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## Description
A modern task runner pipeline framework.
Allows your Tasks to be Modular, Extendable, Flexible, Manageable, and Fire Resistant!
## Features
1. Tasks are based on Promises, support:
* Generator ([Example](./examples/api/async.js))
* Using [co wrapping](https://github.com/tj/co)
* Async/Await ([Example](./examples/api/async.js))
* Streams ([Example](./examples/api/stream.js))
* Compatible with your existing `gulp` tasks
2. ES6 Class base class
* Extending from other Tasks ([Example](./examples/api/extend.js))
3. Sub Tasks
* Static - simply by adding another task class to a tasks sub class. ([Example](./examples/api/subtasksSimple.js))
* Dynamic - create sub tasks based on configuration ([Example](./examples/api/subtasksAdvanced.js))
4. Run other tasks in an task
* Parallel ([Example](./examples/api/parallel.js))
* Sequence ([Example](./examples/api/sequence.js))
5. Before and After ([Simple Example](./examples/api/beforeAfter.js), [Adv Example](./examples/api/beforeAfterAdvanced.js))
* each task
* all tasks
6. Decorators
* Setting Default Task ([Example](./examples/api/decoratorHelp.js))
* Help Docs ([Example](./examples/api/decoratorHelp.js))
* Vars Definitions (for help and set defaults) ([Example](./examples/api/decoratorVars.js))
7. Auto Help Docs ([ALI Example](./examples/api/helpDocs.js), [CLI Example](./examples/cli/helpDocs.js))
8. Passing Options (Vars) to a task or globally ([ALI Example](./examples/api/passingVars.js), [CLI Example](./examples/cli/defineVars.js))
9. CLI ([Examples](./examples/cli)) and full Javascript API ([Examples](./examples/api))
10. **Totally bad *ss logo!**
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# Install
## API
```shell
$ npm install beelzebub
```
## CLI
```shell
$ npm install beelzebub -g
```
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# DOCS
### [Task Class](./docs/taskClass.md)
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# API
### [Examples](./examples/api)
# Simple Example
```javascript
const Beelzebub = require('beelzebub');
class MyTasks extends Beelzebub.Tasks {
task1() {
this.logger.log('MyTasks task1');
}
}
// Add Task to BZ, it will now be registered
Beelzebub.add( MyTasks );
// ------------------------------------
// Runs the task, returning a promise
Beelzebub.run('MyTasks.task1');
```
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# CLI
### [Examples](./examples/cli)
## Reserved Global Flags
* `--help` or `-h`
* Prints Usage, List of Task Help Docs and Vars Definitions
* `--version` or `-v`
* Prints Beelzebub version
* `--file=` or `-f=`
* Uses this file instead of the `beelzebub.js` or `beelzebub.json` file
## Passing Vars
The CLI uses [yargs](https://github.com/yargs/yargs) and thus the vars parsing is handled by [yargs-parser](https://github.com/yargs/yargs-parser).
```shell
$ bz TaskPath AnotherTaskPath
```
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## Simple Example
### `beelzebub.js` file
```javascript
const Beelzebub = require('beelzebub');
class MyTasks extends Beelzebub.Tasks {
task() {
this.logger.log('MyTasks task');
}
}
module.exports = MyTasks;
```
```shell
$ bz MyTasks.task
```
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## Vars Example
### `beelzebub.js` file
```javascript
const Beelzebub = require('beelzebub');
class MyTasks1 extends Beelzebub.Tasks {
default(aVars) {
const gVars = this.$getGlobalVars();
this.logger.log(`MyTasks1 default ${gVars.myGlobalVar} ${aVars.v1}`);
}
}
class MyTasks2 extends Beelzebub.Tasks {
task(aVars) {
const gVars = this.$getGlobalVars();
this.logger.log(`MyTasks1 task ${gVars.myGlobalVar} ${aVars.v1}`);
}
}
module.exports = [MyTasks1, MyTasks2];
```
```shell
$ bz --myGlobalVar=hello MyTasks1 --v1=1 MyTasks2.task --v1=2
```
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## Load File Example
### `appTasks.js` file
```javascript
module.exports = [
require('bz-frontend-react'),
require('bz-frontend-babel'),
require('./mytask.js')
];
```
```shell
$ bz --file=./appTasks.js MyTasks.task1
```
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## Special Thanks
To everyone supporting the development and cost to the project.
I would also like to thank the logo artist [Irving Gerardo](https://thenounproject.com/irvinggerardo)!!!
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## License
It should be an obvious choice or you totally missed the [badge at the top](#top).
However for completeness;
*"I Beelzebub, declare myself to be under the [MIT licence](LICENSE)"*
