victorb/trymodule

Save/Restore session

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#11 opened on Mar 21, 2016

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Description

Something that would be useful to have is a save/restore functionality, where previous entered code and state can be restored in a future session.

  1. User enters trymodule lodash and repl opens with lodash installed
  2. User enters var something = lodash.repeat('WIN', 5)
  3. User enters save()
  4. User closes repl and opens it again with trymodule colors
  5. User enters restore()

And now something and lodash is available in the repl again.

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Research direction
Implement a mechanism to save the current REPL context (variables, loaded modules) to a file, and restore them on demand. Consider using fs.writeFileSync and eval or vm module for restoring. Ensure compatibility with the existing trymodule architecture.
Tech stack
javascript
Domain
cli
Issue type
Feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
3
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Half day
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Active
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Clear
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Node.jsGit
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65