Framework Maker for JavaScript Applications

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Gasket helps developers make frameworks to power their apps. There are several presets and plugins available with which to make frameworks and construct apps. The various commands, lifecycles, and structures are all enabled by different plugins you can choose to use.

If you are new to Gasket, you might want to first give it a spin following the Quick Start Guide. From there, reference the guides to start developing your apps and making your frameworks.

The tables of contents below are generated by the docs command enabled by @gasket/plugin-docs, which is recommended to view app docs. Links will load the docs for the plugin or package that implements the feature.

Guides

Help and explanations docs

Name	Description
Quick Start Guide	Get up and running on Gasket
Upgrades Guide	Steps necessary to upgrade major versions
Lifecycle Flowchart	A flowchart detailing how lifecycles are interrelated.
Configuration Guide	Configuring Gasket apps
Plugins Guide	How to use and author plugins
Presets Guide	How to use and author presets
Package Management Guide	Managing dependencies in Gasket apps
Common "Gotchas"	Tips and tricks to be aware of
Progressive Web Apps Guide	Making Progressive Web Apps (PWA) with Gasket
Express Setup Guide	Adding middleware and routes for Express
Next.js Routing Guide	Basic and advance routing for Next.js
Next.js Deployment Guide	Steps to deploy a Next.js Gasket app
Next.js Redux Guide	Using Redux with Next.js Gasket apps
Webpack Configuration Guide	Configuring Webpack in Gasket apps

Commands

Available commands

Name	Description
analyze	Generate analysis report of webpack bundles
build	Prepare the app to be started
create	Create a new Gasket app
docs	Generate docs for the app
help	Get usage details for Gasket commands
local	Build and start the app in development mode
start	Run the prepared app

Lifecycles

Available lifecycles

Name	Description
appEnvConfig	Adjust app level config after merged for the env
appRequestConfig	Adjust app level config for each request
build	Prepare the app to be started
composeServiceWorker	Update the service worker script
configure	Allows plugins to adjust config before command is run
create	App level plugins
createServers	Setup the create-servers options
docsGenerate	Generate graphs for display in documation
docsSetup	Set up what docs are captured and how to transform them
docsView	View the collated documentation
errorMiddleware	Add Express style middleware for handling errors with Fastify
errorMiddleware	Add Express style middleware for handling errors
express	Modify the Express instance to for adding endpoints
fastify	Modify the Fastify instance to for adding endpoints
getCommands	Allows plugins to add CLI commands
init	Signals the start of any Gasket command before it is run
initReduxState	Initializes state of the Redux store
initReduxStore	Plugin access to Redux store instance
initWebpack	Create a webpack config
intlLocale	Set the language for which locale files to load
logTransports	Setup Winston log transports
manifest	Modify the the web manifest for a request
metadata	Allows plugins to adjust their metadata
metrics	Collect metrics for an app
middleware	Add Express style middleware for Fastify
middleware	Add Express style middleware
next	Update the Next.js app instance before preparing for Express
next	Update the Next.js app instance before preparing for Fastify
nextConfig	Setup the Next.js config
nextExpress	Access the prepared Next.js app and Express instance
nextFastify	Access the prepared Next.js app and Fastify instance
nextPreHandling	Perform tasks just before Next.js request handling
postCreate	App level plugins
preboot	Any setup before the app starts
prompt	Gasket config for an app
servers	Access to the server instances
serviceWorkerCacheKey	Get cache keys for request based service workers
start	Run the prepared app
terminus	Setup the terminus options
webpack (deprecated)	Modify webpack config with partials or by mutating
webpackChain (deprecated)	Setup webpack config by chaining
webpackConfig	Transform the webpack config, with the help of webpack-merge
workbox	Setup Workbox config and options

Structures

Available structure

Name	Description
.docs/	Output of the docs command
config/	App configuration using environment files
lifecycles/	JavaScript files to hook lifecycles with matching name
pages/	NextJS routing
plugins/	One-off plugins for apps
public/	NextJS static files
public/locales/	Locale JSON files with translation strings
test/	Test files
test/	Test files
app.config.js	App configuration with environment overrides
cypress.json	Cypress configuration
gasket.config.js	Gasket config for an app
jest.config.js	Jest configuration
redux/store.js	Setup to make Redux store

Presets

Available presets

Name	Version	Description
@gasket/preset-api	6.46.0	Create Express-based API with Gasket
@gasket/preset-nextjs	6.46.0	Basic NextJS Framework
@gasket/preset-pwa	6.45.2	Turn Gasket apps into Progressive Web Apps

Plugins

Available plugins

Name	Version	Description
@gasket/plugin-analyze	6.45.2	Gasket Analyzer Plugin
@gasket/plugin-command	6.45.2	Plugin to enable other plugins to inject new gasket commands
@gasket/plugin-config	6.45.2	Supports application-specific (non-Gasket) configuration
@gasket/plugin-cypress	6.45.2	Integrates Cypress based testing into your Gasket application
@gasket/plugin-docs	6.45.2	Centralize doc files from plugins and modules
@gasket/plugin-docs-graphs	6.45.0	Generate mermaid graphs of an applications gasket lifecycles
@gasket/plugin-docsify	6.45.2	View collated docs with Docsify
@gasket/plugin-docusaurus	6.46.0	Gasket plugin for docusaurus
@gasket/plugin-elastic-apm	6.45.2	Adds Elastic APM instrumentation to your application
@gasket/plugin-express	6.46.0	Adds express support to your application
@gasket/plugin-fastify	6.46.0	Adds fastify support to your application
@gasket/plugin-git	6.45.2	Adds git support to your application
@gasket/plugin-happyfeet	6.45.0	A gasket plugin to enable happyfeet healthchecks
@gasket/plugin-https	6.45.2	Create http/s servers with graceful termination
@gasket/plugin-intl	6.46.0	NodeJS script to build localization files.
@gasket/plugin-jest	6.45.2	Integrated jest into your application.
@gasket/plugin-lifecycle	6.45.2	Allows a gasket/ directory to be used for lifecycle hooks in applications.
@gasket/plugin-lint	6.45.2	Adds GoDaddy standard linting to your application
@gasket/plugin-log	6.46.0	Gasket log plugin
@gasket/plugin-manifest	6.45.2	The web app manifest for progressive Gasket applications
@gasket/plugin-metadata	6.45.2	Adds metadata to gasket lifecycles
@gasket/plugin-metrics	6.45.2	Collect metrics for gasket commands
@gasket/plugin-mocha	6.45.0	Integrates mocha based testing in to your Gasket application
@gasket/plugin-morgan	6.45.2	Adds morgan request logger to your app
@gasket/plugin-nextjs	6.45.2	Adds Next support to your application
@gasket/plugin-redux	6.46.0	Gasket Redux Setup
@gasket/plugin-service-worker	6.45.2	Gasket Service Worker Plugin
@gasket/plugin-start	6.45.2	Adds commands for building and starting Gasket apps
@gasket/plugin-swagger	6.45.2	Generate and serve swagger docs
@gasket/plugin-webpack	6.45.2	Adds webpack support to your application
@gasket/plugin-workbox	6.45.2	Gasket Workbox Plugin

Modules

Supporting modules

Name	Version	Description
@gasket/assets	6.45.2	Gasket assets
@gasket/cli	6.45.2	CLI for rapid application development with gasket
@gasket/data	6.45.2	Helper package for accessing embedded Gasket Data in the browser
@gasket/engine	6.45.2	Plugin engine for gasket
@gasket/fetch	6.45.2	Gasket Fetch API
@gasket/helper-intl	6.45.2	Internal helpers used by loaders to resolve locale file paths
@gasket/log	6.46.0	Gasket client and server logger
@gasket/nextjs	6.45.2	Gasket integrations for Next.js apps
@gasket/react-intl	6.45.2	React component library to enable localization for gasket apps.
@gasket/redux	6.46.0	Gasket Redux Configuration
@gasket/resolve	6.45.2	Essential module resolution & configuration management for gasket plugins & presets.
@gasket/typescript-tests	6.46.0	Not a published package; hosts unit tests to verify TypeScript support
@gasket/utils	6.45.2	Reusable utilities for Gasket internals
create-gasket-app	6.45.2	starter pack for creating a gasket app

Configurations

Available configuration options in the gasket.config.js

Name	Description	Type	Default
bundleAnalyzerConfig	Tune both browser and server Webpack analysis reports	object
docs	Docs config object	object
docs.outputDir	Output directory for generated docs	string	.docs
docsify	Docsify config object	object
docsify.config	Docsify configuration properties, excluding functions	object
docsify.port	Port to serve the docs from	number	3000
docsify.scripts	Optional additional script files, which can include docsify plugins	string[]
docsify.stylesheets	Optional additional stylesheet URLs to load	string[]
docsify.theme	Name of the theme	string	styles/gasket.css
docusaurus	Docusaurus plugin config	object
docusaurus.docsDir	Sub-directory for the generated markdown from the docs plugin	string	docs
docusaurus.host	Hostname to serve the docs from	string	localhost
docusaurus.port	Port number to serve docs site	number	3000
docusaurus.rootDir	Root Docusaurus directory	string	.docs
express	Express plugin configuration	object
express.compression	Automatic compression	boolean	true
express.excludedRoutesRegex (deprecated)	Routes to be included for Gasket middleware, based on a regex
express.middlewareInclusionRegex	Routes to be included for Gasket middleware, based on a regex
express.routes	Glob pattern for route setup code	string
fastify	Fastify configuration object	object
fastify.compression	Automatic compression	boolean	true
fastify.excludedRoutesRegex	Routes to be excluded based on a regex	RegExp
http	HTTP port or config object	number	object
http2	HTTP2 config object	object
https	HTTPS config object	object
intl	Intl config object	object
intl.basePath	Base URL where locale files are served	string
intl.defaultLocale	Locale to fallback to when loading files	string	en
intl.defaultPath	Path to endpoint with JSON files	string	/locales
intl.locales	Ordered list of accepted locales	string[]
intl.localesDir	Path to on-disk directory where locale files exists	string	./public/locales
intl.localesMap	Mapping of locales to share files	object
intl.localesPath	URL endpoint where static JSON files are available	string
intl.manifestFilename	Change the name of the manifest file	string	locales-manifest.json
intl.modules	Enable locale files collation from node modules	boolean	object
intl.nextRouting	Enable Next.js Routing when used with @gasket/plugin-nextjs	boolean	true
intl.serveStatic	Enables ability to serve static locale files	boolean	string
log	Setup and customize logger	object
log.prefix	Used to set the prefix in the winston format	string
manifest	Manifest plugin config	object
morgan	Morgan plugin configuration	object
morgan.format	Log format to print	string	tiny
morgan.options	Morgan options	object
nextConfig	Everything that can be configured in next.config.js can be added here.	object
redux	Redux plugin config object	object
redux.initState	Initial state to include in the store	object
redux.makeStore	Relative path to a custom makeStore configuration	string	store.js
serviceWorker	Service worker plugin config object	object
serviceWorker.cache	Adjust the content cache settings using the lru-cache options	object
serviceWorker.cacheKeys	Optional cache key functions that accept the request object as argument and return a string	function[]
serviceWorker.content	The JavaScript content to be served	string
serviceWorker.minify	Minification options to be used on the composed JavaScript	object
serviceWorker.scope	From where to intercept requests	string	/
serviceWorker.staticOutput	If true, a static sw.js will be output to the ./public dir	string	boolean
serviceWorker.url	Name of the service worker file	string	/sw.js
serviceWorker.webpackRegister	By default, a service worker registration script will be injected to the webpack entry modules	string	string[]
swagger	Swagger config object	object
swagger.apiDocsRoute	Route to Swagger UI	string	/api-docs
swagger.definitionFile	Target swagger spec file, either json or yaml	string	swagger.json
swagger.jsdoc	If set, the definitionFile will be generated based on JSDocs in the configured files	object
swagger.ui	Optional custom UI options	object
terminus	Terminus config object	object
terminus.healthcheck	Custom Terminus healthcheck endpoint names	string[]	/healthcheck,/healthcheck.html
winston	Setup and customize winston logger	object
workbox	Workbox config object	object
workbox.basePath	Change the default path to /_workbox endpoint by adding a path prefix here	string
workbox.config	Any initial workbox config options which will be merged with those from any workbox lifecycle hooks	object
workbox.outputDir	The path to the directory in which the Workbox libraries should be copied	string	./build/workbox

License

Gasket is MIT licensed.