TODOPlugin

The TODOPlugin is a webpack plugin designed to search for TODO comments in specified files and directories of your project, and generate a JSON file containing information about these TODO items. It provides flexibility to customize the search criteria based on custom patterns and directory paths.

Features

• Search for TODO comments in specified files and directories.
• Customize search criteria with custom TODO patterns.
• Generate a JSON file containing information about TODO items found.

Installation

You can install the TODOPlugin via npm:

npm install webpack-todo-plugin --save-dev

Usage

To use the TODOPlugin in your webpack configuration, follow these steps:

1. Import the plugin into your webpack configuration file:

const TODOPlugin = require('webpack-todo-plugin');

2. Add the plugin to the plugins array in your webpack configuration, passing any necessary options:

module.exports = {
  // Other webpack configuration options...
  plugins: [
    new TODOPlugin({
      directory: 'src', // Directory to search for TODO comments
      customPatterns: ['FIXME', 'HACK'], // Custom patterns to match for TODO comments
    }),
  ],
};

3. Run webpack to trigger the plugin and generate the JSON file containing TODO items:

npx webpack

4. View the generated todo.json file in the specified output directory to see the detected TODO items.

CLI Command

You can also use the webpack-todo show command to display the TODO items directly from the command line. Make sure to run this command after running webpack to generate the todo.json file.

npx webpack-todo show

Options

The TODOPlugin supports the following options:

• directory (String, required): The directory path to search for TODO comments. Default 'src'.
• customPatterns (Array, required): Custom patterns to match for TODO comments. Default 'TODO', 'FIXME'.

Example

Here's an example webpack configuration using the TODOPlugin:

const path = require('path');
const TODOPlugin = require('webpack-todo-plugin');

module.exports = {
  mode: 'development',
  entry: './src/index.js',
  output: {
    path: path.resolve(__dirname, 'dist'),
    filename: 'bundle.js',
  },
  plugins: [
    new TODOPlugin({
      directory: 'src',
      customPatterns: ['TODO', 'FIXME'],
    }),
  ],
};

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

Acknowledgements

The TODOPlugin is built using webpack.