node-resolve-lua
Implements node's require.resolve module resolution pattern for Lua.
This allows you to install Lua packages from npm and require them like normal modules.
All of the features of npm will come with using this pattern.
- Semantic Versioning of modules
- Modules installed locally, not globally
- Manage installed modules in a package.json file
- npm scripts
- Tons more
Usage
npm uses this pattern when it installs modules. So let's use npm! installing npm
In your project directory, we need to install node-resolve-lua:
$ npm install node-resolve-lua
--Only needs to be done oncerequire("./node_modules/node-resolve-lua/node-resolve")
And that's it! You're ready to include modules from npm now.
Example Usage
If we wanted to use a module from npm such as luadash, we would do this:
$ npm install luadash
local __ = require("luadash") function double (value) return value * 2end __.map(double, {1, 2, 3}) -- => {2, 4, 6}