whatodo

• Install
• API Usage
• CLI Usage

https://whatodo.io (coming soon)

A TODO collector, organizer, and task manager

Do you write TODO comments all over your code?

I certainly do.

Wouldn't it be nice to pull those TODOs out and have priorities, links to where to your code, all ready to go?

Install

npm i -g whatodo

List priorities:

• // TODO: low priority
• // TODO:: mid priority
• // TODO::: high priority

NPM Problems?

Try this: sudo npm install -g whatodo --unsafe-perm --allow-root

API Usage

Options:

• input - input file or directory
• ignore - array of files or directories to ignore
• ignoreExts - array of extensions to ignore
• todoPattern - regex pattern to search for (default: '\\/\\/ ?TODO:?:?:? ?')
• outputFile - specify the file where the todos are saved
• outputFormat - format to export todos (JSON, STDOUT)
• maximumFileSize - maximum file size to search (1 KiB, 1 Megabyte, 2 MB)

'use strict';

const Whatodo = require( 'whatodo' );

new Whatodo( {
    input: 'index.js',
    ignore: [ 'node_modules', '.git', '.idea', 'docs', 'build' ],
    ignoreExts: [ 'json', 'html', 'css', 'md' ],
    todoPattern: '\\/\\/ ?TODO:?:?:? ?',
    outputFile: 'todos.json',
    outputFormat: 'JSON',
    maximumFileSize: '1 MiB'
} )
    .initialize()
    .then( inst => inst.run() )
    .then( inst => inst.save() )
    .catch( console.error );

CLI Usage

Write your TODO comments throughout your code

When ready, run the todo cli to collect your comments:

todo -h

  
  Whatodo v0.3.0
  
  Whatodo is a NPM Module designed to quickly and efficiently extract your
  TODO comments from your code and organize them in a simple & readable format
  
  Usage:
  
    todo [input file/folder] [...options]
  
  Options:
  
    -h, --help      show this help menu
    -v, --version   show package version
    -i, --input     directory or file to check TODOs  (default: ./)
    -o, --output    file to save TODOs                (default: STDOUT)
    -f, --format    format to save/print TODOs        (default: STDOUT, JSON)
    -p, --pattern   pattern to capture TODOs          (default: "\/\/ ?TODO:?:?:? ?")
    -m, --maximum   maximum file size allowed         (default: "1 MB", 512KiB)
  

CLI usage print STDOUT

todo ./ -m 1KiB -p "\/\/ ?TEST:?:?:? ?"

whatodo/test/test.cc  (118 μs - 182 bytes)
    [low]  line: 1 - todo low priority
    [mid]  line: 2 - todo mid priority
    [high] line: 3 - todo high priority

Total: 3
High: 1
Mid: 1
Low: 1

CLI usage print JSON format and save to file

todo ./ -f JSON -o todos.json -m 1KiB -p "\/\/ ?TEST:?:?:? ?"

Specify:

• JSON formatted output
• Output file todos.json
• Set a maximum search of 1 Kibibyte files
• TODO search regex "\/\/ ?TEST:?:?:? ?"

Creates a TODOS.json file:

[
    {
        "file": "whatodo/test/test.cc",
        "timing": "120.263 μs",
        "todos": [
            {
                "priority": "LOW",
                "line": 1,
                "position": 0,
                "comment": "todo low priority"
            },
            {
                "priority": "MID",
                "line": 2,
                "position": 0,
                "comment": "todo mid priority"
            },
            {
                "priority": "HIGH",
                "line": 3,
                "position": 0,
                "comment": "todo high priority"
            }
        ],
        "size": 182
    }
]

Add todos to your package.json -> "scripts"

{
    "scripts": {
        "todo": "./node_modules/whatodo/cli.js -i ./ -o TODOS.json -f JSON && ./node_modules/whatodo/cli.js"`
    }
}

Then run npm run todo!