jaredpalmer / jaredpalmer/backpack
Feature request: REPL
- Dominant language
- JavaScript
- Stars
- 4.4k
- Forks
- 164
- PR merge metrics
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Description
I usually add a REPL to my apps in development mode with some context variables like `express`, the database ORM and some other variables like this:
```js
import express from 'express';
import mongoose from 'mongoose';
import repl from 'repl';
const app = express();
// ...
if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development') {
const instance = repl.start({
prompt: 'app > ',
});
instance.context.app = app;
instance.context.mongoose = mongoose;
}
```
A huge feature would be adding a REPL to `npm run dev` with backpack. Even better with `async/await` support.
```sh
$ backpack
DONE Compiled successfully in 1645ms
> const songs = await mongoose.model('Song').find();
[ ... ]
```
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by tracing how `npm run dev` invokes Backpack and where its development process is started. Define how the REPL should expose application context and support `async/await`; done means the shown Backpack workflow starts a usable development REPL with those capabilities.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript, node.js
- Domain
- build-system, cli, tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100