node-cli-arguments-options

Comparing available parsers for node cli options and arguments

There are so many options and arguments for picking one of them, so I want to support making a decision based on data.

To goal is something like a mono repo, where the same checks are implemented in an executable way for each approach/lib

What data to collect

Dependencies:

npm run about [pkg ...]: stores all collected information for each package in <pkg>/about.json
(running it again later can change the result, especially when new versions come out)

• list of dependencies
  • outdated ones
  • size of all packages to download (might be higher then in reality, but it's an indicator)
• usage inside the packages in this repo
• usage inside well known and widely used tool

(comparable) Usage Examples:

npm run dump [pkg ...]: stores the output of the same commands for each package <pkg>/dump.json

The commands to execute are in ./dump.json. For this to work the <pkg>/dump.js file needs to be implemented.

Features:

npm run test [pkg ...] verifies the features specified in <pkg>/features.json. Each of these files has to follow the JSON-Schema that is defined in ./features.json. There are inline comments that describe each feature. Feel free to add one to the schema (npm run features will keep all the files in sync)

Ideas

• code size (to support the feature)
• execution time (TBD, persisting them is causing to many changes)
• TBD availability of type definitions (quality/completeness ?)
• TBD (existing?) score for maintenance/community

Contribute

Run npm i to get started with code changes, it also set's up all the sub folders.

Support is very welcome, please file PRs and issues for

• a lib to add for comparison (run npm run add <pkg> for a starting point)
• a metric to add (see about.js that writes to <pkg>/about.json as an example)
• adding a feature to compare (see ./feature.json for the schema)
• an idea where to gather data from (file an issue)
• data visualisation (e.g. some gatsby page that allows comparison/filtering based on the existing data?)
• ...?