allow input to be string.

Author: opiepj

README.md

@@ -47,10 +47,11 @@ module.exports = config;
 Once the build finishes, a child process is spawned firing both a python and node script.
 
 ### API
-* onBuildStart: **Array[ ]**, array of scripts to execute on the initial build. **Default: [ ]**
-* onBuildEnd: **Array[ ]**, array of scripts to execute after files are emitted. **Default: [ ]**
-* dev: **Boolean**, switch for development environments. This causes scripts to only execute once. Useful for running HMR on webpack-dev-server. **Default: false**
+* onBuildStart: array of scripts to execute on the initial build. **Default: [ ]**
+* onBuildEnd: array of scripts to execute after files are emitted at the end of the compilation. **Default: [ ]**
+* dev: switch for development environments. This causes scripts to only execute once. Useful for running HMR on webpack-dev-server. **Default: true**
+* verbose: enable for verbose output. **Default: false**
 
 ### Contributions
-[Yair Tavor]("http://stackoverflow.com/users/3054454/yair-tavor")
+Yair Tavor
 

index.js

@@ -9,13 +9,24 @@ function puts(error, stdout, stderr) {
   }
 }
 
+function validateInput(options) {
+  if (typeof options.onBuildStart === 'string') {
+    options.onBuildStart = options.onBuildStart.split('&&');
+  }
+  if (typeof options.onBuildEnd === 'string') {
+    options.onBuildEnd = options.onBuildEnd.split('&&');
+  }
+  return options;
+}
+
 function WebpackShellPlugin(options) {
   var defaultOptions = {
     onBuildStart: [],
     onBuildEnd: [],
-    dev: false,
+    dev: true,
     verbose: false
   };
+
   if (!options.onBuildStart) {
     options.onBuildStart = defaultOptions.onBuildStart;
   }
@@ -24,6 +35,13 @@ function WebpackShellPlugin(options) {
     options.onBuildEnd = defaultOptions.onBuildEnd;
   }
 
+  options = validateInput(options);
+
+
+  if (!options.dev) {
+    options.dev = defaultOptions.dev;
+  }
+
   this.options = options;
 
 }