Node API version?

[JuanCaicedo]

I'm currently trying to parallelize something inside of a node script and was wondering if concurrently was a good candidate. I've tried async.parallel, but have been having some problems with it.

Right now to use concurrently I would have to create a child process and pass my command as a string. It would be great if there was a way to require concurrently and use it directly.

I think this would involve extracting most code from src/main.js into another file, like src/lib.js. Then src/main.js could call main() while src/api.js would require src/lib.js and export the public API methods. Also the main entry in package.json would need to point to src/api.js, since that's the entry that node's require looks at.

[gustavohenke]

Yep. This would be a great addition 👍

[borislemke]

I came across this requirement too, the scripts in package.json would become to long and made the file look polluted, this would be a superb addition. I need to launch multiple apps (up to 10) to work on my micro-service app locally. For now, I copied the main.js file and modified it do something like:

import concurrently from 'concurrently'

const commands = [
    "nodemon script.js --someReallyLongParamtersMaybeEvenMultiple",
    "nodemon script2.js --someReallyLongParamtersMaybeEvenMultiple",
    ... and so on
]

concurrently(commands)

By the way, thanks a lot for making this module, been much help!

[filipesilva]

@kimmobrunfeldt @gustavohenke I haven't yet contributed much to the repo, I think I'll start by implementing this. I've personally had the need for it as well.

[CzBuCHi]

@filipesilva i sah no progress on this so i did make my own pull request #112 ...

[gustavohenke]

Programmatic API now available with v4.0.0! 🚢