Dependency Checker

Overview

Dependency Checker is a Rust program that traverses a specified directory, looking for JavaScript projects (those with a package.json file), checks their npm dependencies and outputs any outdated packages to a CSV report. Additionally, it generates a DOT file representing the dependency graph of the projects.

Features

• Traverses specified directory to find JavaScript projects
• Checks for outdated npm dependencies
• Generates CSV report for outdated dependencies, including current and latest version numbers
• Generates a DOT file representing the dependency graph of the projects
• Skips node_modules directories for efficiency

Installation

Prerequisites:

• Rust and Cargo installed

To install the tool, clone this repository and build the project:

git clone https://github.com/erictherobot/dependency_checker.git
cd dependency_checker
cargo build --release

Usage

After installation, you can run the tool with the directory path as an argument:

cargo run --release /path/to/directory

After running, the tool will generate two files in the project root:

• report.csv: A CSV file containing the report of outdated packages, including the project paths, package names, current versions, and latest versions
• dependency_graph.dot: A DOT file representing the dependency graph of the projects

You can view the DOT file using a tool such as Graphviz.

Contributing

Contributions to this project are welcome. Please open an issue to discuss proposed changes or report bugs.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.