STM Build Tool

This is a simple project to test a home-made build tool.

• Author: Thomas Banks
• Author URI: http://scrummable.com
• Source: https://bitbucket.org/thomasxbanks/build-tool/src
• Repo: Git
• Version: 1.0.0

Installation

Dependencies

• node.js
• npm
• Further dependencies listed in the package.json file

Instructions

1. Download .zip, clone or fork from Source.
2. Installing dependencies
   • First time: npm run boot && npm run install
   • Subsequent uses: npm run install
3. npm start to kick the whole thing off

Usage

Controls

• npm run watch
  • Watches _dev/_style.scss and compiles to _dev/style.min.css
  • Watches _dev/ for any changes and live-reloads the browser
• npm run test
  • Validates JavaScript. Errors in terminal.
  • Validates PHP. Errors in terminal.
• npm run build
  • Creates an empty project folder _www/
  • Compiles SCSS into CSS
  • Minifies CSS, JS, and HTML/PHP^
  • Copies minified CSS and JS into project folder
  • Copies assets and vendor folders verbatim into project folder
  • Copies index.php into project folder
• npm run $script$
  • various steps of the build script can be run individually. See package.json for the full list.

Next Steps

• More test suites;
  • css? - csslint unknown error. Removed from build until solution found.
  • html?

Footnotes

^ Currently minifies specific folder - _dev/assets/pages as html-minifier throws a fit if you try to minify images.