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What is es6module ?

This is a starting point for a JS library (not a frontend framework-based thing) It's a simple module architecture using Rollup to bundle the code in one single source file. There will be three output bundles, in three directories:

dist, with a umd bundle and its minified equivalent (bundles with dependencies if there is any)
lib, with a commonjs bundle, mostly for Node usage (does not bundle with dependencies)
es, with a es module bundle, mostly for ES usage (does not bundle with dependencies)

None of these is transpiled into ES5 and this package does not use Babel.

Code documentation can also be generated thanks to Documentation.js that uses the JSDoc syntax.

Using es6module as a base

es6module is not made to be used as-is, but rather to be a starting-point/boilerplate to make your own module. Here is the list of things to change to make it yours:

The entry-point of the module is src/index.js, of course, you should rename this file with the name of your choice.

In package.json file, look for the string es6module and change all its occurrence with the name of your choice. The file rollup.config.js does not need any edits because it uses variables from package.json.

Some usage examples are provided in the examples/ folder.

Dev mode

$ npm run dev

Does:

watches for source modifications
makes all except the minified umd bundle
serves on a http://localhost:PORT/ where PORT is a random number in [3000, 6000]. This is copied into the clipboard

Build your module

Using Rollup from the script:

$ npm run build

This builds all the 4 outputs.

Lint

Es6modules uses eslint and the set of rules defined by Airbnb + some minor adjustments.
Run the linter to simply display errors and warnings:

$ npm run lint

To fix:

$ npm run lint -- --fix

How to use my module?

The advantage of the umd package specification is that it's compatible everywhere: Node, Browser and ES6 import.

From HTML:

<script src="../dist/es6module.js"></script>
<!-- Or with the minified bundle -->
<script src="../dist/es6module.min.js"></script>

From Node:

const es6module = require("es6module");

From ES6:

import es6module from 'es6module';

Then, no matter your setup, you can use es6module the same way:

var foo = new es6module.Foo(20, 30);

// do something with foo
foo.printAnAttribute();
foo.setAnAttribute(34)
foo.printAnAttribute();

Documentation

Even if you code only for yourself, a bit of documentation can not hurt :) .
Use the JSDoc syntax and then run:

$ npm run doc

Two kinds of documentations will be generated: a HTML kind in doc/ (here) and a markdown kind in ./documentation.md (here).

Extra

Since I clone this repo a lot and use it as a start for almost every new project, I've decided to create a script to:

clone (with depth=1)
remove the .git folder
remove files and folder that are going to be replaced anyway (doc, dist bundles)
replace the every "es6module" by "mynewfancymodule"
removes readme's content
run npm install

function es6module(){
  git clone --depth=1 --branch=master https://github.com/jonathanlurie/es6module.git  $1
  cd $1
  rm -rf .git
  rm -rf dist/* documentation.md doc/* package-lock.json
  find . -type f -iname '*' -exec sed -i '' "s/es6module/$1/g" "{}" +;
  printf "# $1\n[here goes the readme]\n" > readme.md
  npm install
}

Copy the script to the .bashrc and to run it:

es6module mynewfancymodule

TODO

Add a testing framework

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