feat: initial modularization

.gitignore

@@ -1,16 +1,5 @@
+/_old
 .vscode
 .idea
-.DS_Store
 node_modules
-*.orig
-dist
-/sample
-/coverage
-.coveralls.yml
-.nyc_output
-secrets.zip
-jest
-junk
-/a_reference
-/sample2
-README.md.sav
+dist

.gitpod.yml

@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 tasks:
-  - init: npm install
+  - init: npm install && npm install lerna -g
+    command: lerna bootstrap && lerna run compile

.travis.yml

@@ -9,12 +9,13 @@ before_install:
   -in secrets.zip.enc -out secrets.zip -d; fi'
 - 'if [ "$TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST" = "false" ]; then unzip secrets.zip; fi'
 install:
-- npm install
+- npm install lerna -g
+- lerna bootstrap
 script:
-- npm run compile
-- npm run test:coverage
-- 'if [ "$TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST" = "false" ]; then npm run coveralls; fi'
-- 'if [ "$TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST" = "false" ]; then npm run codacy; fi'
+- lerna run compile
+- lerna run test:coverage
+- 'if [ "$TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST" = "false" ]; then lerna run coveralls; fi'
+- 'if [ "$TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST" = "false" ]; then lerna run codacy; fi'
 env:
   global:
   - secure: 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

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ Contributors are welcome!
 
 See something that needs fixing? Got an idea for a new feature? Contribute a [Pull Request](#Create-a-Pull-Request)!
 
+## Background
+
+This project is set up as a mono-repo. We use `lerna` to manage dependencies. Thus, after the initial `npm install` (to get lerna), you will use `lerna bootstrap` in place of `npm install`. This will ensure all local package / dependies are compiled/transpiled.
+
 ## Easy path to contribution
 Click the Gitpod badge to setup a ready to code dev env in the cloud.
 
@@ -23,19 +27,41 @@ Click the Gitpod badge to setup a ready to code dev env in the cloud.
 2. Install the dependencies
 
    ```shell
-   # From the project directory, run
-   npm i
+   # install lerna and common deps
+   npm install 
+
+   # run lerna bootstrap to install module dependencies
+   # note: use lerna bootstrap, rather than npm install
+   lerna bootstrap
+   ```
+
+3. Navigate to the package dir you'd like to modify
+
+   **Packages:**
+   - [framework](/packages/framework) - core schema load and preprocess logic
+   - [express-openapi-validator](/packages/express-openapi-validator) - the express middleware 
+
+   ```shell
+   # for example, navigate the express validator package
+   cd packages/express-openapi-validator
    ```
 
-Be [Create a Pull Request](#create-a-pull-request) once you've written you code.
+4. Be [Create a Pull Request](#create-a-pull-request) once you've written you code.
 
 ## Run the tests
 
 3. Run the tests
 
-   ```shell
-   npm test
-   ```
+   Run tests for all packages
+      ```shell
+      lerna run test
+      ```
+
+   Run tests in the current package:
+      ```shell
+      npm run test
+      ```
+
 
 ## Develop
 

lerna.json

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+    "packages": ["packages/*"],
+    "version": "4.10.8"
+  }
+