scribes 0.0.1-dev.1

A command line tool for generating consitent data objects in Typescript and Dart.

✍️✍️ Scribes ✍️✍️

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Like a team of middle-ages monks, scribes allows developers to define their whole library of data objects, then transcribe them into other languages.

NOTE! This package is pre-release and may not work as intended. Use at your own risk.

Quick Start

Install with the following command:

$ pub global activate scribes

Then run:

$ scribes init

which will create example objects. Then run:

$ scribes transcribe

Which will generate dart and typescript objects.

Usage

You can define objects in a YAML file ending in .objects.yaml. Use the format described in Defining Objects.

You can also download the schema.json file and add it to your IDE for auto-completion.

Generating files

To generate source code, run the following command:

$ scribes transcribe

Options

• --no-typescript and --no-dart: flags that can be added if you wish to omit generating certain languages.
• --objects [PATH]: An alternate path to the folder your objects files are stored.
• --dart-path [PATH] and --typescript-path [PATH]: A alternate path to the folder where different object files should be generated.

Defining Objects

Data Objects

Data objects are objects that can be represented as JSON, with a description. For example:

Customer:
  description: A customer registered to the loyalty program.
  properties:
    - id:
        type: string
        description: The unique guid for this customer.
    - First Name:
        type: string
        description: The first name of the customer.
    - Last Name:
        type: string
        description: The last name of the customer.
    - Email Address:
        type: string
        description: The email address of the customer.

Each property must have a description and a type.

Types

Objects support the following types:

• string
• double
• integer
• boolean
• list
• enum
• object

Primative types

For string, double, integer, and boolean, simply use those keywords as the property's type.

Example:

Car:
  description: A car that can be registered to a driver.
  properties:
    - id:
        type: string
        description: The unique guid for this car.

List type

For list, specify the type of elements of the list using the syntax list of [ELEMENT TYPE].

Example:

Car:
  description: A car that can be registered to a driver.
  properties:
    - drivers:
        type: list of string
        description: The names of the drivers registered to drive this car.

Object and Enum types

For object and enum types, simply specify the name of the object or enum in the type field. NOTE: If an object is not found with the specified name, an error will be thrown.

Car:
  description: A car that can be registered to a driver.
  properties:
    - Primary driver:
        type: Driver
        description: The primary driver that registered the car.
    - Color:
        type: Car Color
        description: The color of the car.
Driver:
  description: A person with a valid drivers license.
  properties:
    - First Name:
        type: string
        description: The fist name of the driver.
Car Color:
  description: A color that the majority of a car is colored.
  type: enum
  enumValues:
    - val: Blue
      description: A blue car.
    - val: Red
      description: A red car.
    - val: Black
      description: A black car.

Enums

An enum is an object with a set of discrete values. They have a description, as well as a number of values.

They can also take a unknownValue, which will be used if a value is not recognized as a valid member of the enum.

Example:

Ice Cream Flavor:
  description: A flavor of ice cream.
  type: enum
  unknownValue: Unknown
  enumValues:
    - val: Chocolate
      description: Chocolate ice cream.
    - val: Vanilla
      description: Vanilla ice cream.
    - val: Mint chocolate chip
      description: Mint chocolate chip ice cream.