exporter

Node Exporter

Useful modules exporter for global use.

We always need load modules with following codes:

var email = require('../../helpers/email')

If create much more files and directories, I will angry with using the absolute path. So there is a exporter, it is global definition for you.

Load modules:

var $ = require('exporter');
 
$('email', __dirname + '/email.js');

Use it

var $ = require('exporter');
 
// Use it
$.email('[e-mail]');

Install

npm install exporter

Usage

Export

In bootstrap file, such as app.js in Express.

Export variables

var $ = require('exporter');
 
// Load with variables
$.debug = true;
$.env = process.ENV['NODE_ENV'];

Export modules from file or directory

Project structure such as:

- app.js
- helpers/
  - uploader.js
  - image.js
  - email.js
  - tools/
    - guid.js

Export

// Set module directly
$.uploader = require('./helpers/uploader');
 
// Or use exporter
$.email = $(__dirname + '/helpers/email.js');
 
// And it's same as follow
 
// Or use function export only
$('email', __dirname + '/helpers/email.js');
 
// Export modules in directory
$.helpers = $(__dirname + './helpers');
 
// Export modules recursive in directory
$('allHelpers', __dirname + '/helpers', true);

Use exporter

In your process file or Express controller

var $ = require('exporter');
 
if ($.debug && $.env == 'product') {
    // Some logic
}
 
var guid = $.allHelpers.tools.guid();
var sendEmail = $.helpers.email;
var uploader = $.uploader;

More

In Express application. You can use to export all routes.

var $ = require('exporter');
 
$.routes = $(__dirname + '/routes', true);

If you have the structure such as:

- routes/
  - register.js
  - api/
    - users.js

And you can use it simply

var $ = require('exporter');
 
app.get('/register', $.routes.register);
app.get('/api/users', $.routes.api.users);