nfy

Convert AMD modules into a node.js compatible format. This package was forked from Nodefy to improve circular reference resolution and to punt CLI globbing to the OS.

How?

This tool uses Esprima to parse Javascript and remove define calls, replacing them with require calls. If the AMD module returns an object literal, then each key becomes a key on the exports object. If the AMD module returns something else, then that return value gets assigned to module.exports. Any define(function (require, exports, module) {... wrappings map properly too.

Input

define(['foo', '../bar/baz'], function(foo, baz){

    var lorem = 'ipsum';

    return {
        log : function(){
            console.log(lorem);
        }
    };
});

Output

    var foo = require('foo');
    var baz = require('../bar/baz');

    var lorem = 'ipsum';

    exports.log = function () {
        console.log(lorem);
    };

Command Line Interface

The command line interface is modelled to roughly parallel that of the Capnproto Compiler:

npm install -g nfy
shopt -s globstar
nfy -o cjs src/**/*.js

This will convert all .js-suffixed files inside the src folder to Node modules, and then put the results into the cjs folder. For instance, src/someFile.js maps to a Node module at cjs/src/someFile.js.

The --src-prefix option will remove its path prefix from the targeted file name. For instance, nfy -o cjs --src-prefix=src src/**/*.js would map src/someFile.js to cjs/someFile.js.

It also works with stdin and stdout:

cat src/someFile.js | nfy

For a list of available options run:

nfy -h

Features, Goals & Limitations

The Asynchronous Module Definition is very flexible, it supports plugins, many configuration settings to define how modules should be loaded, and asynchronous module loading.

This tool aims to convert basic modules, plugins and advanced settings are NOT going to be supported in the near future. Use uRequire if you need something more robust.

Alternatives

• amdefine
• UMD
• r.js
• uRequire

License

Released under the MIT license