nodefy

convert AMD modules into a node.js compatible format.

How?

This tool uses Esprima to parse the code and replace define() calls, doing the less amount of changes as possible to the code.

Input

define(['foo', '../bar/baz'], function(foo, baz){

    var lorem = 'ipsum';

    return {
        log : function(){
            console.log(lorem);
        }
    };

});

Output

    var foo = require('foo');
    var baz = require('../bar/baz');

    var lorem = 'ipsum';

    module.exports = {
        log : function(){
            console.log(lorem);
        }
    };

CLI

You can use it as a CLI tool:

[sudo] npm install -g nodefy
nodefy -o cjs "src/**.js"

This will convert all ".js" files inside the src folder and put the results on the cjs folder.

It also works with stdin and stdout:

cat "src/foo.js" | nodefy

For a list of available options run:

nodefy -h

Standalone Lib

It is also available as a regular node.js library.

var nodefy = require('nodefy');

// nodefy.parse(string)
// returns node.js style module
var cjsModule = nodefy.parse(jsString);

// nodefy.convert(inputPath [, outputPath], callback)
// if outputPath is omitted it won't write the result
nodefy.convert('foo.js', function(err, result){
    console.log(result);
});

// nodefy.batchConvert(glob [, outputFolder], callback)
// if outputFolder is omitted it won't write the result
nodefy.batchConvert('src/**.js', 'cjs', function(err, results){
    // results is an array of {sourcePath, outputPath, result}
});

Inspiration / Why?

I couldn't find any tool that did what I wanted - convert AMD modules into plain node.js - so I decided to code my own. There are alternatives but they all add more complexity than I wanted.

This project was created mainly because of amd-utils, since many methods are useful on both environments.

The name was inpired by browserify.

Alternatives

• amdefine
• UMD
• r.js
• uRequire

License

Released under the MIT license