Hactar

warning: Hactar is in the very early alpha stages and since it is a tool that modifies your code it is very important you run it against stuff that has backups. It likely wont make anything explode but you could lose work.

Hactar is the solution to JavaScript Fatigue. Hactar configures build tools, installs dependencies, adds imports, creates tests etc, all automatically. There are no boilerplates to clone, no generators to run, and no build tools to configure. To use Hactar you simply start writing code and Hactar figures out what you want to do and the best practices to make it happen. Start writing ES6 and it will add Babel, start writing sass and it will add node-sass, import an image and it will add Webpack etc

No more starting projects with configuration and boilerplate, Hactar let's you start writing code immediately.

Hactar can currently;

• Automatically install dependencies
• Detect ES6 and add Babel transpilation
• Detect experimental ES6 features and configure Babel presets like stage-0
• Automatically detect React and add babel-react plugins

Hactar does this all without any interaction from you. Hactar parses your code, figures out what you are coding, then installs, configures, and writes code to make it work. You start writing code and Hactar does the rest.

Here is a screencast for the visual learners among us

A typical Hactar workflow looks like this;

Run Hactar:

$ hactar -p hactar-babel
initiating npm
name: (testcats)
...
hactar is running

Now start coding:

$ touch src/index.js
$ atom .

import React from 'react';
import Button from 'react-toolbox/lib/button';

const CustomButton = () => (
  <Button label="Hello world" raised accent />
);

export default CustomButton;

Hactar will parse the code and detect the usage of ES6, React, and react-toolbox:

installing babel
configuring babel with es2015
installing react
installing react-toolbox