How To Create a Node.js Module?

Introduction

In Node.js, a module is a collection of JavaScript functions and objects that can be used by external applications. Describing a piece of code as a module refers less to what the code is and more to what it does—any Node.js file or collection of files can be considered a module if its functions and data are made usable to external programs.

Because modules provide units of functionality that can be reused in many larger programs, they enable you to create loosely coupled applications that scale with complexity, and open the door for you to share your code with other developers. Being able to write modules that export useful functions and data will allow you to contribute to the wider Node.js community—in fact, all packages that you use on npm were bundled and shared as modules. This makes creating modules an essential skill for a Node.js developer.

In this tutorial, you will create a Node.js module that suggests what color web developers should use in their designs. You will develop the module by storing the colors as an array, and providing a function to retrieve one randomly. Afterwards, you will run through various ways of importing a module into a Node.js application.

Step 1 — Creating a Module

This step will guide you through creating your first Node.js module. Your module will contain a collection of colors in an array and provide a function to get one at random. You will use the Node.js built-in exports property to make the function and array available to external programs.

First, you’ll begin by deciding what data about colors you will store in your module. Every color will be an object that contains a name property that humans can easily identify, and a code property that is a string containing an HTML color code. HTML color codes are six-digit hexadecimal numbers that allow you to change the color of elements on a web page.

You will then decide what colors you want to support in your module. Your module will contain an array called allColors that will contain six colors. Your module will also include a function called getRandomColor() that will randomly select a color from your array and return it.

In your terminal, make a new folder called colors and move into it:

mkdir colors
cd colors

Initialize npm so other programs can import this module later in the tutorial:

npm init -y 

You used the -y flag to skip the usual prompts to customize your package.json.

In this case, your output will be:

Output{
  "name": "colors",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "",
  "main": "index.js",
  "scripts": {
    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
  },
  "keywords": [],
  "author": "",
  "license": "ISC"
}

Now, open up a command-line text editor such as nano and create a new file to serve as the entry point for your module:

nano index.js

Your module will do a few things. First, you’ll define a Color class. Your Color class will be instantiated with its name and HTML code. Add the following lines to create the class:

class Color {
  constructor(name, code) {
    this.name = name;
    this.code = code;
  }
}

Now that you have your data structure for Color, add some instances into your module.

class Color {
  constructor(name, code) {
    this.name = name;
    this.code = code;
  }
}

const allColors = [
  new Color('brightred', '#E74C3C'),
  new Color('soothingpurple', '#9B59B6'),
  new Color('skyblue', '#5DADE2'),
  new Color('leafygreen', '#48C9B0'),
  new Color('sunkissedyellow', '#F4D03F'),
  new Color('groovygray', '#D7DBDD'),
];

Finally, enter a function that randomly selects an item from the allColors array you just created:

class Color {
  constructor(name, code) {
    this.name = name;
    this.code = code;
  }
}

const allColors = [
  new Color('brightred', '#E74C3C'),
  new Color('soothingpurple', '#9B59B6'),
  new Color('skyblue', '#5DADE2'),
  new Color('leafygreen', '#48C9B0'),
  new Color('sunkissedyellow', '#F4D03F'),
  new Color('groovygray', '#D7DBDD'),
];

exports.getRandomColor = () => {
  return allColors[Math.floor(Math.random() * allColors.length)];
}

exports.allColors = allColors;

The exports keyword references a global object available in every Node.js module. All functions and objects stored in a module’s exports object are exposed when other Node.js modules import it. The getRandomColor() function was created directly on the exports object, for example. You then added an allColors property to the exports object that references the local constant allColors array created earlier in the script.

When other modules import this module, both allColors and getRandomColor() will be exposed and available for usage.

Save and exit the file.

So far, you have created a module that contains an array of colors and a function that returns one randomly. You have also exported the array and function, so that external programs can use them. In the next step, you will use your module in other applications to demonstrate the effects of export.

Step 2 — Testing your Module with the REPL

Before you build a complete application, take a moment to confirm that your module is working. In this step, you will use the REPL to load the colors module. While in the REPL, you will call the getRandomColor() function to see if it behaves as you expect it to.

Start the Node.js REPL in the same folder as the index.js file:

node

When the REPL has started, you will see the > prompt. This means you can enter JavaScript code that will be immediately evaluated. If you would like to read more about this, follow our guide on using the REPL.

First, enter the following:

colors = require('./index');

In this command, require() loads the colors module at its entry point. When you press ENTER you will get:

Output{
  getRandomColor: [Function],
  allColors: [
    Color { name: 'brightred', code: '#E74C3C' },
    Color { name: 'soothingpurple', code: '#9B59B6' },
    Color { name: 'skyblue', code: '#5DADE2' },
    Color { name: 'leafygreen', code: '#48C9B0' },
    Color { name: 'sunkissedyellow', code: '#F4D03F' },
    Color { name: 'groovygray', code: '#D7DBDD' }
  ]
}

The REPL shows us the value of colors, which are all the functions and objects imported from the index.js file. When you use the require keyword, Node.js returns all the contents within the exports object of a module.

Recall that you added getRandomColor() and allColors to exports in the colors module. For that reason, you see them both in the REPL when they are imported.

At the prompt, test the getRandomColor() function:

colors.getRandomColor();

You’ll be prompted with a random color:

OutputColor { name: 'groovygray', code: '#D7DBDD' }

As the index is random, your output may vary. Now that you confirmed that the colors module is working, exit the Node.js REPL:

.exit

This will return you to your terminal command line.

You have just confirmed that your module works as expected using the REPL. Next, you will apply these same concepts and load your module into an application, as you would do in a real project.

Step 3 — Saving your Local Module as a Dependency

While testing your module in the REPL, you imported it with a relative path. This means you used the location of the index.js file in relation to the working directory to get its contents. While this works, it is usually a better programming experience to import modules by their names so that the import is not broken when the context is changed. In this step, you will install the colors module with npm’s local module install feature.

Set up a new Node.js module outside the colors folder. First, go to the previous directory and create a new folder:

cd ..
mkdir really-large-application

Now move into your new project:

cd really-large-application

Like with the colors module, initialize your folder with npm:

npm init -y 

The following package.json will be generated:

Output{
  "name": "really-large-application",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "",
  "main": "index.js",
  "scripts": {
    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
  },
  "keywords": [],
  "author": "",
  "license": "ISC"
}

Now, install your colors module and use the --save flag so it will be recorded in your package.json file:

npm install --save ../colors

You just installed your colors module in the new project. Open the package.json file to see the new local dependency:

nano package.json

You will find that the following highlighted lines have been added:

{
  "name": "really-large-application",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "",
  "main": "index.js",
  "scripts": {
    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
  },
  "keywords": [],
  "author": "",
  "license": "ISC",
  "dependencies": {
    "colors": "file:../colors"
  }
}

Exit the file.

The colors module was copied to your node_modules directory. Verify it’s there with the following command:

ls node_modules

This will give the following output:

Outputcolors

Use your installed local module in this new program. Re-open your text editor and create another JavaScript file:

nano index.js

Your program will first import the colors module. It will then choose a color at random using the getRandomColor() function provided by the module. Finally, it will print a message to the console that tells the user what color to use.

Enter the following code in index.js:

const colors = require('colors');

const chosenColor = colors.getRandomColor();
console.log(`You should use ${chosenColor.name} on your website. It's HTML code is ${chosenColor.code}`);

Save and exit this file.

Your application will now tell the user a random color option for a website component.

Run this script with:

node index.js

Your output will be similar to:

OutputYou should use leafygreen on your website. It's HTML code is #48C9B0

You’ve now successfully installed the colors module and can manage it like any other npm package used in your project. However, if you added more colors and functions to your local colors module, you would have to run npm update in your applications to be able to use the new options. In the next step, you will use the local module colors in another way and get automatic updates when the module code changes.

Step 4 — Linking a Local Module

If your local module is in heavy development, continually updating packages can be tedious. An alternative would be to link the modules. Linking a module ensures that any updates to the module are immediately reflected in the applications using it.

In this step, you will link the colors module to your application. You will also modify the colors module and confirm that its most recent changes work in the application without having to reinstall or upgrade.

First, uninstall your local module:

npm un colors

npm links modules by using symbolic links (or symlinks), which are references that point to files or directories in your computer. Linking a module is done in two steps:

1. Creating a global link to the module. npm creates a symlink between your global node_modules directory and the directory of your module. The global node_modules directory is the location in which all your system-wide npm packages are installed (any package you install with the -g flag).
2. Create a local link. npm creates a symlink between your local project that’s using the module and the global link of the module.

First, create the global link by returning to the colors folder and using the link command:

cd ../colors
sudo npm link

Once complete, your shell will output:

Output/usr/local/lib/node_modules/colors -> /home/sammy/colors

You just created a symlink in your node_modules folder to your colors directory.

Return to the really-large-application folder and link the package:

cd ../really-large-application
sudo npm link colors

You will receive output similar to the following:

Output/home/sammy/really-large-application/node_modules/colors -> /usr/local/lib/node_modules/colors -> /home/sammy/colors

Note: If you would like to type a bit less, you can use ln instead of link. For example, npm ln colors would have worked the exact same way.

As the output shows, you just created a symlink from your really-large-application’s local node_modules directory to the colors symlink in your global node_modules, which points to the actual directory with the colors module.

The linking process is complete. Run your file to ensure it still works:

node index.js

Your output will be similar to:

OutputYou should use sunkissedyellow on your website. It's HTML code is #F4D03F

Your program functionality is intact. Next, test that updates are immediately applied. In your text editor, re-open the index.js file in the colors module:

cd ../colors
nano index.js

Now add a function that selects the very best shade of blue that exists. It takes no arguments, and always returns the third item of the allColors array. Add these lines to the end of the file:

class Color {
  constructor(name, code) {
    this.name = name;
    this.code = code;
  }
}

const allColors = [
  new Color('brightred', '#E74C3C'),
  new Color('soothingpurple', '#9B59B6'),
  new Color('skyblue', '#5DADE2'),
  new Color('leafygreen', '#48C9B0'),
  new Color('sunkissedyellow', '#F4D03F'),
  new Color('groovygray', '#D7DBDD'),
];

exports.getRandomColor = () => {
        return allColors[Math.floor(Math.random() * allColors.length)];
        }

exports.allColors = allColors;

exports.getBlue = () => {
  return allColors[2];
}

Save and exit the file, then re-open the index.js file in the really-large-application folder:

cd ../really-large-application
nano index.js

Make a call to the newly created getBlue() function, and print a sentence with the color’s properties. Add these statements to the end of the file:

const colors = require('colors');

const chosenColor = colors.getRandomColor();
console.log(`You should use ${chosenColor.name} on your website. It's HTML code is ${chosenColor.code}`);

const favoriteColor = colors.getBlue();
console.log(`My favorite color is ${favoriteColor.name}/${favoriteColor.code}, btw`);

Save and exit the file.

The code now uses the newly create getBlue() function. Execute the file as before:

node index.js

You will get output like:

OutputYou should use brightred on your website. It's HTML code is #E74C3C
My favorite color is skyblue/#5DADE2, btw

Your script was able to use the latest function in your colors module, without having to run npm update. This will make it easier to make changes to this application in development.

As you write larger and more complex applications, think about how related code can be grouped into modules, and how you want these modules to be set up. If your module is only going to be used by one program, it can stay within the same project and be referenced by a relative path. If your module will later be shared separately or exists in a very different location from the project you are working on now, installing or linking might be more viable. Modules in active development also benefit from the automatic updates of linking. If the module is not under active development, using npm install may be the easier option.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, you learned that a Node.js module is a JavaScript file with functions and objects that can be used by other programs. You then created a module and attached your functions and objects to the global exports object to make them available to external programs. Finally, you imported that module into a program, demonstrating how modules come together into larger applications.

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PyTumblr: A Python Tumblr API v2 Client

PyTumblr

Installation

Install via pip:

$ pip install pytumblr

Install from source:

$ git clone https://github.com/tumblr/pytumblr.git
$ cd pytumblr
$ python setup.py install

Usage

Create a client

A pytumblr.TumblrRestClient is the object you'll make all of your calls to the Tumblr API through. Creating one is this easy:

client = pytumblr.TumblrRestClient(
    '<consumer_key>',
    '<consumer_secret>',
    '<oauth_token>',
    '<oauth_secret>',
)

client.info() # Grabs the current user information

Two easy ways to get your credentials to are:

1. The built-in interactive_console.py tool (if you already have a consumer key & secret)
2. The Tumblr API console at https://api.tumblr.com/console
3. Get sample login code at https://api.tumblr.com/console/calls/user/info

Supported Methods

User Methods

client.info() # get information about the authenticating user
client.dashboard() # get the dashboard for the authenticating user
client.likes() # get the likes for the authenticating user
client.following() # get the blogs followed by the authenticating user

client.follow('codingjester.tumblr.com') # follow a blog
client.unfollow('codingjester.tumblr.com') # unfollow a blog

client.like(id, reblogkey) # like a post
client.unlike(id, reblogkey) # unlike a post

Blog Methods

client.blog_info(blogName) # get information about a blog
client.posts(blogName, **params) # get posts for a blog
client.avatar(blogName) # get the avatar for a blog
client.blog_likes(blogName) # get the likes on a blog
client.followers(blogName) # get the followers of a blog
client.blog_following(blogName) # get the publicly exposed blogs that [blogName] follows
client.queue(blogName) # get the queue for a given blog
client.submission(blogName) # get the submissions for a given blog

Post Methods

Creating posts

PyTumblr lets you create all of the various types that Tumblr supports. When using these types there are a few defaults that are able to be used with any post type.

The default supported types are described below.

• state - a string, the state of the post. Supported types are published, draft, queue, private
• tags - a list, a list of strings that you want tagged on the post. eg: ["testing", "magic", "1"]
• tweet - a string, the string of the customized tweet you want. eg: "Man I love my mega awesome post!"
• date - a string, the customized GMT that you want
• format - a string, the format that your post is in. Support types are html or markdown
• slug - a string, the slug for the url of the post you want

We'll show examples throughout of these default examples while showcasing all the specific post types.

Creating a photo post

Creating a photo post supports a bunch of different options plus the described default options * caption - a string, the user supplied caption * link - a string, the "click-through" url for the photo * source - a string, the url for the photo you want to use (use this or the data parameter) * data - a list or string, a list of filepaths or a single file path for multipart file upload

#Creates a photo post using a source URL
client.create_photo(blogName, state="published", tags=["testing", "ok"],
                    source="https://68.media.tumblr.com/b965fbb2e501610a29d80ffb6fb3e1ad/tumblr_n55vdeTse11rn1906o1_500.jpg")

#Creates a photo post using a local filepath
client.create_photo(blogName, state="queue", tags=["testing", "ok"],
                    tweet="Woah this is an incredible sweet post [URL]",
                    data="/Users/johnb/path/to/my/image.jpg")

#Creates a photoset post using several local filepaths
client.create_photo(blogName, state="draft", tags=["jb is cool"], format="markdown",
                    data=["/Users/johnb/path/to/my/image.jpg", "/Users/johnb/Pictures/kittens.jpg"],
                    caption="## Mega sweet kittens")

Creating a text post

Creating a text post supports the same options as default and just a two other parameters * title - a string, the optional title for the post. Supports markdown or html * body - a string, the body of the of the post. Supports markdown or html

#Creating a text post
client.create_text(blogName, state="published", slug="testing-text-posts", title="Testing", body="testing1 2 3 4")

Creating a quote post

Creating a quote post supports the same options as default and two other parameter * quote - a string, the full text of the qote. Supports markdown or html * source - a string, the cited source. HTML supported

#Creating a quote post
client.create_quote(blogName, state="queue", quote="I am the Walrus", source="Ringo")

Creating a link post

• title - a string, the title of post that you want. Supports HTML entities.
• url - a string, the url that you want to create a link post for.
• description - a string, the desciption of the link that you have

#Create a link post
client.create_link(blogName, title="I like to search things, you should too.", url="https://duckduckgo.com",
                   description="Search is pretty cool when a duck does it.")

Creating a chat post

Creating a chat post supports the same options as default and two other parameters * title - a string, the title of the chat post * conversation - a string, the text of the conversation/chat, with diablog labels (no html)

#Create a chat post
chat = """John: Testing can be fun!
Renee: Testing is tedious and so are you.
John: Aw.
"""
client.create_chat(blogName, title="Renee just doesn't understand.", conversation=chat, tags=["renee", "testing"])

Creating an audio post

Creating an audio post allows for all default options and a has 3 other parameters. The only thing to keep in mind while dealing with audio posts is to make sure that you use the external_url parameter or data. You cannot use both at the same time. * caption - a string, the caption for your post * external_url - a string, the url of the site that hosts the audio file * data - a string, the filepath of the audio file you want to upload to Tumblr

#Creating an audio file
client.create_audio(blogName, caption="Rock out.", data="/Users/johnb/Music/my/new/sweet/album.mp3")

#lets use soundcloud!
client.create_audio(blogName, caption="Mega rock out.", external_url="https://soundcloud.com/skrillex/sets/recess")

Creating a video post

Creating a video post allows for all default options and has three other options. Like the other post types, it has some restrictions. You cannot use the embed and data parameters at the same time. * caption - a string, the caption for your post * embed - a string, the HTML embed code for the video * data - a string, the path of the file you want to upload

#Creating an upload from YouTube
client.create_video(blogName, caption="Jon Snow. Mega ridiculous sword.",
                    embed="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40pUYLacrj4")

#Creating a video post from local file
client.create_video(blogName, caption="testing", data="/Users/johnb/testing/ok/blah.mov")

Editing a post

Updating a post requires you knowing what type a post you're updating. You'll be able to supply to the post any of the options given above for updates.

client.edit_post(blogName, id=post_id, type="text", title="Updated")
client.edit_post(blogName, id=post_id, type="photo", data="/Users/johnb/mega/awesome.jpg")

Reblogging a Post

Reblogging a post just requires knowing the post id and the reblog key, which is supplied in the JSON of any post object.

client.reblog(blogName, id=125356, reblog_key="reblog_key")

Deleting a post

Deleting just requires that you own the post and have the post id

client.delete_post(blogName, 123456) # Deletes your post :(

A note on tags: When passing tags, as params, please pass them as a list (not a comma-separated string):

client.create_text(blogName, tags=['hello', 'world'], ...)

Getting notes for a post

In order to get the notes for a post, you need to have the post id and the blog that it is on.

data = client.notes(blogName, id='123456')

The results include a timestamp you can use to make future calls.

data = client.notes(blogName, id='123456', before_timestamp=data["_links"]["next"]["query_params"]["before_timestamp"])

Tagged Methods

# get posts with a given tag
client.tagged(tag, **params)

Using the interactive console

This client comes with a nice interactive console to run you through the OAuth process, grab your tokens (and store them for future use).

You'll need pyyaml installed to run it, but then it's just:

$ python interactive-console.py

and away you go! Tokens are stored in ~/.tumblr and are also shared by other Tumblr API clients like the Ruby client.

Running tests

The tests (and coverage reports) are run with nose, like this:

python setup.py test

Author: tumblr
Source Code: https://github.com/tumblr/pytumblr
License: Apache-2.0 license

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NBB: Ad-hoc CLJS Scripting on Node.js

Nbb

Not babashka. Node.js babashka!?

Ad-hoc CLJS scripting on Node.js.

Status

Experimental. Please report issues here.

Goals and features

Nbb's main goal is to make it easy to get started with ad hoc CLJS scripting on Node.js.

Additional goals and features are:

• Fast startup without relying on a custom version of Node.js.
• Small artifact (current size is around 1.2MB).
• First class macros.
• Support building small TUI apps using Reagent.
• Complement babashka with libraries from the Node.js ecosystem.

Requirements

Nbb requires Node.js v12 or newer.

How does this tool work?

CLJS code is evaluated through SCI, the same interpreter that powers babashka. Because SCI works with advanced compilation, the bundle size, especially when combined with other dependencies, is smaller than what you get with self-hosted CLJS. That makes startup faster. The trade-off is that execution is less performant and that only a subset of CLJS is available (e.g. no deftype, yet).

Usage

Install nbb from NPM:

$ npm install nbb -g

Omit -g for a local install.

Try out an expression:

$ nbb -e '(+ 1 2 3)'
6

And then install some other NPM libraries to use in the script. E.g.:

$ npm install csv-parse shelljs zx

Create a script which uses the NPM libraries:

(ns script
  (:require ["csv-parse/lib/sync$default" :as csv-parse]
            ["fs" :as fs]
            ["path" :as path]
            ["shelljs$default" :as sh]
            ["term-size$default" :as term-size]
            ["zx$default" :as zx]
            ["zx$fs" :as zxfs]
            [nbb.core :refer [*file*]]))

(prn (path/resolve "."))

(prn (term-size))

(println (count (str (fs/readFileSync *file*))))

(prn (sh/ls "."))

(prn (csv-parse "foo,bar"))

(prn (zxfs/existsSync *file*))

(zx/$ #js ["ls"])

Call the script:

$ nbb script.cljs
"/private/tmp/test-script"
#js {:columns 216, :rows 47}
510
#js ["node_modules" "package-lock.json" "package.json" "script.cljs"]
#js [#js ["foo" "bar"]]
true
$ ls
node_modules
package-lock.json
package.json
script.cljs

Macros

Nbb has first class support for macros: you can define them right inside your .cljs file, like you are used to from JVM Clojure. Consider the plet macro to make working with promises more palatable:

(defmacro plet
  [bindings & body]
  (let [binding-pairs (reverse (partition 2 bindings))
        body (cons 'do body)]
    (reduce (fn [body [sym expr]]
              (let [expr (list '.resolve 'js/Promise expr)]
                (list '.then expr (list 'clojure.core/fn (vector sym)
                                        body))))
            body
            binding-pairs)))

Using this macro we can look async code more like sync code. Consider this puppeteer example:

(-> (.launch puppeteer)
      (.then (fn [browser]
               (-> (.newPage browser)
                   (.then (fn [page]
                            (-> (.goto page "https://clojure.org")
                                (.then #(.screenshot page #js{:path "screenshot.png"}))
                                (.catch #(js/console.log %))
                                (.then #(.close browser)))))))))

Using plet this becomes:

(plet [browser (.launch puppeteer)
       page (.newPage browser)
       _ (.goto page "https://clojure.org")
       _ (-> (.screenshot page #js{:path "screenshot.png"})
             (.catch #(js/console.log %)))]
      (.close browser))

See the puppeteer example for the full code.

Since v0.0.36, nbb includes promesa which is a library to deal with promises. The above plet macro is similar to promesa.core/let.

Startup time

$ time nbb -e '(+ 1 2 3)'
6
nbb -e '(+ 1 2 3)'   0.17s  user 0.02s system 109% cpu 0.168 total

The baseline startup time for a script is about 170ms seconds on my laptop. When invoked via npx this adds another 300ms or so, so for faster startup, either use a globally installed nbb or use $(npm bin)/nbb script.cljs to bypass npx.

Dependencies

NPM dependencies

Nbb does not depend on any NPM dependencies. All NPM libraries loaded by a script are resolved relative to that script. When using the Reagent module, React is resolved in the same way as any other NPM library.

Classpath

To load .cljs files from local paths or dependencies, you can use the --classpath argument. The current dir is added to the classpath automatically. So if there is a file foo/bar.cljs relative to your current dir, then you can load it via (:require [foo.bar :as fb]). Note that nbb uses the same naming conventions for namespaces and directories as other Clojure tools: foo-bar in the namespace name becomes foo_bar in the directory name.

To load dependencies from the Clojure ecosystem, you can use the Clojure CLI or babashka to download them and produce a classpath:

$ classpath="$(clojure -A:nbb -Spath -Sdeps '{:aliases {:nbb {:replace-deps {com.github.seancorfield/honeysql {:git/tag "v2.0.0-rc5" :git/sha "01c3a55"}}}}}')"

and then feed it to the --classpath argument:

$ nbb --classpath "$classpath" -e "(require '[honey.sql :as sql]) (sql/format {:select :foo :from :bar :where [:= :baz 2]})"
["SELECT foo FROM bar WHERE baz = ?" 2]

Currently nbb only reads from directories, not jar files, so you are encouraged to use git libs. Support for .jar files will be added later.

Current file

The name of the file that is currently being executed is available via nbb.core/*file* or on the metadata of vars:

(ns foo
  (:require [nbb.core :refer [*file*]]))

(prn *file*) ;; "/private/tmp/foo.cljs"

(defn f [])
(prn (:file (meta #'f))) ;; "/private/tmp/foo.cljs"

Reagent

Nbb includes reagent.core which will be lazily loaded when required. You can use this together with ink to create a TUI application:

$ npm install ink

ink-demo.cljs:

(ns ink-demo
  (:require ["ink" :refer [render Text]]
            [reagent.core :as r]))

(defonce state (r/atom 0))

(doseq [n (range 1 11)]
  (js/setTimeout #(swap! state inc) (* n 500)))

(defn hello []
  [:> Text {:color "green"} "Hello, world! " @state])

(render (r/as-element [hello]))

Promesa

Working with callbacks and promises can become tedious. Since nbb v0.0.36 the promesa.core namespace is included with the let and do! macros. An example:

(ns prom
  (:require [promesa.core :as p]))

(defn sleep [ms]
  (js/Promise.
   (fn [resolve _]
     (js/setTimeout resolve ms))))

(defn do-stuff
  []
  (p/do!
   (println "Doing stuff which takes a while")
   (sleep 1000)
   1))

(p/let [a (do-stuff)
        b (inc a)
        c (do-stuff)
        d (+ b c)]
  (prn d))

$ nbb prom.cljs
Doing stuff which takes a while
Doing stuff which takes a while
3

Also see API docs.

Js-interop

Since nbb v0.0.75 applied-science/js-interop is available:

(ns example
  (:require [applied-science.js-interop :as j]))

(def o (j/lit {:a 1 :b 2 :c {:d 1}}))

(prn (j/select-keys o [:a :b])) ;; #js {:a 1, :b 2}
(prn (j/get-in o [:c :d])) ;; 1

Most of this library is supported in nbb, except the following:

• destructuring using :syms
• property access using .-x notation. In nbb, you must use keywords.

See the example of what is currently supported.

Examples

See the examples directory for small examples.

Also check out these projects built with nbb:

• c64core: retrocompute aesthetics twitter bot
• gallery.cljs: script to download walpapers from windowsonearth.org.
• nbb-action-example: example of a Github action built with nbb.

API

See API documentation.

Migrating to shadow-cljs

See this gist on how to convert an nbb script or project to shadow-cljs.

Build

Prequisites:

• babashka >= 0.4.0
• Clojure CLI >= 1.10.3.933
• Node.js 16.5.0 (lower version may work, but this is the one I used to build)

To build:

• Clone and cd into this repo
• bb release

Run bb tasks for more project-related tasks.

Download Details:
Author: borkdude
Download Link: Download The Source Code
Official Website: https://github.com/borkdude/nbb 
License: EPL-1.0

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Front-end web development has been overwhelmed by JavaScript highlights for quite a long time. Google, Facebook, Wikipedia, and most of all online pages use JS for customer side activities. As of late, it additionally made a shift to cross-platform mobile development as a main technology in React Native, Nativescript, Apache Cordova, and other crossover devices. 

Throughout the most recent couple of years, Node.js moved to backend development as well. Designers need to utilize a similar tech stack for the whole web project without learning another language for server-side development. Node.js is a device that adjusts JS usefulness and syntax to the backend. 

What is Node.js? 

Node.js isn’t a language, or library, or system. It’s a runtime situation: commonly JavaScript needs a program to work, however Node.js makes appropriate settings for JS to run outside of the program. It’s based on a JavaScript V8 motor that can run in Chrome, different programs, or independently. 

The extent of V8 is to change JS program situated code into machine code — so JS turns into a broadly useful language and can be perceived by servers. This is one of the advantages of utilizing Node.js in web application development: it expands the usefulness of JavaScript, permitting designers to coordinate the language with APIs, different languages, and outside libraries.

What Are the Advantages of Node.js Web Application Development? 

Of late, organizations have been effectively changing from their backend tech stacks to Node.js. LinkedIn picked Node.js over Ruby on Rails since it took care of expanding responsibility better and decreased the quantity of servers by multiple times. PayPal and Netflix did something comparative, just they had a goal to change their design to microservices. We should investigate the motivations to pick Node.JS for web application development and when we are planning to hire node js developers. 

Amazing Tech Stack for Web Development 

The principal thing that makes Node.js a go-to environment for web development is its JavaScript legacy. It’s the most well known language right now with a great many free devices and a functioning local area. Node.js, because of its association with JS, immediately rose in ubiquity — presently it has in excess of 368 million downloads and a great many free tools in the bundle module. 

Alongside prevalence, Node.js additionally acquired the fundamental JS benefits: 

• quick execution and information preparing; 
• exceptionally reusable code; 
• the code is not difficult to learn, compose, read, and keep up; 
• tremendous asset library, a huge number of free aides, and a functioning local area. 

In addition, it’s a piece of a well known MEAN tech stack (the blend of MongoDB, Express.js, Angular, and Node.js — four tools that handle all vital parts of web application development). 

Designers Can Utilize JavaScript for the Whole Undertaking 

This is perhaps the most clear advantage of Node.js web application development. JavaScript is an unquestionable requirement for web development. Regardless of whether you construct a multi-page or single-page application, you need to know JS well. On the off chance that you are now OK with JavaScript, learning Node.js won’t be an issue. Grammar, fundamental usefulness, primary standards — every one of these things are comparable. 

In the event that you have JS designers in your group, it will be simpler for them to learn JS-based Node than a totally new dialect. What’s more, the front-end and back-end codebase will be basically the same, simple to peruse, and keep up — in light of the fact that they are both JS-based. 

A Quick Environment for Microservice Development 

There’s another motivation behind why Node.js got famous so rapidly. The environment suits well the idea of microservice development (spilling stone monument usefulness into handfuls or many more modest administrations). 

Microservices need to speak with one another rapidly — and Node.js is probably the quickest device in information handling. Among the fundamental Node.js benefits for programming development are its non-obstructing algorithms.

Node.js measures a few demands all at once without trusting that the first will be concluded. Many microservices can send messages to one another, and they will be gotten and addressed all the while. 

Versatile Web Application Development 

Node.js was worked in view of adaptability — its name really says it. The environment permits numerous hubs to run all the while and speak with one another. Here’s the reason Node.js adaptability is better than other web backend development arrangements. 

Node.js has a module that is liable for load adjusting for each running CPU center. This is one of numerous Node.js module benefits: you can run various hubs all at once, and the environment will naturally adjust the responsibility. 

Node.js permits even apportioning: you can part your application into various situations. You show various forms of the application to different clients, in light of their age, interests, area, language, and so on. This builds personalization and diminishes responsibility. Hub accomplishes this with kid measures — tasks that rapidly speak with one another and share a similar root. 

What’s more, Node’s non-hindering solicitation handling framework adds to fast, letting applications measure a great many solicitations. 

Control Stream Highlights

Numerous designers consider nonconcurrent to be one of the two impediments and benefits of Node.js web application development. In Node, at whatever point the capacity is executed, the code consequently sends a callback. As the quantity of capacities develops, so does the number of callbacks — and you end up in a circumstance known as the callback damnation. 

In any case, Node.js offers an exit plan. You can utilize systems that will plan capacities and sort through callbacks. Systems will associate comparable capacities consequently — so you can track down an essential component via search or in an envelope. At that point, there’s no compelling reason to look through callbacks.

 

Final Words

So, these are some of the top benefits of Nodejs in web application development. This is how Nodejs is contributing a lot to the field of web application development. 

I hope now you are totally aware of the whole process of how Nodejs is really important for your web project. If you are looking to hire a node js development company in India then I would suggest that you take a little consultancy too whenever you call. 

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