bash-buildr
Simple JS and SCSS builder written in Bash-script. This tool is at a very early development stage. It is NOT recommended to use this tool at this moment for other than educational purposes.
Why not just use Gulp.js or any other of its kind?
Mostly because of performance. I myself have had some performance issues when using Gulp.js, mostly when running many tasks. JS compilation took quite a few seconds in large projects.
Therefore, I'm trying to make this tool as performant as possible through a simple architecture and by keeping the list of dependencies as minimal as possible.
Dependencies
- inotify-tools
- uglify-js (global npm module)
Usage
In order to try it out run sh buildr.sh. A menu will be displayed for you to choose an option.
- Select (1) Compress JS.
- Enter the path to js files:
js/*.js. - Enter the path to the directory where the compiled files will be located:
dest/js. - Enter the name of the compiled JS:
app.js.
Now you'll see a message saying that your JS files were compressed. Same steps apply for CSS compression.
For automatic compression on each change to a JS/CSS file select (3) Watch for changes