Package.Me

• Command-line tool
• module
• express-like middleware

for packaging of javascript, coffeescript & other^script code within a folder structure to

• memory at runtime for development
• file for production

Inspired by nibjs, following CommonJS, packages can be distributed via npm.

usage as command-line tool

follwing will take sourceFolder/package.json and combine all supported scripts to destinationFile

packageme sourceFolder destinationFile

usage as nodejs module

var package = require("packageme");

// will write sourceFolder to destinationFile, invoking resultHandler on end
package(sourceFolder).toFile(destinationFile, resultHandler); 

// will write sourceFolder to string, invoking resultHandler(string) on end
package(sourceFolder).toString(resultHandler);

// will pipe the sourceFolder to string, will invoke stream.end() once finished.
package(sourceFolder).pipe(stream);

usage as express middleware

// will return sourceFolder packaged at URI /packages/packageName based on sourceFolder/package.json
// toURI respects the NODE_ENV flag, and will optimize package process in production mode to happen only once.
app.configure(function(){
  app.use(package(sourceFolder).toURI("/packages/packageName"));
  app.use(app.router);
});

in browser usage

// will return module instance of packageName's main module.
var library = packageme.require("packageName");

// will return module instance of moduleA within package 'packageName'
var module = packageme.require("packageName/libs/moduleA");

// require statements act as they should even within modules
// requires respect the actual sever-side structure of the code, nevertheless they are emulated within the browser.
var module = require("./innerModule");
var module2 = require("../outerModule");
var module3 = require("packageName");

// innerModule.js
exports.myFunction = function() {}

// outerModule.js
module.exports = function() {}

// package/index.js
module.exports = {}