Blender - asset manager
Blender is an asset builder and asset pipeline for building modern web apps. Linked the concepts of Piler, aspects of the Rails Asset Pipeline, and the build process of Brunch & Yeomen.
Warning
This is very much a prototype!
Features
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Client side modules w/ server side dependency resolution
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Handlebars (precompiled) templates are first class
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Multiple sub-apps each with it's own dependency chain
- Namespacing
- Common and app specific vendor scripts. i.e. Admin requires backbone.js but the main site does not
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CDN support
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Automatic wrapping in Require.js, AMD
- Optional wrapping of vendor provided
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Production builds
- Two script production builds with MD5 tags (vendor.js and user.js)
- Minification support
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Development builds
- Sub-app level file watching and rebuilding
- Served through Express 3 middleware
- Each file is preserved, one script tag per file
- File watching during development
Usage
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Fire up the blender
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blender.blend app,
common:
# optional path added to your scripts /scripts/admin/...
url_root: '/scripts'
# path to production builds
build_dir: './test/public'
# common vendor scripts to include in the build process
# prefix with "http://" to designate remote
vendors: [
# use cdn
'http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.8.2.min.js'
'./test/vendor/almond.js'
'./test/vendor/handlebars.js'
]
# each additional name is treated as a name-space (i.e. admin/client/web)
admin: # namespace
# where the files live for this sub-app
dir: './test/app_admin'
# the main.js or .coffee file to begin dependency checking
main: 'main'
# the main style sheet (stylus) for this app
style: 'styles/main'
# any specialized vendors files to include within this name space
# surround with [] to modularize. '[./xyz.js]'
vendors: [
]
<html>
<head>
<!-- blender style-->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="/scripts/admin/styles/main.css">
<!-- end blender -->
<!-- blender vendor-->
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.8.2.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="/scripts/admin/jquery.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="/scripts/admin/almond.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="/scripts/admin/handlebars.js"></script>
<!-- end blender -->
<!-- blender user-->
<script type="text/javascript" src="/scripts/admin/main.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="/scripts/admin/models/test.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="/scripts/admin/models/hope.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="/scripts/admin/templates/temp.js"></script>
<!-- end blender -->
<script>require("main");</script>
</head>
<body>Something is going down here</body>
</html>License
(The MIT License)
Copyright (c) 2013 Steve McLelland
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the 'Software'), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
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