livn

A CLI and Express middleware for getting up and running without any hurdles and get straight onto creating.

livn comes bundled with babel. This means the code will be transpiled from the latest edge version of JavaScript (ES6+) to ES5, resulting in the newest features in all browsers, without even touching a transpiler. livn also has built in LiveReload.

This tools is made for getting your projects on their feet without worrying about the underlying magic, letting you focus 100% on your code!

IMPORTANT

I want to state this is mostly just a wrapper around browserify-middleware for more basic usage and an added CLI for rapid prototyping. All transformation magic goes to them, the babel team and the browserify team.

Installation

CLI

$ npm install -g livn

Express middleware

$ npm install livn

Usage

CLI

1. Make sure livn is installed by running $ livn --version.
2. cd to your working directory and run the CLI.
3. Go to localhost:3000.

Run $ livn -h for a list of commands.

Example

$ cd your/current/project
$ livn
Server is up and running of port 3000

Express

After installing express to your project go ahead and require it and use it like so app.use(livn(app));. This should be all you need for a basic application.

Example

var express = require('express');
var livn = require('livn');
 
// Initiate express app
var app = express();
 
// Setup app to use the livn middleware
app.use(livn(app));
 
// OPTIONAL
// Setup static serving of files
app.use(express.static('./'));
 
app.listen(3000, function() {
  console.log('Server is up and running with livn!');
});

Motivation

After writing boilerplate transpiler code after boilerplate transpiler code, I wanted something that would be super easy to transport and to test out new ideas in an instant. Along with this came the separation of build tools and actual source code of my projects, leaving my projects cleaner.

Contributing

1. Fork it!
2. Create your feature branch: git checkout -b my-new-feature
3. Commit your changes: git commit -am 'Add some feature'
4. Push to the branch: git push origin my-new-feature
5. Submit a pull request :D

Credits

Thanks to browserify-middleware for providing an awesome middleware that made this project 100 times easier for me.

License

The MIT License (MIT)