[NPM] Use a shorthand syntax for running multiple npm scripts with npm-run-all

Posted 2020-08-29 Answer1215

Running multiple scripts in series or in parallel can become very verbose. Using a tool such as npm-run-all can help reduce the amount of overhead you have to type in order to get the same behavior.

 

Install:

npm i -D npm-run-all

 

  "scripts": {
    "start": "node index.js",
    "test": "npm-run-all eslint stylelint mocha",
    "eslint": "eslint --cache --fix ./",
    "stylelint": "stylelint ‘**/*.scss‘ --syntax scss",
    "mocha": "mocha spec/ --require babel-register --watch"
  },

 

By default:

"test": "npm-run-all eslint stylelint mocha",

This will run in series.

 

TO make it run in parellel, we can add flag:

"test": "npm-run-all --parallel eslint mocha stylelint",

Here notice that we put ‘mocha‘ on the second, but we still able to stop it by ‘ctrl + c‘