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**Check-build** - Verify that your NodeJS project follow team conventions, is well written, up to date and *secure*.
> “Each time I start a new project/mvp/poc/module I don't want to create/edit a new grunt/gulp file or whatever hype dev use these days.
> I want an already packed CLI with good defaults (mine) that I can drop into my continuous build/integration process.
> Let's build that once and for all.”
>
> – 10/19/2014
# Usage
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```shell
npm install check-build -g
cd /path/to/your/project
check-build
# [...] (sub-module output)
echo $?
# 0 if everything went right, 1 otherwise.
```
# What's inside
### Code error and potential problem detection
- [JSHint](https://github.com/jshint/jshint) Static analysis tool for JavaScript (using [JSHint stylish](https://github.com/sindresorhus/jshint-stylish)). If `.jshintrc` is not present in project root, check-build will use this [.jshintrc](./defaults/.jshintrc).
- [ESLint](http://eslint.org/) The pluggable linting utility for JavaScript and JSX, check-build will use a [.eslintrc](./defaults/.eslintrc) file for ESLint configuration.
- [JSXHint](https://github.com/STRML/JSXHint) **JSXHint is DEPRECATED in favor of ESLint** Static analysis tool for JavaScript and JSX. If `.jshintrc` is not present in project root, check-build will use this [.jshintrc](./defaults/.jshintrc).
### Code style checking
- [JSCS](https://github.com/jscs-dev/node-jscs) Check the code style of your code. If `.jscsrc` is not present in project root, check-build will use this [.jscsrc](./defaults/.jscsrc).
### Code quality
- [Plato](https://github.com/es-analysis/plato) Detect structural complexity in your code, per files.
### D.R.Y
- [JSInspect](https://www.npmjs.org/package/jsinspect) Detect structural similarities in your code.
- [buddy.js](https://github.com/danielstjules/buddy.js) Detect magic number in your code.
### Freshness
- [David](https://github.com/alanshaw/david) Check that your project dependencies are up to date.
### Security
- [Nsp](https://github.com/nodesecurity/nsp) Check your project dependencies for security issues.
*Note: check-build uses a temporary fork of nsp adding a `--subdeb-warn-only` argument, [see why here](https://github.com/nodesecurity/nsp/pull/58)*
# Philosophy
- Leverage simplicity over performance. `check-build` will be run automatically by a build bot. I #%£€)° don't care about performance, I want code quality and ease of use.
- Don't reinvent the wheel, leverage each module own configuration file. E.g. `.jshintrc`.
- Even if the underneath module is not capable of handling multiple files, abstract it.
- Use `multimatch` everywhere.
- `.checkbuild` is there to configure each module (in case they don't use dot files for configuration), checkbuild will forward these parameters to each module implementation.
# Checkbuild configuration
Put a `.checkbuild` file ([example](./defaults/.checkbuild)) in your project root directory.
```javascript
{
// Extends the current checkbuild file with others (optionnal)
"extends": ["./.checkbuildrc_base"],
// Download some distant files and save them into check-build command current directory
// Usefull when used with extends (optionnal)
"urls": ["https://raw.githubusercontent.com/FGRibreau/javascript/master/.checkbuildrc_base"],
"checkbuild": {
"enable": ["jshint", "eslint", "jscs", "jsinspect", "plato", "nsp", "david", "plato"],
// don't exit immediately if one of the tools reports an error (default true)
"continueOnError": true,
// don't exit(1) even if we had some failures (default false)
"allowFailures": false
},
"david": {
"warn": {
"E404": true
},
"ignore": ["socket.io"] // don't check socket.io package with david
// ... and so on.
},
"jshint": {
"args": ["src/**/*.js"]
// instead of putting a .jshintrc inside each of your project with check-build
// you can specify an URL.
// That URL will be downloaded each time check-build is run
// and its content will be saved inside check-build command current directory.
// for instance the above .checkbuild jshint configuration:
// "url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/FGRibreau/javascript/master/.jshintrc_base"
// will download the jshintrc_base (the common jshint convention for your organization) inside your project.
// This .jshintrc_base should be ignored from git and NOT commited.
// Then, create and commit a .jshintrc that contains at least:
// {
// "extends": "./.jshintrc_base",
// ...
// }
// inside this .jshintrc file you will be able to put project-specific jshint configuration.
},
"eslint": {
"args": ["src/**/*.js", "src/**/*.jsx"],
// instead of putting a .eslintrc inside each of your project with check-build
// you can specify an URL.
// That URL will be downloaded each time check-build is run
// and its content will be saved inside check-build command current directory.
// for instance the above .checkbuild jshint configuration:
// "url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/FGRibreau/javascript/master/.eslintrc_base"
// will download the eslintrc_base (the common eslint convention for your organization) inside your project.
// This .eslintrc_base should be ignored from git and NOT commited.
// Then, create and commit a .eslintrc that contains at least:
// {
// "extends": ["./.eslintrc_base"],
// ...
// }
// inside this .eslintrc file you will be able to put project-specific ESLint configuration.
// ... and so on.
},
"jscs": {
"args": ["lib/**.js"]
// ... and so on.
// instead of putting a .jscrc inside each of your project with check-build
// you can specify an URL.
// That URL will be downloaded each time check-build is run
// and its content will be saved inside check-build command current directory
// "url":"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/FGRibreau/javascript/master/.jscsrc"
},
"jsinspect": {
"args": ["*.js"],
"diff": true
// ... and so on.
},
"buddyjs": {
"args": ["*.js"],
"ignore": [0, 1, 200]
// ... and so on.
},
"plato": {
"args": ["*.js"],
// define your project minimum average maintainability level
"maintainability": 75.00
},
"nsp": {
"args": []
},
"david": {
"dev": false,
// whether to check devDependencies or not (default false)
"stable": true,
// whether to check dependencies or not (default true)
"ignore": []
// put ignored dependencies here (both devDependencies and dependencies)
}
}
```
*Note: the `url` attribute presented for eslint is available for each extension*
# Final goal
A (NodeJS) project can be automatically analyzed in many dimension like code-consistency, d-r-y-ness and security. Check-build's final goal is to take the human out of the loop.
## Donate
I maintain this project in my free time, if it helped you please support my work [via paypal](https://paypal.me/fgribreau) or [Bitcoins](https://www.coinbase.com/fgribreau), thanks a lot!