iolo / express-webapp-assets-seed

seed project for express-webapp-assets

express-webapp-assets-seed

for more information, see express-webapp-assets

getting started

from this seed project

$ git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/iolo/express-webapp-assets-seed.git <your-project-name>
$ cd <your-project-name>
$ npm install
$ bower install

from the scratch

$ npm init
...
$ bower init
...
$ npm express-webapp-assets --save
$ bower install jquery bootstrap --save
$ npm install angular angular-route --save
$ mkdir public

NOTE: to demonstrate includes feature, install jquery and bootstrap via bower, angular and angular-route via npm.

directory structure

• _assets.json
  • express-webapp-assets configurations(configure with --config CLI option)
• public
  • source directory(configure with src property in config or --src CLI option)
• build/public
  • output directory(configure with dst property in config or --dst CLI option)
• bower_components, node_modules, ...
  • include directories(configure with includes property in config or --include CLI option)

development phase

use --server(or -S) CLI option to start development http server.

optionally, use --open(or -o) CLI option to open browser after http server started.

$ ./node_modules/.bin/express-webapp-assets -S -o &

with this seed project:

$ npm run server -- -o

deployment phase

use --generator(or -G) CLI option to generate static files for all assets using procprocessors.

optionally, use --env(or -e) CLI options to specify build envionment(equivalant to NODE_ENV).

$ ./node_modules/.bin/express-webapp-assets -G -e=production
$ ... deploy(upload, copy, rsync or else...) `build/public` directory

with this seed project:

$ npm run generator -- -e=production

may the SOURCE be with you...