npm-cascade

Cascade your NPM scripts on multi module projects!

What is it?

Now it is possible to easily coordenate NPM on multi-module projects on node.js!

How can I use it?

First, install it globally:

$ npm install -g npm-cascade

Then, your root package.json must contain the cascade declaration:

{
  ...
  "cascade": {
    "before": {
      "install, test": [
        "./sub-module1"
      ]
    },
    "after": {
      "my-custom-script": [
        "./sub-module2"
      ]
    }
  },
  ...
}

In this example, if npm-cascade install or npm-cascade test is executed on the root module, these commands will also get executed on ./sub-module1 before they are executed on the root project. If npm-cascade my-custom-script is executed on the root module, this command will also be executed on ./sub-module2 after executing on the root module. If npm-cascade install test my-custom-script or npm-cascade install,test,my-custom-script are executed on the root module, they will be executed on the following order:

• install on ./sub-module1
• install on root module
• test on ./sub-module1
• test on root module
• my-custom-script on root module
• my-custom-script on ./sub-module2

Note that if any of this script doesn't exists (for example: root module has no script my-custom-script), it will be warned and skipped, but it will not fail.