type-mark

Why use type-mark

Because typeof just doesn't cut it. The canonical example being

> typeof null
"object"

With type-mark checking for null is as easy as

> type(null).object
false

Not to mention the added benifits of modifiers, interfaces, and custom validation.

Get It

On the Client

You can use the rawgit CDN to get the latest minified version

<script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdn.rawgit.com/ejrbuss/type-mark/b33a3d5646d5cf4d280ab97d73c776c5522dae90/type-mark.min.js'"></script>

Or you can include your own. Just save a copy of the minified file to your site's javascript directory.

<script type="text/javascript" src="js/type-mark.min.js"></script>

Using any of the above methods will make type-check available via your choice of commonjs interface. If require is not defined type-check defines type on the window. You can use type.collision to access any previous value of window.type.

On Node

type-mark is available through npm. When using node.js you can install using npm

$ npm install type-mark

To use type-mark in your Node project you will need to require it

var type = require('type-mark');

From Scratch

You can also clone the git repository if you want the full source or are interested in making modifications. type-check is dependency free so working with it is as easy as cloning.

$ git clone https://github.com/ejrbuss/type-mark.git

To run the npm scripts you will need to run npm install as well as the following global dependencies

• mocha,
• istanbul,
• browserify,
• uglify-js and
• jekyll/bundle.

The following npm scripts are made available

$ npm run test     # run tests and code coverage 
$ npm run build    # build type-mark.js and type-mark.min.js for the client 
$ npm run site     # run the docs site 
$ npm run version  # update version number and cdn 

Getting Started