Getting Started

Overview

Before we go any further, below are some terminologies I use throughout these documentations:

• <bajo-base-dir>: project directory is where you write all your codes
• <bajo-data-dir>: data directory, defaults to <bajo-base-dir>/data if not specifically stated
• <bajo-tmp-dir>: temp directory, defaults to OS temporary directory
• <package>: plugin package name as normally showed on npm listing
• <plugin>: plugin name, which is camel cased version of package name

Installation

Open your terminal and type:

$ npm install bajo

Fire up!

Create a new empty directory, this will be your project directory or your <bajo-base-dir>. Now goto your newly created directory, and type:

$ npm init

You'll be asked to name your project etc. IMPORTANT: don't forget to mark your project as ES6 project by setting type key in your package.json to module.

After completing those steps, move on the the next one: crating bajo bootstrap.

Inside your <bajo-base-dir>, create the index.js file and put these lines below:

import bajo from 'bajo'
await bajo()

A bajo app ALWAYS needs a data directory to put configuration files, etc. This could be located inside or outside your <bajo-base-dir>.

Lets assume you're going to put your data directory inside your <bajo-base-dir>. So please create a new directory called data first. After that, just type in your terminal:

$ node index.js --dir-data=data

Or you could utilize dotenv by creating .env file in the same directory as index.js, and put this inside:

DIR_DATA = ./data

Now you can omit calling node with arguments, you just need to type:

$ node index.js

Configuration

General rules

• All configuration files must be placed in <bajo-data-dir>/config/ subfolder
• Config files should be named after its plugin name
• File format should be in .json or .js format
• If .js file is used, it should be in ES6 format and should export either plain javascript object or a function (sync or async both supported)
• If it returns a function, this function will be called within its plugin scope and should return a plain js object
• Other formats (.yml, .yaml and .toml) can also be used by installing bajoConfig plugin
• Order of importance: .js > .json > .yml > .yaml > .toml

Main configuration File

It should be named bajo.json with following keys:

Installed Plugins

Plugins are what make Bajo Framework so great and flexible: they extends app features!

To use plugins:

1. Install with npm install <package>
2. Optionally create <bajo-data-dir>/config/<plugin>.json to customize plugin settings
3. Open/create <bajo-data-dir>/config/.plugins and put <package> in it, line by line

Example below will load bajoConfig, bajoExtra and bajoTemplate:

bajo-config
bajo-extra
bajo-template

If you later decide to NOT load one or more plugins from your app, you just need to remove those from .plugins file or put # hash mark in front of package name and restart your app.

Warning: please do not confuse between <package> and <plugin>. Plugin package is the name of JS package listed on npm, while plugin name is the name of a plugin - a camel cased version of plugin package

Configuration Overrides

You can override ANY settings on ANY configuration files with dotenv variables and program's argument switches easily.

Order of importance: dotenv variable > args switches > config files

dotenv

• Create/open <bajo-base-dir>/.env
• Use __ (double underscores) as the replacement of the dot in object
• DIR__DATA: Set <bajo-data-dir> data directory
• DIR__TMP: Set <bajo-tmp-dir> temp directory
• For every key in bajo.json, use its snake cased, upper cased version, e.g:
  • env => ENV
  • log.dateFormat => LOG__DATE_FORMAT
  • exitHandler => EXIT_HANDLER
• To override plugins config, prepend every key in plugin config with snake cased, upper cased version of the plugin name followed by a dot, e.g:
  • key in myPlugin => MY_PLUGIN.KEY
  • key.subKey.subSubKey in myPlugin => MY_PLUGIN.KEY__SUB_KEY__SUB_SUB_KEY

Program argument switches

• Use switches, e.g: node index.js --xxx=one --yyy=two
• Every switches must be prefixed with --
• Use - as the replacement of the dot in object
• --dir-data: Set <bajo-data-dir> data directory
• --dir-tmp: Set <bajo-tmp-dir> temp directory
• For every key in bajo.json, add prefix -- e.g:
  • env => --env=prod
  • log.dateFormat => --log-dateFormat=xxx
  • exitHandler => --exitHandler
• To override plugins config, prepend every key in plugin config with the plugin name followed by a :, e.g:
  • key in myPlugin => --myPlugin:key
  • key.subKey.subSubKey in myPlugin => --myPlugin:key-subKey-subSubKey