Read defaults from environment

[dy]

Just a user-point complaint.

If I have a repo with /index.html for github-pages in the base folder (say regl-line2d), then running budo test.js (a very easy and natural workflow) starts serving this index.html instead of expected test.js. I understand there are reasons for serving that index.html (which btw?), but is there something wrong with the simple workflow I have? I don't want to delete index.html and rebuild it every git push, neither I want to have gh-pages branch or a separate directory for gh-pages, as it is difficult (sorry yes it is awful laziness).

Same issue is with bankai.

Thanks.

[mattdesl]

Serving index.html is pretty standard with local servers (see http-server for example). Budo generates a default “virtual” HTML for you for convenience, so you can get started with a single command and .js file. However, like other local servers, it will use an index.html if it exists. Typically for this sort of workflow with gh-pages you would use the following command: `budo src/index.js:bundle.js --live` This will bundle the index file, but serve it for the HTML tag as “bundle.js”. This way you just need a single HTML file for development and release. If for some reason you want to always use the “virtual” budo-generated HTML file, there is an option to force the default index. :) Let me know if that helps.

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[dy]

@mattdesl oh yes what's that secret option? Sounds perfectly what I need :) Is there a way to enable this option by default? I think I may just modify budo pkg code globally.

[mattdesl]

Should be --forceDefaultIndex.

I’m still not sure it’s necessary. I’ll take a look at your repo tomorrow since I believe the “remapping” feature might solve your issue?

[dy]

@mattdesl thanks, that is exactly --forceDefaultIndex. Tbh I don't get how remapping should help - I just buildindex.html for gh-pages once in a while and rest of the time work as budo test, not really caring about htmls. So this option is perfect!

If there is no way to enable this option by default, I think the issue can be closed then.

[dy]

Something like reading these defaults from environment, with process.env should be as simple as

module.exports.defaults = {
  forceDefaultIndex: !!process.env.BUDO_FORCE_DEFAULT_INDEX,
  title: 'budo',
  port: 9966,
  debug: true,
  stream: true,
  errorHandler: true,
  portfind: true
}

[dy]

@mattdesl I can come up with a PR if you like

[mattdesl]

Just looked at your repo a bit more, your build script is interesting and something I haven't encountered before. In most cases I don't embed my JS bundle in the index.html as it causes a worse user experience (the site waits until finishing download before it can render anything).

It seems odd to include an environment variable for this edge case, and I don't want to go down the route of including an environment variable for each flag. We've had issues in the past with env vars, and I think using a flag would be cleaner for your repository's users as well.

So your development script could look something like:

"scripts": {
  "test": "budo test.js --live --force-default-index -- -g bubleify",
  "build": "browserify test.js -g bubleify | indexhtmlify | metadataify | github-cornerify > index.html"
}

Alternatively, if you want, you could build the JavaScript to a separate file, and leave index.html as a simple HTML file that points to a script tag. This is where the "remapping" feature becomes handy.

See here for an example:
https://github.com/mattdesl/browserify-example/blob/2e0e66c243cd6cbbb7f6dcac40b6562d03a6e766/package.json#L21-L22

Maybe indexhtmlify could even provide a flag like --script bundle.js which generates a <script src="bundle.js"> instead of always expecting stdin. Then you could generate the HTML in the npm script as well.

[dy]

Recently updated budo and run against this issue once again.

It seems odd to include an environment variable for this edge case

That is odd, yes, but it is so much more pleasant to run budo test (as good as npm test) in a folder with index.html, rather than npm run test-browser (since package may have node test script). Sadly that seems to be only my workflow.

[dy]

Prob @etpinard would vote for this feature too.

[mattdesl]

I am still hesitant to add this feature, it would be odd to add it only for certain flags, and I do not want to add it for every single flag. Adding it just for some specific flags may make your life easier but it can introduce more complexity for other users, as well as an additional maintenance burden.

[dy]

Some not elegant solutions

• shortening flag to -fdi
• monkey-patching budo globally every update
• using package.json field similar to browserify with default budo settings
• using .budoconfig, in a way similar to .htaccess since this is a web-server
• having a wrapper package
• prepare script dialog asking about how budo is used (browserify or dev server)

Philosophically that seems to be a question of whether budo a browserify-server or a web-server.

[mattdesl]

How about a shorthand of -f? I really don't like adding more configuration files (users already have enough; budo is supposed to be easy and zero config).

In my own work I use a fork of module-generator which allows me to not have to re-write package.json fields on each module. You could also do this if you are always getting tired of adding budo test.js manually to scripts.

Also, you can use npx to trigger the local version of budo from within a project, instead of adding an npm script.

So it could look like this after the shorthand patch:

npx budo index.js -f

(This is not really recommended; it's better to have it in npm scripts so that others cloning your repo will just need to run npm t).

[dy]

+1 for budo -f test.js