NPM CI Demo

This is an exercise about continuous delivery of NPM library or software.

Terms

By Semantic Versioning 2.0.0, a version number is in format of MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH. However, by semantic-release, they are also called Breaking, Feature and Patch.

Preparation

The following tools are used in our exercise:

• git
• npm
• semantic-release
  may be installed by npm install -g semantic-release

You should have all these tools installed before doing exercise. And, you should have accounts on:

• npmjs.com
• github.com

Start Up

1. Create a new repository on github.com, then clone it into your local store:

   # Suppose the repository is YounGoat/npm-ci-demo
   git clone https://github.com/YounGoat/npm-ci-demo.git

2. Initiate the repository's root direction as an NPM project.

   cd npm-ci-demo
   npm init
   # Then to fill out as prompted.

3. ... to be continued ...

References

tools, protocols and standards:

• Semantic Versioning 2.0.0
• Sentimental Versioning, Version One dot Oh, Erm...
• npm-dist-tag, Modify package distribution tags
• semantic-release
• semantic-release-cli
• AngularJS Git Commit Message Conventions

others:

• 深入 Node 模块的安装和发布