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ntm | npm[scripts] with a makeover.

ntm has access to each of npm's 280,000 packages, introduces beautiful and friendly syntax, and simplifies all of your tasks.

Many respectable web developers vouch for npm as a build tool and task runner. Yet, none of them are afraid to to admit that declaring tasks inside of your package.json is far from appealing and can quickly become a nightmare to navigate.

• Give Grunt the Boot
• Introduction to Using NPM as a Build Tool
• Why npm Scripts?
• Using npm as a Build Tool for Your Next Project
• NPM as a Build Tool
• Yo dawg, I heard you like build tools...

Enter ntm

ntm is a simple 'language' that compiles to common npm scripts and makes building and tasking a breeze. With keywords, references, and the ability to specify whether your tasks will be run concurrent or in an ordered manner, ntm makes up for its simplicity in funcationality.

$ node ntm -test compile-babel

npm run babel ./src/babel/*.es6.js ./dist/js/ && concat ./dist/js/ && uglify ./dist/js/ && watch ./src/babel/*.es6.js

Keywords

• and, while, and ++ are used to specify a concurrent job.

• next, then, and >> are used to specify a chained job.

• it, them, dir, and files are 'variables' that refer to the most recently seen path.

• origin and origins refer to the first path in the task block, and an array of paths that are the first on their lines, respectively.

• Unrecognized words are ignored.

The heart and soul of ntm is npm.

ntm is npm, and that is all there is to it. Calling ntm task-name in the terminal is ultimately calling npm script-name. The only difference is the place you define your tasks, how beautiful and dynamic the tasks can be, and the swapping of a 'p' for a 't' in the terminal.