base-methods

Starter for creating a node.js application with a handful of common methods, like set, get, and del.

Install

Install with npm

$ npm i base-methods --save

Usage

var Base = require('base-methods');

inherit

function Foo() {
  Base.call(this);
}
Base.extend(Foo);

instantiate

var base = new Base();
base.set('foo', 'bar');
console.log(base.foo);
//=> 'bar'

Inherit or instantiate with a namespace

A .create() method is exposed on the exported function to allow you to create a custom namespace for setting/getting on the instance.

var Base = require('base-methods').create('cache');
var base = new Base();
base.set('foo', 'bar');
console.log(base.cache.foo);
//=> 'bar'

API

Base

Create an instance of Base with optional options.

Params

• options {Object}

Example

var app = new Base();
app.set('foo', 'bar');
console.log(app.get('foo'));
//=> 'bar'

.use

Define a plugin function to be called immediately upon init. Plugins are chainable and the only parameter exposed to the plugin is the application instance.

Params

• fn {Function}: plugin function to call
• returns {Object}: Returns the item instance for chaining.

Example

var app = new Base()
  .use(foo)
  .use(bar)
  .use(baz)

.set

Assign value to key. Also emits set with the key and value.

Params

• key {String}
• value {*}
• returns {Object}: Returns the instance for chaining.

Example

app.on('set', function(key, val) {
  // do something when `set` is emitted
});

app.set(key, value);

// also takes an object or array
app.set({name: 'Halle'});
app.set([{foo: 'bar'}, {baz: 'quux'}]);
console.log(app);
//=> {name: 'Halle', foo: 'bar', baz: 'quux'}

.get

Return the stored value of key. Dot notation may be used to get nested property values.

Params

• key {*}
• escape {Boolean}
• returns {*}

Example

app.set('foo', 'bar');
app.get('foo');
// => "bar"

.del

Delete key from the instance. Also emits del with the key of the deleted item.

Params

• key {String}
• returns {Object}: Returns the instance for chaining.

Example

app.del(); // delete all
// or
app.del('foo');
// or
app.del(['foo', 'bar']);

.define

Define a non-enumerable property on the instance.

Params

• key {String}
• value {any}
• returns {Object}: Returns the instance for chaining.

Example

// arbitrary `render` function using lodash `template`
define('render', function(str, locals) {
  return _.template(str)(locals);
});

.visit

Visit method over the items in the given object, or map visit over the objects in an array.

Params

• method {String}
• val {Object|Array}
• returns {Object}: Returns the instance for chaining.

.extend

Static method for inheriting both the prototype and static methods of the Base class. See class-utils for more details.

.inherit

Similar to util.inherit, but copies all static properties, prototype properties, and descriptors from Provider to Receiver. class-utils for more details.

Related projects

• base-data: adds a data method to base-methods. | homepage
• base-options: Adds an option method to base-methods. | homepage
• class-utils: Utils for working with JavaScript classes and prototype methods. | homepage
• define-property: Define a non-enumerable property on an object. | homepage
• get-value: Use property paths ( a.b.c) to get a nested value from an object. | homepage
• set-value: Create nested values and any intermediaries using dot notation ('a.b.c') paths. | homepage
• unset-value: Delete nested properties from an object using dot notation. | homepage

Running tests

Install dev dependencies:

$ npm i -d && npm test

Contributing

Pull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, please create an issue.

Author

Jon Schlinkert

• github/jonschlinkert
• twitter/jonschlinkert

License

Copyright © 2015 Jon Schlinkert Released under the MIT license.

This file was generated by verb-cli on October 06, 2015.