Overview of Graphile Config for Node.js libraries
Graphile Config is a utility for Node.js library authors to create configurable and extensible libraries. It provides a standardized interface for configuration and plugins, allowing authors to define strongly typed options and enable users to extend functionality via plugins. Key capabilities include:
- Defining and documenting strongly typed configuration options.
- Supporting plugins that can add their own configuration options.
- Bundling options and plugins into default presets.
- Composing presets through preset extension.
- Sharing configuration across different modes (e.g., CLI and library).
- Implementing a middleware system for extensibility.
- Managing plugin execution order via a built-in ordering system.
- Inspecting resolved values of a preset using the
graphileCLI.