Package Exports
- techor
Readme
Features
- Support multi-format JavaScript module configuration import like
master.css.{js,mjs,cjs,ts}
- Ability to import ESM or Typescript modules in a CommonJS environment
- Support for deep configuration extensions
- Independent compilation options and user configuration
Packing
- An extremely fast bundler built on top of esbuild
- Output or watch multiple formats in one-linear command
- Support ESM, CJS, and IIFE JavaScript modules
- Support CSS bundle
- Generate
.d.ts
type declarations - Extract options from
package.json
- Prevent bundling
dependencies
andpeerDependencies
bypackage.json
Versioning
- Synchronize versions of packages in all workspaces
- Bump packages to a specific version by the
.workspaces
ofpackage.json
- Bump versions by analyzing
dependencies
andpeerDependencies
of the workspace - Prevent bumping versions for
private: true
packages
Getting Started
npm i techor
First, define your Options
and Config
:
import type { Options as TechorOptions } from 'techor'
interface Options extends TechorOptions<Config> {
...
}
interface Config {
...
}
Usage
import Techor from 'techor'
Create a techor instance
const techor = new Techor<Options, Config>()
Extend the Techor
const defaultOptions = {}
class MyTech extends Techor<Options, Config> {
constructor (
options: Options
) {
super(defaultOptions, options)
}
...
}
Properties
Read user config file by options.config
readConfig(): Config
Get user config path
get configPath(): string
Get resolved user config path
get resolvedConfigPath(): string
Setup
Add packages/**
to .workspaces
of the root ./package.json
{
"workspaces": [
"packages/**"
]
}
Install CLI and core packages by techor
:
npm i techor -D
- Requires
npm@>=7
when usingnpm
- Set
auto-install-peers
when usingpnpm
- You can also manually install
peerDependencies
for fixed versions
To create your first package, you may automate the required steps to define a new workspace using npm init
.
npm init -w ./packages/a
When the package is ready, including the dependencies setup, run npm i
in the project root directory to install all dependencies, including the workspaces.
Pack
Bundling your TypeScript and CSS packages with zero configuration.
techor pack [entryPaths...]
Check out the available options here for now
techor pack
analyzes the package.json
entry point relative to input sources in the src
directory for builds.
JavaScript packages
.
├── package.json
└── packages
└─── a
├─── src
│ ├─── index.ts
│ └─── index.browser.ts
+ ├─── dist
+ │ ├─── index.js
+ │ ├─── index.mjs
+ │ ├─── index.d.ts
+ │ └─── index.browser.ts
└─── package.json
Simultaneously output cjs
, esm
, iife
, type declarations
respectively according to main
, module
, browser
, types
of package.json
{
"name": "a",
"scripts": {
"build": "tsx ../techor/src/bin pack",
"dev": "npm run build -- --watch"
},
"main": "dist/cjs/index.js",
"browser": "dist/index.browser.js",
"module": "dist/esm/index.js",
"types": "dist/index.d.ts",
"jsnext:main": "dist/esm/index.js",
"esnext": "dist/esm/index.js",
"exports": {
".": {
"require": "./dist/cjs/index.js",
"import": "./dist/esm/index.js",
"types": "./dist/index.d.ts"
}
},
"files": [
"dist"
]
}
If you only want to pack specific javascript modules, remove the corresponding entry point from package.json
.
Run with the above configuration:
npm run build

Now import the above package a
in your project or publish it.
import 'a'
CSS packages
.
├── package.json
└── packages
└─── b
├─── src
│ └─── index.css
+ ├─── dist
+ │ └─── index.css
└─── package.json
Packaging CSS is more straightforward, configuring style
and main
entry points in package.json
.
{
"name": "b",
"scripts": {
"build": "tsx ../techor/src/bin pack",
"dev": "npm run build -- --watch"
},
"main": "./dist/index.css",
"style": "./dist/index.css",
"files": [
"dist"
]
}
Run with the above configuration:
npm run build

Now import the above package b
in your project or publish it.
@import 'b'
Multiple entry points
techor pack <entryPaths...>
supports glob patterns that let you specify multiple entry points at once, including the output of nested directories.
Specifying an entry point will cause the JavaScript output format
to be preset to cjs,esm
.
techor src/**/*.ts
.
├── package.json
└── packages
└─── a
├─── src
│ ├─── index.ts
│ └─── utils
│ └─── exec.ts
+ ├─── dist
+ │ ├─── index.js
+ │ ├─── index.mjs
+ │ └─── utils
+ │ ├─── exec.cjs
+ │ └─── exec.mjs
└─── package.json
The same goes for multiple CSS entries:
techor src/**/*.css
.
├── package.json
└── packages
└─── a
├─── src
│ ├─── index.css
│ └─── components
│ ├─── card.css
│ └─── button.css
+ ├─── dist
+ │ ├─── index.css
+ │ └─── components
+ │ ├─── card.css
+ │ └─── button.css
└─── package.json
Usually, it would be best to bundle CSS packages through a main index.css
and output other CSS files so developers can import on demand instead of the whole package. For example @master/keyframes.css
Exclude external dependencies
techor pack
automatically excludes external dependencies to be bundled by the .dependencies
and peerDependencies
of package.json
src/index.ts
import '@master/css'
import '@master/css.webpack'
import '@master/style-element.react'
package.json
{
"name": "externals",
"main": "dist/cjs/index.js",
"exports": {
".": {
"require": "./dist/cjs/index.js"
}
},
"files": [
"dist"
],
"dependencies": {
"@master/css": "^2.0.0-beta.55"
},
"peerDependencies": {
"@master/style-element.react": "^2.0.0-beta.7"
},
"devDependencies": {
"@master/css.webpack": "^2.0.0-beta.55"
}
}
Run with the above setup:
techor pack --platform node

@master/css.webpack
is bundled into dist/cjs/index.js
, except for @master/css
and @master/style-element.react
.
So if there is an external package that needs to be bundled, you just install it to devDependencies
via npm i <some-package> --save-dev
, then techor pack
will not exclude it.
Multiple outputs
techor pack
defaults to pack multiple outputs with different formats and platforms according to exports
bin
in package.json
.
.
├── package.json
└── packages
└─── a
├─── src
│ ├─── index.ts
│ └─── utils
│ └─── exec.ts
+ ├─── dist
+ │ ├─── index.js
+ │ ├─── index.mjs
+ │ └─── utils
+ │ ├─── exec.cjs
+ │ └─── exec.mjs
└─── package.json
package.json
{
"name": "externals",
"exports": {
".": {
"require": "./dist/cjs/index.js",
"import": "./dist/esm/index.js"
},
"./utils/exec": {
"require": "./dist/utils/exec.cjs",
"import": "./dist/utils/exec.mjs"
}
}
}
Any nested conditions in exports
like node
, browser
, default
, require
, and import
will be mapped to ESBuild’s format
and platform
options.
Version
Smartly bump all workspace-dependent packages to specific versions.
techor version <version>
Check out the available options here for now
The command automatically bumps the version of all packages by scanning all workspaces and analyzing dependencies
and peerDependencies
of package.json
.
├── package.json
└── packages
├─── a
| └─── package.json
├─── b
| └─── package.json
└─── c
└─── package.json
This command scans all workspaces for dependencies with unspecified versions ""
considered a project package, then replaces them with the next version.
Now bump all dependent and workspace packages to a specified version:
techor version 1.2.0

packages/a/package.json
{
"name": "a",
+ "version": "^1.2.0",
"dependencies": {
- "b": "",
+ "b": "^1.2.0"
}
}
packages/b/package.json
{
"name": "b",
+ "version": "^1.2.0"
}
packages/c/package.json
{
"name": "c",
+ "version": "^1.2.0",
"peerDependencies": {
- "a": "",
+ "b": "^1.2.0"
}
}
For version range, check out the semver
Typically, you would use Aron's semantic release with CI to automate the version and release commands.
Build system for monorepo
Most workspace packages will pre-set script commands, such as build
, test
, and lint
. Since features depend on each other, builds will be executed sequentially.
You can now use Turborepo to easily build complex systems and run commands in one-linear.
Set up the /turbo.json
:
{
"$schema": "https://turbo.build/schema.json",
"pipeline": {
"dev": {
"cache": false,
"dependsOn": ["^build"]
},
"build": {
"dependsOn": ["^build"],
"outputs": ["dist/**"]
},
"test": {
"outputs": [],
"inputs": [
"src/**/*.tsx",
"src/**/*.ts",
"tests/**/*.ts"
]
},
"lint": {
"outputs": []
},
"type-check": {
"outputs": ["dist/**"]
}
}
}
Set up the scripts of /package.json
:
{
"scripts": {
"dev": "turbo run dev",
"build": "turbo run build",
"test": "turbo run test --parallel",
"lint": "turbo run lint --parallel",
"type-check": "turbo run type-check --parallel"
}
}
In most cases, dev
and build
cannot add the --parallel
flag, which breaks their dependencies.
Typical workspace scripts for authoring a package:
{
"scripts": {
"build": "tsx ../techor/src/bin pack",
"dev": "npm run build -- --watch",
"test": "jest",
"type-check": "tsc --noEmit",
"lint": "eslint src"
}
}
From now on, you only need to run the command in the project root after opening the project.
npm run dev
Build your application or package:
npm run build
Test your business logic or UI by running scripts:
npm run test
Find and fix problems in JavaScript code before building:
npm run lint
Improve reliability with TypeScript's type checking:
npm run type-check
Continuous Integration
With the well-configured build system, almost all commands can be automated through CI, taking GitHub Actions as an example:
Build automated tests on the beta
, the main
, and the pull request stream:
name: Test
on:
push:
branches:
- main
- beta
pull_request_target:
types:
- opened
- synchronize
jobs:
version:
timeout-minutes: 15
runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
strategy:
matrix:
node-version: [18.12.1]
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v3
- uses: actions/setup-node@v3
with:
node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
cache: 'npm'
- run: npm ci
- run: npm run build
- run: npm run test
The same goes for lint
and type-check
.
While the build
command will work with deploy
and release
, techor builds a complete package release workflow and the tools needed during it.
Next, check out the Aron's semantic release