brackets-npm-registry

Extension to install other extensions with npm

How to install brackets-npm-registry

It's recommended to have node.js or io.js installed.

mac

cd ~/Library/Application\ Support/Brackets/extensions/user/
git clone https://github.com/zaggino/brackets-npm-registry.git brackets-npm-registry
cd brackets-npm-registry
npm install

windows

cd /D %HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%\AppData\Roaming\Brackets\extensions\user
git clone https://github.com/zaggino/brackets-npm-registry.git brackets-npm-registry
cd brackets-npm-registry
npm install

linux

cd ~/.config/Brackets/extensions/user
git clone https://github.com/zaggino/brackets-npm-registry.git brackets-npm-registry
cd brackets-npm-registry
npm install

How to use brackets-npm-registry

You'll get a new icon in the right toolbar to open this extensions registry.

How to upload extensions so the brackets-npm-registry is able to find them

• package.json needs to have "brackets-extension" defined in "keywords"
• package.json needs to have "brackets": "<version>" defined in "engines"
• see sample package.json
• use npm publish to upload the extension to the npm
• installation works in the same way npm install does, all dependencies are downloaded and install script is executed

How to hack on brackets-npm-registry

This extension is written in ES6, so you'll need a few handy gulp tasks when doing any modifications to it.

gulp tasks

gulp build - build your ES6 files into ES5 so Brackets is able to run them

gulp watch - watch files for changes and compile them as you work

gulp test - lint your sources with ESLint