output-files VS watcher

Compare output-files vs watcher and see what are their differences.

output-files

Output a tree of files and directories by providing an object. Especially useful for testing with real files. (by dword-design)
Build Create Declarative Directory File files-system Fs Generate JSON Object Recursive Test Tree Write
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watcher

watcher is a Go package for watching for files or directory changes without using filesystem events. (by radovskyb)
Go filesystem-events Polling Notifier Cross-Platform Golang Recursive Watcher
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output-files

Posts with mentions or reviews of output-files. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-04-21.
  • How to Write File-Based Tests With Real Files
    8 projects | dev.to | 21 Apr 2021
    I also wrote another helper package output-files that creates a whole file tree at once by passing an object. It's much easier than writing a lot of fs.writeFile calls to create many files.

watcher

Posts with mentions or reviews of watcher. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-27.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing output-files and watcher you can also consider the following projects:

with-local-tmp-dir - Creates a temporary folder inside cwd, cds inside the folder, runs a function, and removes the folder. Especially useful for testing.

switchboard - Auto-magic file organisation and routing for all your machines. :open_file_folder:

mock-fs - Configurable mock for the fs module

bugsnag - Well-documented, maintainable, idiomatic, opinionated, and *unofficial* rewrite of the Bugsnag Go notifier

jest - Delightful JavaScript Testing.

yubikey-touch-detector - A tool to detect when your YubiKey is waiting for a touch (to send notification or display a visual indicator on the screen)

endent - ⬅️ An ES6 string tag makes indentation better

watchman - Watches files and records, or triggers actions, when they change.

watcher - The file system watcher that strives for perfection, with no native dependencies and optional rename detection support.

watchexec - Executes commands in response to file modifications

sequentially-generate-planet-mbtiles - Generate vector tiles for the entire planet on relatively low spec hardware.

hotbuild - a cross platform hot compilation tool for golang

output-files vs with-local-tmp-dir watcher vs switchboard output-files vs mock-fs watcher vs bugsnag output-files vs jest watcher vs yubikey-touch-detector output-files vs endent watcher vs watchman output-files vs watcher watcher vs watchexec output-files vs sequentially-generate-planet-mbtiles watcher vs hotbuild