Small podlet that demonstrates the setup. Makes use of the client described below. Serves own assets locally using express static for dev purposes.
cli to upload to asset server that:
- zips assets into a tmp dir
- posts zip to asset server
- receives meta info from asset server and saves as .asset-pipe.json
small node tool to use in podlets/layouts that:
- accepts paths to served (in dev) asset files
- reads .asset-pipe.json if one exists
- builds js and css arrays for use in manifests from both dev paths and .asset-pipe.json values
- exposes a .js and .css method for use with podlet.js() and podlet.css()
A simple fake asset server that:
- accepts a post with a tar file containing zipped up js and css
- unpacks assets in a dir
- serves unpacked files
- returns meta with file location info
You'll need to go into each of the 4 folders and run npm install
You should be able to start by going into the app folder and running node . to fire it up and test it out.
if you visit http://localhost:3000/manifest.json you should see a couple asset entries and when you visit the
main URL at http://localhost:3000 you should see that the background has been colored by the CSS.
Start up the asset server cd server && node . and go into the app folder and run the cli to upload the podlet's
assets to the server cd app && ../cli publish (this needs to be run from the app's dir).
Restart the app and you should now see additional values in the manifest file.
This publish step is intended to be a build time/dev time operation so that run time is minimal and syncronous.