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Useful for any node.js app that needs to load plugins from node_modules. 15-20x times faster alternative to [load-plugins][] and [gulp-load-plugins][].\n\n[![code climate][codeclimate-img]][codeclimate-url] [![standard code style][standard-img]][standard-url] [![travis build status][travis-img]][travis-url] [![coverage status][coveralls-img]][coveralls-url] [![dependency status][david-img]][david-url]\n\n## Install\n```\nnpm i load-deps --save\n```\n\n## Usage\n\u003e For more use-cases see the [tests](./test.js)\n\n```js\nconst loadDeps = require('load-deps')\n```\n\n### [loadDeps](index.js#L46)\n\u003e Load modules of the current project, by default loads dependencies from `devDependency` property from `package.json`, but can be customized.\n\n**Params**\n\n* `patterns` **{String|Array|Function|RegExp|Object}**    \n* `opts` **{Object}**: see [options section](#options)    \n* `returns` **{Object}**  \n\n**Example**\n\n```js\nvar appname = require('app-name')\nvar loadDeps = require('load-deps')\n\nvar strip = ['gulp', 'handlebars', 'helpers']\nvar rename = function renameFn(name) {\n  return appname(name, strip)\n}\n\nvar plugin = loadDeps('gulp-*', {renameKey: rename})\n\ngulp.task('default', function () {\n  gulp.src('test/*.js')\n    .pipe(plugin.jshint())\n    .pipe(plugin.mocha())\n    .pipe(plugin.stylus())\n    .pipe(plugin.mustache())\n    .pipe(plugin.istanbul())\n})\n```\n\n## Options\n\n### options.require\n\u003e Pass a custom function for `require`ing files.\n\n```js\nvar loadDeps = require('load-deps')\nvar plugin = loadDeps('gulp-*', {\n  require: function (name) {\n    // do stuff to name\n  }\n})\n```\n\n### options.renameKey\n\u003e Pass a renameKey function to change how plugins are named.\n\n```js\nvar loadDeps = require('load-deps')\nvar plugin = loadDeps('my-plugins-*', {\n  renameKey: function (name) {\n    return path.resolve(name)\n  }\n})\n```\n\n## Benchmark\n\u003e It is 15-20x faster than [load-plugins][] and [gulp-load-plugins][].\n\n```\nnpm run benchmark\n```\n\nresults as of `22 April, 2016`\n\n```\n[charlike@voltaire load-deps]$ npm run benchmark\n  load-plugins x 205 ops/sec ±3.09% (61 runs sampled)\n  load-deps x 14,297 ops/sec ±10.74% (63 runs sampled)\n  gulp-load-plugins x 813 ops/sec ±2.27% (62 runs sampled)\n\nFastest is load-deps\n```\n\n## Related\n* [gulp-load-plugins](https://www.npmjs.com/package/gulp-load-plugins): Automatically load any gulp plugins in your package.json | [homepage](https://github.com/jackfranklin/gulp-load-plugins)\n* [is-match](https://www.npmjs.com/package/is-match): Create a matching function from a glob pattern, regex, string, array,… [more](https://www.npmjs.com/package/is-match) | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/is-match)\n* [load-pkg](https://www.npmjs.com/package/load-pkg): Loads the package.json from the root of the user's current project. | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/load-pkg)\n* [load-plugins](https://www.npmjs.com/package/load-plugins): Load plugins for gulp, grunt, assemble, verb any node.js app that… [more](https://www.npmjs.com/package/load-plugins) | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/load-plugins)\n* [micromatch](https://www.npmjs.com/package/micromatch): Glob matching for javascript/node.js. A drop-in replacement and faster alternative to… [more](https://www.npmjs.com/package/micromatch) | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/micromatch)\n\n## Contributing\nPull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, [please create an issue](https://github.com/tunnckoCore/load-deps/issues/new).  \nBut before doing anything, please read the [CONTRIBUTING.md](./CONTRIBUTING.md) guidelines.\n\n## [Charlike Make Reagent](http://j.mp/1stW47C) [![new message to charlike][new-message-img]][new-message-url] [![freenode #charlike][freenode-img]][freenode-url]\n\n[![tunnckoCore.tk][author-www-img]][author-www-url] [![keybase tunnckoCore][keybase-img]][keybase-url] [![tunnckoCore npm][author-npm-img]][author-npm-url] [![tunnckoCore twitter][author-twitter-img]][author-twitter-url] [![tunnckoCore github][author-github-img]][author-github-url]\n\n[load-plugins]: https://github.com/jonschlinkert/load-plugins\n[gulp-load-plugins]: https://github.com/jackfranklin/gulp-load-plugins\n\n[npmjs-url]: https://www.npmjs.com/package/load-deps\n[npmjs-img]: https://img.shields.io/npm/v/load-deps.svg?label=load-deps\n\n[license-url]: https://github.com/tunnckoCore/load-deps/blob/master/LICENSE\n[license-img]: https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-blue.svg\n\n[codeclimate-url]: https://codeclimate.com/github/tunnckoCore/load-deps\n[codeclimate-img]: https://img.shields.io/codeclimate/github/tunnckoCore/load-deps.svg\n\n[travis-url]: https://travis-ci.org/tunnckoCore/load-deps\n[travis-img]: https://img.shields.io/travis/tunnckoCore/load-deps/master.svg\n\n[coveralls-url]: https://coveralls.io/r/tunnckoCore/load-deps\n[coveralls-img]: https://img.shields.io/coveralls/tunnckoCore/load-deps.svg\n\n[david-url]: https://david-dm.org/tunnckoCore/load-deps\n[david-img]: https://img.shields.io/david/tunnckoCore/load-deps.svg\n\n[standard-url]: https://github.com/feross/standard\n[standard-img]: https://img.shields.io/badge/code%20style-standard-brightgreen.svg\n\n[author-www-url]: http://www.tunnckocore.tk\n[author-www-img]: https://img.shields.io/badge/www-tunnckocore.tk-fe7d37.svg\n\n[keybase-url]: https://keybase.io/tunnckocore\n[keybase-img]: https://img.shields.io/badge/keybase-tunnckocore-8a7967.svg\n\n[author-npm-url]: https://www.npmjs.com/~tunnckocore\n[author-npm-img]: https://img.shields.io/badge/npm-~tunnckocore-cb3837.svg\n\n[author-twitter-url]: https://twitter.com/tunnckoCore\n[author-twitter-img]: https://img.shields.io/badge/twitter-@tunnckoCore-55acee.svg\n\n[author-github-url]: https://github.com/tunnckoCore\n[author-github-img]: https://img.shields.io/badge/github-@tunnckoCore-4183c4.svg\n\n[freenode-url]: http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=charlike\n[freenode-img]: https://img.shields.io/badge/freenode-%23charlike-5654a4.svg\n\n[new-message-url]: https://github.com/tunnckoCore/ama\n[new-message-img]: https://img.shields.io/badge/ask%20me-anything-green.svg\n\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Ftunnckocore%2Fload-deps","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Ftunnckocore%2Fload-deps","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Ftunnckocore%2Fload-deps/lists"}