nick-bull

Better local require() paths for Node.js

Problem

When the directory structure of your Node.js application (not library!) has some depth, you end up with a lot of annoying relative paths in your require calls like:

const Article = require('../../../../app/models/article');

Those suck for maintenance and they're ugly.

Possible solutions

How-to setup a simple git push deployment

These are my notes basically. At first i created this gist just as a reminder for myself. But feel free to use this for your project as a starting point. If you have questions you can find me on twitter @thomasf https://twitter.com/thomasf This is how i used it on a Debian Wheezy testing (https://www.debian.org/releases/testing/)

Discuss, ask questions, etc. here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7445545

On the server (example.com)

Directory structure for JavaScript/Node Projects

While the following structure is not an absolute requirement or enforced by the tools, it is a recommendation based on what the JavaScript and in particular Node community at large have been following by convention.

Beyond a suggested structure, no tooling recommendations, or sub-module structure is outlined here.

Directories

lib/ is intended for code that can run as-is
src/ is intended for code that needs to be manipulated before it can be used

	# 0 is too far from ` ;)
	set -g base-index 1

	# Automatically set window title
	set-window-option -g automatic-rename on
	set-option -g set-titles on

	#set -g default-terminal screen-256color
	set -g status-keys vi
	set -g history-limit 10000

	<!doctype html>
	<html>
	<head>
	<title>Resolution independent rendering of Bezier curves in WebGL</title>
	<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
	<script src="glMatrix-0.9.6.min.js"></script>

	<script id="shader-vs" type="x-shader/x-vertex">
	attribute vec3 aVertexPosition;
	attribute vec2 aBezierCoord;

	// Usage:
	// var buf = new Uint8Array(128);
	// var bitstream = new BitStream(buf);
	// bitstream.writeBits(12, 0xffff);
	// bitstream.seekTo(0);
	// bitstream.readBits(6); // 111111
	// bitstream.readBits(10); // 1111110000

	window.BitStream = function(uint8Array) {

	# Use git and git+ssh instead of https
	[url "git://github.com/"]
	insteadOf = https://github.com/
	[url "[email protected]:"]
	pushInsteadOf = "git://github.com/"
	[url "[email protected]:"]
	pushInsteadOf = "https://github.com/"

	# -- coding: utf-8 --
	"""
	Created on Sat May 3 10:21:21 2014

	@author: umb
	"""

	import numpy as np

	class GMM:

	[url "https://github.com/"]
	insteadOf = git://github.com/
	insteadOf = [email protected]:
	insteadOf = gh:
	insteadOf = github:
	[url "https://github.com/standard-analytics/"]
	insteadOf = sa:
	[url "https://git.apache.org/repos/asf/"]
	insteadOf = apache:
	[url "https://github.com/strmpnk/"]

	#include <SPI.h>
	#include <nRF24L01.h>
	#include <RF24.h>

	#define DEVICE_ID 2
	#define CHANNEL 1 //MAX 127
	RF24 radio(15, 15); // Set up nRF24L01 radio on SPI bus plus pins 7 & 8

	// Topology
	const uint64_t pipes[2] = { 0xFFFFFFFFFFLL, 0xCCCCCCCCCCLL };