bring

A more natural and intelligent way (as opposed to the default "require" function) to import packages to your nodejs application.

Instead of doing var authService = require("../../services/core/authService"); you can do any of the following:

Assuming services is in your project's root directory

var authService = bring("/services/core/authService");

or using a partial path to the module

var authService = bring("core/authService");

or just the module name

var authService = bring("authService");

(This project is trying to use Semantic Versioning and is currently on v0.1.4)

Installation

Just do an npm install bring then:

var bring       = require("bring");
var authService = bring("authService");

Usage

"bring" supports many natural ways to import your packages. Just type in anything you feel natural to you and it will bring the module you had in mind!

Application Code

Use slash as your application's root directory not the system's root (OMG!)

var authService = bring("/services/core/authService");

Use double (or more) slashes for the system's root directory (I can't imagine why you would need to do that!)

var wieredModuleFromOtherLocation = bring("//home/jay/otherLocation/wieredModule");

Use only the module name if you feel like it (It doesn't matter where it is located "bring" will just bring it to you!)

var authService = bring("authService");

Use a partial path to your module is also possible

var authService = bring("core/authService");

Use the folder name if you will (the trailing slash is there just for you to know that it's a directory!)

var userService = bring("services/user/");

You can always use relative paths like "./somePath" or "../../someOtherPath"

var authService = bring("../../services/core/authService");

And of course you can always "bring" default node modules or installed modules (in the "node_modules" directory)

var fs = bring("fs");

Test Code

"bring" will help you a lot in writing your tests, because test are always in a separate folder (I hope...) and it is very hard to "require" them with all the nasty relative paths. All you have to do is just using one of the described ways above and forget about all the headaches you had before you knew "bring"!

Inspiration

nadav-dav's Rekuire

License

(The MIT License)

Copyright (c) 2014 ISMOT Group < [e-mail] >

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