mkstack

Create and apply your favorite npm stacks.

Install

$ npm install mkstack -g

Usage

Create a stack

$ mkstack -c|--create :id

Lets setup a web stack. We need browserify and some other stuff.

$ mkdir ~/new-web-project && cd ~/new-web-project && npm init --yes
$ npm i browserify --save
$ npm i shoe --save --save-exact
$ npm i send --save --save-exact
$ npm i node-sass --save
$ npm i tape --save-dev
$ npm i nodemon --save-dev --save-exact

Save it.

$ mkstack -c web
Created web

Apply stack(s)

$ mkstack -a|--apply :ids [-y|--yarn]

Time for a new web project. Create a new folder and apply the previously saved stack. This will do:

• npm i :project --save for all dependencies
• npm i :project --save-dev for all devDependencies.

Use -y or --yarn if you want to use yarn instead of npm

$ mkdir ~/next-project && cd ~/next-project && npm init --yes
$ mkstack -a web
Applying web
..

If you create your stack abstractions well you can combine them. Perhaps you want a test stack that contains your favorite test modules, e.g. tape, chai, phantomjs etc.

Note that the order of the stacks are important since npm will save package.json each time and update in the order the stacks are applied.

$ mkstack -a web
$ mkstack -a sockets
$ mkstack -a tcp-server
$ mkstack -a irc2
$ mkstack -a console

Or use a comma separated list. This is more optimal since the dependency configuration will be merged before doing npm install to avoid installing modules multiple times to save time.

$ mkstack -a web,sockets,tcp-server,irc2,console
Applying web,sockets,tcp-server,irc2,console
..

List stacks

$ mkstack -l|--list

List your saved stacks with the -l flag. Note that mkstack does not have any opinions on version numbers. It just saves them as you specified them the first time.

$ mkstack -l
{
  "web": {
    "dependencies": {
      "browserify": "^8.1.1",
      "node-sass": "^2.0.0-beta",
      "send": "0.11.1",
      "shoe": "0.0.15"
    },
    "devDependencies": {
      "nodemon": "1.3.2",
      "tape": "^3.4.0"
    }
  }
}

Remove stack

$ mkstack --rm :id

$ mkstack --rm web
Removed web
$ mkstack -l
No stacks found

Config

mkstack uses rc. Default path for current config file is ~/.mkstackrc but that can be changed by using the --config flag:

$ mkstack -c websockets --config ~/path/to/my/stacks

License

GPL-3.0 © 2018-present Lars-Magnus Skog.