    /** Configuration settings for prettier */
    prettier: {
      /**
       * Paths to run prettier on. You can use $EXTENSIONS in the path to add
       * all supported extensions, or you can add your own. This is an array of
       * glob expressions.
       */
      paths: string[];
    };
  };
}

Additional Commands

You can add your own commands to Runner by overriding runner.commandPath in your cosmiconfig, and adding .js files to that folder.

Example: Add commandPath to package.json[runner]

"runner": {
  "commandPath": "tools/commands"
}

Command Class

A command must export install and run. The install method accepts a Commander instance as the first parameter, which you can use to setup your command. The run method is used when other commands want to run your command directly. It should return a Promise so that other commands can await the result of your command.

Example

function run() {
  console.log('This is the command!');
  return Promise.resolve(true);
}

function install(program) {
  program
    .command('example')
    .description('An example command')
    .action(run);
}

module.exports = { install, run };