ts-lib-template

My preferred TypeScript Library project scaffolding.

Things 'n Stuff

• Cross-Spawn, because I run exec for many of my Gulp tasks and I switch between Linux, Mac, and Windows - a lot.
• Dotenv for configuration.
  • Includes sample .env file that can safely be checked into Git.
• Gulp for build automation.
• Mocha and Chai for testing.
  • Includes sample test rigs, including my logging approach (Mocha totally hijacks the this keyword).
• TypeScript, just 'cause.
• Webpack, if I need it.

Getting Started

# Install dependencies. Gulp POSTINSTALL task will finish setup.
npm install --silent 

Gulp Tasks

gulp --tasks

.ENV Files

I always keep my .env out of git, but I always forget what I need to put in my .env when I first load the project from Git. My solution is to check in a sample.env with real keys but safe psuedo-values.

During the postInstall Gulp task, I copy the sample.env to .env. This gives me a starting point that I can use to toggle my memory on what keys/values are needed for my app to run.