local tld dreamcode/ideas

gistfile1.js

// Array
// pros:
//   simple, no duplication of ports
// cons:
//   a tld can be duplicated

{
  6000: [
    "api.name.dev",
    "admin.name.dev"
  ],
  6001: [
    "name.dev",
    "www.name.dev"
  ]
}

// Namespace
// pros:
//   powerful + flexible?
// cons:
//   empty-string isn't great
//   hard to detect duplicated ports

{
  "name.dev": {
    6000: ['api', 'admin'],
    6001: ['', 'www']
  },
  "other.dev": {
    6002: '' // this one's not great
  },
  "another.dev": {
    6003: ['', 'api', 'www', 'admin']
  },
  "more.dev": {
    6004: '',
    6005: 'api',
    6006: 'www',
    6007: 'admin'
  }
}

// Distra-inspired (https://github.com/phuu/distra)
// pros:
//   very simple

{
  "api.name.dev":   "localhost:6000",
  // or maybe...
  "admin.name.dev": 6000,
  "name.dev":       "localhost:6001",
  "www.name.dev":   6001
}

Worth noting that the array version is (almost) the last example inverted (values as keys & vice versa)

The other requirement for me for local-tld is that it doesn't wipe out other vhosts (it seems to wipe out distra, for example).

I chose to make ports the top level object keys because they need to be system-unique.

the port: [array] mapping seems to make sense, the current format was evolved, aliases are an add-on done in way that I didn’t have to change much in hoodie, happy to revise this now.