helper-related

Template helper for generating a list of links to the homepages of related GitHub/npm projects.

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Install

Install with npm:

$ npm install --save helper-related

What does this do?

This is a template helper that takes an array of npm package names, and returns a list of formatted links with the description from each package.

Usage

This is an async helper that should work with any assemble based application.

Register the helper

app.helper('related', require('helper-related'));

Use in templates

{%= related(['remarkable', 'micromatch']) %}

Results in a list that looks something like:

- [assemble](https://www.npmjs.com/package/assemble): Get the rocks out of your socks! Assemble makes you fast at creating web projects… [more](https://github.com/assemble/assemble) | [homepage](https://github.com/assemble/assemble "Get the rocks out of your socks! Assemble makes you fast at creating web projects. Assemble is used by thousands of projects for rapid prototyping, creating themes, scaffolds, boilerplates, e-books, UI components, API documentation, blogs, building websit")
- [handlebars-helpers](https://www.npmjs.com/package/handlebars-helpers): More than 130 Handlebars helpers in ~20 categories. Helpers can be used with Assemble, Generate… [more](https://github.com/helpers/handlebars-helpers) | [homepage](https://github.com/helpers/handlebars-helpers "More than 130 Handlebars helpers in ~20 categories. Helpers can be used with Assemble, Generate, Verb, Ghost, gulp-handlebars, grunt-handlebars, consolidate, or any node.js/Handlebars project.")
- [helper-reflinks](https://www.npmjs.com/package/helper-reflinks): Async template helper for generating a list of markdown reference links. | [homepage](https://github.com/helpers/helper-reflinks "Async template helper for generating a list of markdown reference links.")
- [micromatch](https://www.npmjs.com/package/micromatch): Glob matching for javascript/node.js. A drop-in replacement and faster alternative to minimatch and multimatch. | [homepage](https://github.com/micromatch/micromatch "Glob matching for javascript/node.js. A drop-in replacement and faster alternative to minimatch and multimatch.")
- [remarkable](https://www.npmjs.com/package/remarkable): Markdown parser, done right. 100% Commonmark support, extensions, syntax plugins, high speed - all in… [more](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/remarkable) | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/remarkable "Markdown parser, done right. 100% Commonmark support, extensions, syntax plugins, high speed - all in one.")
- [template-helpers](https://www.npmjs.com/package/template-helpers): Generic JavaScript helpers that can be used with any template engine. Handlebars, Lo-Dash, Underscore, or… [more](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/template-helpers) | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/template-helpers "Generic JavaScript helpers that can be used with any template engine. Handlebars, Lo-Dash, Underscore, or any engine that supports helper functions.")
- [verb](https://www.npmjs.com/package/verb): Documentation generator for GitHub projects. Verb is extremely powerful, easy to use, and is used… [more](https://github.com/verbose/verb) | [homepage](https://github.com/verbose/verb "Documentation generator for GitHub projects. Verb is extremely powerful, easy to use, and is used on hundreds of projects of all sizes to generate everything from API docs to readmes.")

If the array gets long, you can either format it like this:

{%= related([
  'git-branch', 
  'git-repo-name', 
  'git-user-email', 
  'git-user-name', 
  'git-username', 
  'github-repo-url'
]) %}   

Or pass the list as a variable on the context:

{%= related(verb.related.list) %}   

About

$ npm install && npm test

$ npm install -g verbose/verb#dev verb-generate-readme && verb

Related projects

You might also be interested in these projects:

• assemble: Get the rocks out of your socks! Assemble makes you fast at creating web projects… more | homepage
• handlebars-helpers: More than 130 Handlebars helpers in ~20 categories. Helpers can be used with Assemble, Generate… more | homepage
• helper-reflinks: Async template helper for generating a list of markdown reference links. | homepage
• micromatch: Glob matching for javascript/node.js. A drop-in replacement and faster alternative to minimatch and multimatch. | homepage
• remarkable: Markdown parser, done right. 100% Commonmark support, extensions, syntax plugins, high speed - all in… more | homepage
• template-helpers: Generic JavaScript helpers that can be used with any template engine. Handlebars, Lo-Dash, Underscore, or… more | homepage
• verb: Documentation generator for GitHub projects. Verb is extremely powerful, easy to use, and is used… more | homepage

Contributors

Author

Jon Schlinkert

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License

Copyright © 2018, Jon Schlinkert. Released under the MIT License.

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