_npm-scripts-introduction.md

Code Examples for my Blog Post: An Introduction to NPM Scripts

The full Github repo can be found here: github.com/kevinchisholm/video-code-examples/tree/master/node-npm/npm-scripts-introduction

(Follow the instructions to clone the repo and execute the example code)

example-1.json

{
  "name"         : "easy-http-post-testing-with-the-request-module",
  "version"      : "0.0.1",
  "description"  : "Easy HTTP POST testing with the request module.",
  "author"       : "Kevin Chisholm",
  "dependencies" : {
    "request"    : "latest",
    "body-parser": "^1.15.2",
    "express": "4.14.0"
  }
}

example-1.yml

-build
  --css
  --js
-src
  --coffee
    ---global.coffee
  --js
    ---main.js
  --sass
    ---main.scss

example-2.json

{
  "name"         : "easy-http-post-testing-with-the-request-module",
  "version"      : "0.0.1",
  "description"  : "Easy HTTP POST testing with the request module.",
  "author"       : "Kevin Chisholm",
  "dependencies" : {
    "request"    : "latest",
    "body-parser": "^1.15.2",
    "express": "4.14.0"
  }
}

example-3.json

{
  "name": "npm-scripts-example",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "devDependencies": {
    "delete": "0.3.2 ",
    "gulp": "3.9.1",
    "gulp-coffee": "2.3.2",
    "gulp-sass": "2.3.2",
    "gulp-uglify": "2.0.0"
  },
  "scripts" : {
  	"build:sass": "gulp sass",
  	"build:coffee": "gulp coffee",
  	"build:js": "gulp uglify",
    "build": "npm run build:sass && npm run build:js && npm run build:coffee",
    "clean": "node ./clean.js",
    "serve" : "node ./index.js",
  	"start": "npm run build && npm run serve"
  }
}