meteor-load

A Meteor package builder"s helper to get all files within your package in a Meteor-esque manner

The problem being solved

Consider the following sample package. The package.js is the following:

Package.describe({
  name: "coolguy22:some-package",
  version: "1.2.3",
  summary: "A summary here",
  git: "The git url goes here",
  documentation: "README.md"
});
 
Package.onUse(function(api) {
  api.versionsFrom("1.0.3.1");
 
  api.addFiles("lib/client/a.js", "client");
  api.addFiles("lib/client/z.js", "client");
  api.addFiles("lib/client/main.js", "client");
 
  api.addFiles("lib/server/a.js", "server");
  api.addFiles("lib/server/z.js", "server");
  api.addFiles("lib/server/main.js", "server");
 
  api.addFiles("lib/a.js");
  api.addFiles("lib/z.js");
  api.addFiles("lib/main.js");
 
  api.addFiles("client/a.js", "client");
  api.addFiles("client/z.js", "client");
  api.addFiles("client/main.js", "client");
 
  api.addFiles("server/a.js", "server");
  api.addFiles("server/z.js", "server");
  api.addFiles("server/main.js", "server");
 
  api.addFiles("a.js");
  api.addFiles("z.js");
  api.addFiles("main.js");
});

That is a lot of files that Meteor requires you list out!

Usage

Use this module as follows:

var MeteorLoad = require("meteor-load");
 
var onUseFiles = MeteorLoad.getAllFiles("~/myMeteorProject/packages/myPackage");
var onTestFiles = MeteorLoad.getAllFiles("~/myMeteorProject/packages/myPackage/tests");
 
// And then in your Meteor package's package.js:
api.addFiles(onUseFiles.both);
api.addFiles(onUseFiles.client, "client");
api.addFiles(onUseFiles.server, "server");

onUseFiles returns something like the following:

{ "client":
   [ "lib/client/a.js",
     "lib/client/x.js",
     "lib/client/main.js",
     "client/lib/a.js",
     "client/lib/x.js",
     "client/lib/main.js",
     "client/server/a.js",
     "client/server/css.css",
     "client/a.js",
     "client/x.js",
     "client/main.js" ],
  "server":
   [ "lib/server/a.js",
     "lib/server/x.js",
     "lib/server/main.js",
     "server/lib/a.js",
     "server/lib/x.js",
     "server/lib/main.js",
     "server/client/x.js",
     "server/a.js",
     "server/x.js",
     "server/main.js" ],
  "both":
   [ "lib/lib/a.js",
     "lib/lib/x.js",
     "lib/lib/main.js",
     "lib/a.js",
     "lib/x.js",
     "lib/main.js",
     "a/lib/a.js",
     "a/lib/x.js",
     "a/lib/main.js",
     "a/a.js",
     "a/x.js",
     "a/main.js",
     "b/lib/a.js",
     "b/lib/x.js",
     "b/lib/main.js",
     "b/a.js",
     "b/x.js",
     "b/main.js",
     "a.js",
     "x.js",
     "main.js" ] }

onTestFiles returns something like the following:

{ "client": [],
  "server": [],
  "both": [
    "setup.js",
    "tests.js" ] }

How it works

Meteor-esque! The JavaScript, HTML, and CSS files in your package are loaded according to these rules:

Directories

1. Everything within "lib" directories are loaded first

2. Everything within "server" directories are loaded only to the server

3. Everything within "client" directories are loaded only to the client

4. Everything within "tests" directories are ignored

5. The deepest directories are loaded first in depth-first-search fashion

Files

1. Files that match *.html and *.css are loaded before everything else

2. Files that match main.* are loaded after everything else

3. Files are loaded in alphabetical order