JSBuild is a command-line build utility that provides using CommonJS modules on web without any need of source code modification, works unobtrusive and supports packages specification as well.
How It Works
JSBuild consists of a library and a runtime script written in Python. After installation, the _jsbuild_ command will let you to merge your CommonJS modules which are defined in a manifest document, to just one javascript file ready to be run on web browsers.
The idea behind JSBuild is to generate wrapper forms which are similar to the module patterns being consistently used by the folk in these days. In the other words, JSBuild offers a better module pattern which is compatible with link:http://wiki.commonjs.org/wiki/Modules[Modules] and link:http://wiki.commonjs.org/wiki/Packages[Packages] specifications of CommonJS.
JSBuild works synchronous to support CommonJS with no exception but supports also nested manifest files and splitting the build file in many pieces which makes possible to load asynchronously any part of the built source code when it's needed. I've been also working on the link:http://github.com/azer/domloader[DOMLoader] project that provides loading DOM dependencies like Javascript, CSS files asynchronously. In conclusion, I think it's better to build source codes in pieces and load those when they are needed, asynchronously. This way lets us to take advantage of using CommonJS' synchronous module specification, as well.
Download and Install
Please make sure that your system meets the requirements listed below:
- Linux or any other Unix distribution, OS X as well.
- Python 3+
To Install:
git clone http://github.com/azer/jsbuild.git
cd jsbuild
python3 setup.py install
Now you should be able to call _jsbuild_ command which merges the Javascript files defined in the specified manifest file. You may run this command without any parameter to test your installation, it should raise an output like this:
ERROR - Missing manifest path. More info with "-h"
vim: tw=100
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Requirements:
· Python
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