$N

$N is my attempt at making something similar to Step, but with less indentation and slightly different syntax. $N is very light-weight and small, only a few lines, so it is copy & pastable if need be.

Usage

var$N=require('N'),fs=require('fs');$N(function(next){fs.readFile('./log.txt','utf-8',next);}).N(function(next,err,txt){if(err){console.log(err.message);}else{console.log('Some text: '+txt);}next.N(// you can even push // more functions onto the stack!function(next){console.log('world');next();},// you can pass multiple args if // you want to use it like Stepfunction(){console.log('how are you?');})('hello');}).N(function(next,hello){console.log(hello);next();})();

Outputs:

Some text: [whatever text]
hello
world
how are you?

More Features

There's also an "N-features.js" file, which is something I'm experimenting with. It includes parallel calls and consistent arguments with error handling, e.g. (err, data). I'm unsure whether I want to include these features, I like keeping things simple.

$N(function(){fs.readFile('./log1.txt','utf-8',this);}).N(function(err,text){if(err){console.log(err);}else{console.log('Some text: '+text);}this.N(// you can even push // more functions onto the stack!function(err,results){console.log('world');this(results);},// you can pass multiple args if // you want to use it like Stepfunction(err,results){console.log('how are you?');console.log('...even more text:',results);})('hello');}).N(function(err,hello){if(err)console.log('oh no, an error:',err)console.log(hello);fs.readFile('./log2.txt','utf-8',this.para);fs.readFile('./log3.txt','utf-8',this.para);})();

License

See LICENSE for more info (MIT).