ps-module

Intended to be used in creating & validating course module *.meta file for Pluralsight. Specifically you can do the following things with this package:

• create a module using code
• load the module in YAML format
• save / load the module in XML (conforming to Pluralsight's *.meta schema)
• stage the module's assets (slides, demos, questions, clips) to a target folder
• validate the module properties per Pluralsight's requirements

Rather than using traditional callbacks, promises are returned for async calls using the popular Q promise library.

Installation

Install using NPM:

$ npm install ps-module

Load Module from YAML Config File

var Module = require('ps-module'),
    path = require('path');
 
var courseId = 'foo-fundamentals';
var courseModule = {};
var sourcePath = path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures');
var validPath = path.join(sourcePath, 'm1-fooFunModule', 'module.yaml');
 
Module.loadFromYaml(courseId, validPath)
  .then(function(result) => {
    courseModule = result;
  })
  .catch(function(error) => {
    console.error(error);
  });

Load Module from Pluralsight META File

var Module = require('ps-module'),
    path = require('path');
 
var courseId = 'foo-fundamentals';
var courseModule = {};
var sourcePath = path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures');
var validPath = path.join(sourcePath, 'm1-fooFunModule-psexpected', 'foo-fundamentals-m1.meta');
 
Module.loadFromMeta(courseId, validPath)
  .then(function(result) => {
    courseModule = result;
  })
  .catch(function(error) => {
    console.error(error);
  });

Save Module as Pluralsight META File

var Module = require('ps-module');
 
var courseModule = new Module();
courseModule.courseId = 'foo-fundamentals';
courseModule = 'm1-fooFunModule';
courseModule.title = 'Introduction to the Foo Framework';
courseModule.description = 'Brief customer facing description of module.';
courseModule.fullPath = 'somePath';
courseModule.clips = ['Introduction', 'API', 'Configuration', 'Security', 'Testing', 'Summary'];
 
courseModule.createMetaFile(tempBuildPath)
  .then(function(filePath) {
    console.log('File created at: ' + filePath);
  })
  .catch(function(error) {
    console.error(error);
  });

Stage Module's Assets to Target Folder

var Module = require('ps-module');
 
var courseModule = {}; // load or create course module
 
courseModule.stageDemoFile(tempBuildPath)
  .then(function(filePath) {
    console.log('Demo ZIP file (or no demos text file): ' + filePath);
    return courseModule.stageQuestionsFile(tempBuildPath);
  })
  .then(function(filePath) {
    console.log('Questions file (or no questions file): ' + filePath);
    return courseModule.stageSlidesFile(tempBuildPath);
  })
  .then(function(filePath) {
    console.log('Slides file: ' + filePath);
    return courseModule.stageClips(tempBuildPath);
  })
  .then(function(filePaths) {
    console.log('Module video clips: ' + filePaths);
  })
  .catch(function(error) {
    console.error(error);
  });

Check Validity of a Module

var Module = require('ps-module'),
    path = require('path');
 
var courseId = 'foo-fundamentals';
var sourcePath = path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures');
var validPath = path.join(sourcePath, 'm1-fooFunModule-psexpected', 'foo-fundamentals-m1.meta');
 
Module.loadFromMeta(courseId, validPath)
  .then(function(courseModule) => {
    var errors = courseModule.validate();
    if (errors && errors.length && errors.length > 0){
      console.log('Validation errors: ' + errors);
    }
  })
  .catch(function(error) => {
    console.error(error);
  });

See the tests for full usage.

Development

The package is written in TypeScript, however only the transpiled JavaScript is included in the NPM package. In TypeScript development, it's common to use a bunch of /// <reference path="" /> blocks and the TypeScript compiler generates a source map file that is included at the bottom of the generated JavaScript files. Prior to uploading this to NPM, I've removed these extra comments using a custom gulp task.

If you want to see the full source prior to the "scrubbing" done to prepare for publication to NPM, just get the entire source and run an included gulp task to compile everything.

The type definitions used in the source of this project were acquired from the DefinitelyTyped project. They are all saved in the tsd.json file and can be downloaded by running the following:

$ tsd reinstall -o