The Panda-9000, or P9K for short, is a task and dependency tool, similar to Gulp, but based on the Fairmont functional reactive programming library.

npm install -g panda-9000

p9k [<task-name>...]

If no arguments are given, the default task name is used.

Task definitions should be placed in the tasks/index directory.

To define tasks, place a CoffeeScript or JavaScript file in your project's task/index.coffee or tasks/index.js file.

For example, here's a simple hello, world task.

{task} = require "panda-9000"

task "hello-world", ->
  console.log "Hello, World"

Run the task like this:

p9k hello-world

Panda-9000 provides a variety of built-in helpers you can use in tasks. Helpers are designed to be used within reactive flows using the Fairmont FRP library.

For example, here's a simple task that will take a list of CoffeeScript files in the src directory, compile them, and then write them out to lib with a .js extension.

{go, async, map, glob} = require "fairmont"
{task, context, coffee, write} = require "panda-9000"

task "coffee", async ->
  go [
    glob "**/*.coffee", "src"
    map context
    tee coffee
    tee write "lib"
  ]

Run the task via the command-line, as before:

p9k coffee

See the API references for more details.

Panda-9000 tasks are typically defined as reactive flows using the Fairmont FRP library. You can read the Fairmont wiki to learn more.

The Panda-9000 is currently alpha status, meaning it's under heavy development and not yet suitable for production use.

See the Panda-9000 wiki to learn more.