bumped node requirement, requires forever, environment specific extension

Author: yawetse

README.md

@@ -27,7 +27,10 @@ Applications built with Periodic range from simple blogs, complicated enterprise
 
 ### Quick start guide
 ```
-$ npm start --e [name-of-environment (development by default)]
+$ npm start --e [name-of-environment (development by default)] # runs nodemon
+$ npm run forever --e [name-of-environment (development by default)] # runs forever + nodemon
+$ npm run deploy --e [name-of-environment (development by default)] # deploys with pm2
+$ npm run sync # syncs dependencies
 ```
 
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app/lib/config.js

@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ var config = function () {
 		configurationFileJSON,
 		configurationOverrideFileJSON,
 		configurationDefaultFileJSON,
+		lastRuntimeEnvironment,
+		lastRuntimeEnvironmentFilePath = path.resolve(process.cwd(), 'content/config/process/runtime.json'),
 		config = {};
 
 	/** 
@@ -83,6 +85,10 @@ var config = function () {
 	this.init = function () {
 		/** get info from package.json */
 		packagejsonFileJSON = fs.readJSONSync(path.resolve(process.cwd(), './package.json'));
+		/** get info from last runtime environemnt */
+		if(fs.existsSync(lastRuntimeEnvironmentFilePath)){
+			lastRuntimeEnvironment = fs.readJSONSync(lastRuntimeEnvironmentFilePath).environment;
+		}
 
 		/** load user config file: content/config/config.json */
 		configurationOverrideFileJSON = fs.readJSONSync(configurationOverrideFile);
@@ -95,12 +101,29 @@ var config = function () {
 		if (process.env.NODE_ENV) {
 			appEnvironment = process.env.NODE_ENV;
 		}
+		else if(argv.e){
+			appEnvironment = argv.e;
+		}
+		else if(lastRuntimeEnvironment){
+			appEnvironment = lastRuntimeEnvironment;
+		}
+		else if(typeof configurationOverrideFileJSON.application !== 'undefined' && typeof configurationOverrideFileJSON.application.environment !== 'undefined'){
+			appEnvironment = configurationOverrideFileJSON.application.environment;
+		}
 		else {
-			appEnvironment = (argv.e) ?
-				argv.e : (typeof configurationOverrideFileJSON.application !== 'undefined' && typeof configurationOverrideFileJSON.application.environment !== 'undefined') ?
-				configurationOverrideFileJSON.application.environment : 'development';
+			appEnvironment = 'development';
 		}
 
+		//** save last runtime environment to load as a backup */
+		fs.outputJson(path.resolve(process.cwd(),'content/config/process/runtime.json'),{environment:appEnvironment},function(err){
+			if(err){
+				console.error(err);
+			}
+			else{
+				console.log('saved runtime environment',appEnvironment);
+			}
+		});
+
 		/** set & load file path for base environment config */
 		configurationFile = this.getConfigFilePath(appEnvironment);
 

app/routes/index.js

@@ -36,7 +36,13 @@ module.exports = function (periodic) {
 	var homeController = require('../controller/home')(periodic),
 		appRouter = periodic.express.Router(),
 		ignoreExtensionIndex,
-		ExtensionCore = new Extensions(periodic.settings);
+		ExtensionCore;
+
+	if(periodic.settings.use_test_extensions_by_environment){
+		periodic.settings.extensionFilePath = path.resolve(process.cwd(), 'content/config/process/'+periodic.settings.application.environment+'.extensions.json');
+	}
+	ExtensionCore = new Extensions(periodic.settings);
+
 
 	/** load extensions */
 	periodic.settings.extconf = ExtensionCore.settings();

content/config/environment/default.json

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
   },
 	"session_secret":"hjoiuu87go9hui",
 	"expressCompression": true,
+	"use_test_extensions_by_environment": false,
 	"templateengine": "ejs",
 	"templatepackage": "ejs",
 	"templatefileextension": "ejs",

package.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "periodicjs",
   "description": "Periodic is an application framework built on top of Express and MongoDB designed for data driven, content based web and mobile applications.",
-  "version": "3.1.1",
+  "version": "3.1.2",
   "main": "index.js",
   "engines": {
     "node": ">=0.10.31"
@@ -33,15 +33,14 @@
     "url": "git://github.com/typesettin/periodicjs.git"
   },
   "scripts": {
-    "nd": "NODE_ENV=development nodemon --watch app --watch content/config/restart.json --watch content/config/database.js index.js ",
     "start": "node index.js --cli --nd --e",
-    "stop": "pm2 delete periodicjs",
+    "forever": "forever start -o logs/app-out.forever.log -e logs/app-err.forever.log -c nodemon index.js --e",
+    "stop": "forever stop -c nodemon index.js",
+    "deploy": "node index.js --cli --deploy",
     "test": "mocha -R spec --recursive",
     "coverage": "mocha -R html-cov --recursive > test/coverage.html",
     "postinstall": "node scripts/install.js",
-    "deploysync": "node scripts/deploymentsync.js",
-    "deploy_dev": "node index.js --cli --deploy dev",
-    "deploy_prod": "node index.js --cli --deploy production"
+    "sync": "node scripts/deploymentsync.js"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "async": "0.9.0",

releases/3.1.2.md

@@ -5,14 +5,24 @@
 * moving extension config to `content/config/extensions.json`
 * moved restart.json to `content/config`
 * added enterprise data security requirements for dbseed, custom data scrubbing
-* requires node >= 0.10.31, npm >= 2.0.0
+* added support for environemnt specific extensions for testing
+* **requires node >= 0.10.31, npm >= 2.0.0**
 
 ### Notes
-* Periodic Migration guide from 3.0.0
- ```
- # move content/extensions/extensions.json, content/extensions/log, content/extensions/restart.json to content/config
- # delete content/extensions directory
- # install latest version of periodic
- $ cd /path/to/web/app
- $ npm install [email protected] --prefix ./ # or $ npm install periodicjs@latest 
- ```
+#### Periodic Migration guide from 3.0.0
+```
+# move content/extensions/extensions.json, content/extensions/log, content/extensions/restart.json to content/config
+# delete content/extensions directory
+# install latest version of periodic
+$ npm install forever -g # install forever
+$ cd /path/to/web/app
+$ npm install [email protected] --prefix ./ # or $ npm install periodicjs@latest 
+```
+#### Periodic Runtime Options
+```
+$ npm start --e [name-of-environment (development by default)] # runs nodemon
+$ npm run forever --e [name-of-environment (development by default)] # runs forever + nodemon
+$ npm run deploy --e [name-of-environment (development by default)] # deploys with pm2
+$ npm run sync # syncs dependencies
+```
+Running npm start saves the environment in `content/config/process/runtime.json`, if no environment is specified, it will reload in this environment, this is helpful server restarts

scripts/deploymentsync.js

@@ -27,9 +27,5 @@ async.waterfall([
 		else{
 			console.log('deployment sync result',result);
 			CoreUtilities.restart_app({});
-			CoreUtilities.run_cmd( 'pm2', ['restart','periodicjs'], function(text) { 
-				console.log (text);
-				process.exit(0);
-			});		
 		}
 });