NodeJS stack
| Table of contents | ||
|---|---|---|
| Babel | Backward Javascript compatibility for ES.Next | |
| Babel and related | ||
| bcli | ¶ | Babel command line |
| bcore | ¶ | Babel compiler core |
| bpenv | ¶ | A Babel preset for each environment |
| bpors | ¶ | Compile object rest and spread to ES5 |
| bwatch | ¶ | Checks file sizes, ensuring bundled browser assets don't jump in file size |
| Front-end build tool | ||
| atpfix | ¶ | PostCSS plugin to parse CSS and add vendor prefixes to CSS rules |
| ccss | ¶ | Fast and efficient CSS optimizer for any modern browser |
| ccsscli | ¶ | Command-line interface to clean-css - fast and efficient CSS optimizer |
| eslcorn | ¶ | Various awesome ESLint rules |
| eslimp | ¶ | Support linting of ES2015+ (ES6+) import/export syntax |
| eslint | ¶ | Identify and report on patterns found in ECMAScript/JavaScript code |
| eslxo | ¶ | Opinionated but configurable ESLint wrapper with lots of goodies included |
| fusv | ¶ | A simple tool to check for unused Sass variables in a directory |
| glob | ¶ | Match files using the patterns the shell uses, like stars and stuff |
| hamsim | ¶ | Simulate gestures |
| hugobin | ¶ | Binary wrapper for Hugo(4) |
| ip | ¶ | IP address utilities |
| istbul | ¶ | JavaScript test coverage made simple |
| jasmin | ¶ | Behaviour driven testing framework for JavaScript |
| jquery | ¶ | Fast, small, and feature-rich JavaScript library(4) |
| karbst | ¶ | Use any browser on BrowserStack! |
| karchr | ¶ | Launcher for Google Chrome, Google Chrome Canary and Google Chromium |
| karfir | ¶ | Launcher for Mozilla Firefox. |
| karjas | ¶ | Adapter for the Jasmine testing framework |
| karjpt | ¶ | Reporter that dynamically shows tests results at debug.html page |
| karma | ¶ | Make your test-driven development easy, fast, and fun |
| karrup | ¶ | Karma preprocessor to bundle ES modules using Rollup |
| karsaf | ¶ | Launcher for Safari |
| lcklint | ¶ | A CLI to lint a lockfile for security policies |
| lnktor | ¶ | A super simple site crawler and broken link checker |
| nodmon | ¶ | Automatically restart applications when source file changes are detected |
| nsass | ¶ | LibSass library wrapper and command line utility |
| pcsscli | ¶ | PostCSS CLI |
| popper | ¶ | Tooltip & popover positioning engine |
| postcss | ¶ | Tool for transforming styles with JS plugins |
| rollup | ¶ | Rollup is a module bundler for JavaScript(2) |
| runall | ¶ | A CLI tool to run multiple npm-scripts in parallel or sequential. |
| rupba | ¶ | Rollup plugin for seamless integration between Rollup and Babel |
| rupcjs | ¶ | Convert CommonJS modules to ES6, so they can be used with Rollup |
| rupist | ¶ | Seamless integration between Rollup and Istanbul. |
| rupnode | ¶ | Node resolution algorithm plugin to detect third party modules |
| sirv | ¶ | Lightweight CLI program to serve static sites~! |
| slint | ¶ | Mighty, modern linter |
| slintbs | ¶ | Default stylelint config used by Bootstrap |
| terser | ¶ | A JavaScript parser and mangler/compressor toolkit for ES6+ |
| vnujar | ¶ | Helps you catch unintended mistakes in your HTML, CSS, and SVG. |
| Bootstrap-only tools(3) | ||
| shjs | ¶ | Unix shell commands for Node.js |
| xenv | ¶ | Run scripts that set and use environment variables across platforms |
Notes:
(1) The jQuery library will progressively be phased out in 2020 and will essentially remain for legacy projects.
(2) We currently standardise on rollup for the bundling of Javacsript modules; essentially because this is the tool used by the Bootstrap project in their build toolchain. However, esbuild appears to be an excellent contender, written in Go, and self-described as an extremely fast Javascript/Typescript bundler and minifier. This should be futher investigated.
(3) The tools enumerated in this section are used in the Bootstrap build workflow but are useless with the
make-bootstrap make(1)-based workflow. They will most probably be removed from this stack in a near future.
(4) The Bootstrap project now makes use of Hugo instead of Jekyll. We favour neither and have yet to find a generator that matches our requirements, or build it form scratch.
