ai-install

Say goodbye to npm install, no need npm install, throw away npm install.

example

In your project,

1. add npx -y ai-install (npm>=7) to package.json->scripts->start/build.

   use npx ai-install (npm<=6).

{
  "name": "ai-install-demo",
  "scripts": {
    "start": "npx -y ai-install && xxx serve --open",
    "build": "npx -y ai-install && xxx build"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "xxx": "x.y.z"
  }
}

2. add a new file npm-start.sh, the content is:

npm start 

After git clone, just double click npm-start.sh to start, no typing command.

because

npx -y ai-install

executing npm install if not installed.

npx run an arbitrary command from an npm package (either one installed locally, or fetched remotely).

think

Does it save a second of typing npm i? no!

After the installation of npm i, it was not seamlessly connected to npm start, which wasted 10 ~ 60 seconds.

If you use npx -y ai-install, then npm start will likely start a minute earlier.

yarn & pnpm

npx -y ai-install

In yarn project, auto executing yarn install if not installed.

In pnpm project, auto executing pnpm install if not installed.

src

package.json defined a commond ai-install.

{
  "name": "ai-install",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "Say goodbay to `npm install`, no need `npm install`, throw away `npm install`.",
  "main": "index.js",
  "bin": {
    "ai-install": "index.js"
  }
}

index.js executing npm/yarm/pnpm install if not installed.

#!/usr/bin/env node

var fs = require('fs');
var child_process = require('child_process');

if (!fs.existsSync('node_modules')) {
  if(fs.existsSync('yarn.lock')){
    child_process.execSync('yarn install', { stdio: 'inherit' });
  } else if (fs.existsSync('pnpm-lock.yaml')){
    child_process.execSync('pnpm install', { stdio: 'inherit' });
  } else if (fs.existsSync('package-lock.json') || fs.existsSync('npm-shrinkwrap.json')){
    // 'npm ci' is faster than 'npm i'.
    child_process.execSync('npm ci', { stdio: 'inherit' });
  } else {
    child_process.execSync('npm i', { stdio: 'inherit' });
  }
}