stepwise

Overview

Stepwise is a small task runner that takes a bunch of user defined objects, in which there is user defined step() function that performs work. The steps are executed in order and there are mechanisms to programmatically decide to skip over a given test

Why I wrote this

There are several steps that nearly every Express app or command line code ends up repeating. Some times I find myself commenting out a section of it for testing or other reasons. Sometimes I only want the HTTP server and not the HTTPS stuff because I don't have a dev SSL cert. Etc etc etc.

This small module provides a decent way to do this as well as a method to provide timing as it goes.

Features

• Start and stop timing for each step as it executes
• A stop clock that allows tagging each stop for later debugging
• Emits events as each step starts, completes and/or fails
• Provides timings for each step as well as overall as a whole.

Roadmap, Wishlists, Future

• Async/Await Support for steps
• Dynamically detect whether or not proceed() is a getter, function or property and support all three.
• Consider supporting subtasks/steps
• Add EventEmitter tests
• Write more details usage instructions with all variations

Installation

Head over to your project, install it and start using

npm install --save stepwise

Usage

You'll need to create a Stepper as well as some Steps to make things go.

const { Stepper, Stepper: { Step } } = require('stepwise')
let express = require('express')
 
let Stepper = Stepper.from([express()],
  Step('Step One', (app) => {...}),
  Step('Step Two', (app) => {...}),
  Step('Step Three', (app) => {...})
)
 
let results = Stepper.startSteppin()