scriptr

scriptr is a convenience utility for getting my scripting workflow up and running quickly without much added complexity. It's a very simple utility that encapsulates my most common scripting workflow, allowing me to keep the base application from exploding with dependencies unrelated to its domain.

Motivation

I found myself using a similar pattern to compile scripts on all my projects, and I wanted a quicker way to get up and running while getting as many boilerplate dependencies as possible out of the individual project's package.json. I like the idea of small, UNIX-like tools and am experimenting with how I might be able to create specific and simple utilities that can be easily combined together.

Usage

Step 0: Install

npm install -g scriptr

Step 1: Prepare Your Scripts

scriptr expects to receive a .coffee manifest file. If desired, you can use browserify in this manifest.

Step 2: Combine!

From the command line, run scriptr [source] [destination], where [source] is the path to your manifest file and [destination] is the path to your desired JS file. Paths can be absolute or relative.

Example: scriptr ui/ui.coffee build/js/ui.js