// Build tool for generating README.md const os = require('os'); const path = require('path'); const fs = require('fs-extra'); const moment = require('moment'); const YAML = require('yaml'); // A hacky sort of "class" to contain methods for each section const BUILD_SECTION = { // TODO: Make more of these YAML-based functions header: () => readFile('md/_header.md').replace('{{DATE}}', moment().format('MMMM Do YYYY').replace(/ /g, '%20')), index: () => readFile('md/_index.md'), contributing: () => readFile('md/_contributing.md'), browserExtensions: () => generateBrowserExtensions(), disclaimer: () => readFile('md/_disclaimer.md'), webBasedProducts: () => generateCategorySection('Web-based products', readYaml()['web based products']), operatingSystems: () => generateCategorySection('Operating systems', readYaml()['operating systems']), desktopApps: () => generateCategorySection('Desktop apps', readYaml()['desktop applications']), mobileApps: () => generateCategorySection('Mobile apps', readYaml()['mobile applications']), hardware: () => generateCategorySection('Hardware', readYaml()['hardware']), useful: () => '# Useful links, tools, and advice', resources: () => readFile('md/_resources.md'), books: () => generatePublications('Books', 'books'), blogs: () => generatePublications('Blog posts', 'blogs'), news: () => generatePublications('News articles', 'news'), lighterSide: () => readFile('md/_lighterSide.md'), closingRemarks: () => readFile('md/_closingRemarks.md') } // Button that brings the user to the top of the page const BACK_TO_TOP = '[![Back to top](https://img.shields.io/badge/Back%20to%20top-lightgrey?style=flat-square)](#index)'; /** * Main method */ function __main__() { // dgSectionData will be join at the end and represents the full contents of README.md let dgSectionData = []; // Add all the sections dgSectionData.push(BUILD_SECTION.header()); dgSectionData.push(BUILD_SECTION.index()); dgSectionData.push(BUILD_SECTION.contributing()); dgSectionData.push(BUILD_SECTION.browserExtensions()); dgSectionData.push(BUILD_SECTION.disclaimer()); dgSectionData.push(BUILD_SECTION.webBasedProducts()); dgSectionData.push(BUILD_SECTION.operatingSystems()); dgSectionData.push(BUILD_SECTION.desktopApps()); dgSectionData.push(BUILD_SECTION.mobileApps()); dgSectionData.push(BUILD_SECTION.hardware()); dgSectionData.push(BUILD_SECTION.useful()); dgSectionData.push(BUILD_SECTION.resources()); dgSectionData.push(BUILD_SECTION.books()); dgSectionData.push(BUILD_SECTION.blogs()); dgSectionData.push(BUILD_SECTION.news()); dgSectionData.push(BUILD_SECTION.lighterSide()); dgSectionData.push(BUILD_SECTION.closingRemarks()); // Write to the README file fs.writeFileSync(path.join(__dirname, 'README.md'), dgSectionData.join(os.EOL + os.EOL)); console.log('Done!'); } /** * Synchronously reads a file using fs-extra and path.join() * @param {String} filename The file to read */ function readFile(filename) { return fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, filename)).toString(); } /** * Reads degoogle.yml */ function readYaml() { return YAML.parse(fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, 'yaml/degoogle.yml')).toString()); } /** * Generates a major section or "category" such as Mobile Apps * @param {String} header Title for section * @param {Object} data Object of data to populate README.md with */ function generateCategorySection(header, data) { if (!data) return ''; // Set the header to HTML
let categorySection = '## ' + header + os.EOL + BACK_TO_TOP + os.EOL + os.EOL; // Generate service sections for this category Object.keys(data).forEach((key) => categorySection = categorySection.concat(generateServiceSection(data[key]) + os.EOL + os.EOL)); return categorySection; } /** * Generates a service (such as Gmail) section to be placed under a category section * @param {Array} data */ function generateServiceSection(data) { // Start the section with an

header let serviceSection = `#### ${data[0].title + os.EOL + os.EOL}`; let notes = os.EOL + ''; // If there is data to be displayed, add the start of a Markdown table let tableHeader = `| Name | Eyes | Description |${os.EOL}| ---- | ---- | ----------- |${os.EOL}`; if (data.filter(d => 'name' in d).length == 0) tableHeader = `No known alternatives.${os.EOL}`; serviceSection = serviceSection.concat(tableHeader); // Iterate over each alternative service and add it to the table data.forEach(item => { // If the object has length one, it's either title or note if (Object.keys(item).length == 1) { if (!item.notes) return; else item.notes.forEach((note) => notes = notes.concat(`- *${note.trim()}*${os.EOL}`)); } else { // Build the cells for the table let name = `[${item.name}](${item.url})`; let eyes = item.eyes ? `**${item.eyes}-eyes**` : ''; let text = item.text.trim(); // Append the F-Droid badge to the name if (item.fdroid) name = name.concat(' ' + fdroidLink(item.fdroid)); // Build the row let tableItem = `| ${name} | ${eyes} | ${text} |`; // Add the row to the table serviceSection = serviceSection.concat(tableItem + os.EOL); } }); return serviceSection + notes; } /** * Returns a badge acting as a link to an F-Droid page for an app. * @param {String} appId The package identifier on F-Droid */ function fdroidLink(appId) { return `[![F-Droid](https://img.shields.io/f-droid/v/${appId}?style=flat-square)](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/${appId}/)`; } /** * Returns a badge displaying user for a Firefox addon/extension * @param {String} link URL to extension WITHOUT trailing slash */ function addonLink(link) { if (!link.includes('addons.mozilla.org')) return ''; let addonId = link.split('/')[link.split('/').length - 1] return `![Mozilla Add-on](https://img.shields.io/amo/users/${addonId}?style=flat-square)`; } /** * Returns a badge with the date of publication * @param {String|Number} date Date of publication */ function dateBadge(date) { return `![Published](https://img.shields.io/badge/${date.toString().replace(/\-/g, '--')}-informational?style=flat-square)` } /** * Generates a table with browser extensions and their descriptions */ function generateBrowserExtensions() { let extensions = `# Browser extensions${os.EOL + os.EOL}| Name | Description |${os.EOL}| ---- | ----------- |${os.EOL}`; let data = YAML.parse(fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, 'yaml/browserExtensions.yml')).toString()); data.forEach(item => { let name = `[${item.name}](${item.url})`; let text = item.text.trim(); let badge = addonLink(item.url); let tableItem = `| ${name + ' ' + badge} | ${text} |`; extensions = extensions.concat(tableItem + os.EOL); }); return extensions; } /** * Generates sections for Books, Blogs, and News * @param {String} title * @param {String} filename */ function generatePublications(title, filename) { let publications = `## ${title} ${os.EOL + BACK_TO_TOP + os.EOL + os.EOL}| Title | Published | Author |${os.EOL}| ----- | --------- | ------ |${os.EOL}`; let data = YAML.parse(fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, `yaml/${filename}.yml`)).toString()); data.forEach(item => { let name = `[${item.title}](${item.url})`; let author = item.author.trim(); let tableItem = `| ${name} | ${dateBadge(item.date)} | ${author} |`; publications = publications.concat(tableItem + os.EOL); }); return publications; } __main__();