Node Roundup: Buildr, Search, Node Knockout
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Buildr, Query-Engine, DocPad
Benjamin Arthur Lupton sent us three packages to look at:
- Buildr (License: MIT, npm: buildr) — tools for building and merging CoffeeScript, Less, and CSS
- Query-Engine (License: MIT, npm: query-engine) — a NoSQL query engine
- DocPad (License: MIT, npm: docpad) — a static site generator
All of the projects have installation and usage guides in the README files. Buildr supports bundling, compression, and client-side loading. Query-Engine can manage collections of objects, but also optionally extends Object to work with other objects. DocPad’s templating engine has complete access to the DOM, which means it can be used a bit like a novel CMS.
Search
Search (License: MIT, npm: search) by TJ Holowaychuk is a simple file searching utility that works a bit like ack (my tool of choice, which I use with vim). It’s built with TJ’s new library commander.js, and has deliciously colourised output:
Is it faster than ack? On my machine it performs slightly slower than ack, but not noticeably (there’s a pause after all the results have been displayed). Given how simple the source is, it seems like an extremely hackable version of ack.
Node Knockout
Node Knockout has had a ridiculous 183 entries this year! I’ve been playing around with the entries and some of them seriously give the startups I’ve seen on Y Combinator a run for their money. Check them out, show your support, and get ready for the winners on the 6th.
