Provide detection mechanism for NPM projects

[Riduidel]

We're currently only able to detect major technologies for Java/Maven projects.
We should at least try to detect technologies in the Javascript universe.
It would require a maven module and some JSON reading code.

The following steps can be envisionned

• Create a maven module (aptly called javascript-metadata-inferer)
• In this module, create an enhancer working on all model elements that will check if they have the aadarchi.javascript.package
• Read the defined package.json looking for "framework" dependencies (React, Vuejs, Angular, and also server-side ones)

[Riduidel]

@Sese-collab Have you ever worked in a javascript project? Do you know how to detect frameworks in a package.xml file? If so, it would be interesting to create an equivalent of the maven-metadata-enhancer able to read that file and understand some things.

[Se-C12]

project to test your work : https://github.com/MawsFr/tech-tok

[Helielzel]

Trying to run tests on JavascriptDetailsInfererEnhancer class with https://github.com/Zenika/qvgdc-app package.json

[Helielzel]

Element element in JavascriptDetailsInfererEnhancer -> ModelElementJavascriptEnhancer -> ?
From where do I have to test it, how specify the project to use @before each test ?

[Helielzel]

mvn -pl :javascript-metadata-inferer install -Psettings-aadarchi
mvnDebug -pl :javascript-metadata-inferer install -Psettings-aadarchi -DforkMode=none

[Riduidel]

I assume you'll have find a way towards loading package.json and extracted interesting technologies from the file you have.
But the JS ecosystem is moving.
Can you think about a way to detect "signifiant" technologies in project?
Currently, I imagine automatically fetching the frameworks list from techempower, but have you got any better idea ? (mind you, this point qualifies the subject as applied R&D, so take some time to detail the approach you choose, how it will suite our needs, and elaborate an experiment to ensure the hypothesis is correct)

[Riduidel]

See also https://www.npmjs.com/npm/state-of-javascript-frameworks-2017-part-1