grunt-macaron

Grunt task for compiling macros for CoffeeScript.

Getting Started

This plugin requires Grunt >=0.4.0

If you haven't used Grunt before, be sure to check out the Getting Started guide, as it explains how to create a Gruntfile as well as install and use Grunt plugins. Once you're familiar with that process, you may install this plugin with this command:

npm install grunt-macaron --save-dev

Once the plugin has been installed, it may be enabled inside your Gruntfile with this line of JavaScript:

grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-macaron');

The "macaron" task

Overview

In your project's Gruntfile, add a section named macaron to the data object passed into grunt.initConfig().

grunt.initConfig({
  macaron: {
    default: {
      files: {
        'macros_file.coffee': ['source.coffee', 'files.coffee']
      }
    },
    your_target: {
      options: {
        bare: false,
        outputFile: 'dist/output.js'
      },
      files: {
        'source/my_macros.coffee': ['source/some_dir/my_file.coffee']
      }
    }
  }
});

Options

options.bare

Type: Boolean Default value: false

This option passed to Macaron as it is.

options.outputFile

Type: String Default value: dist/macaron_compiled.js

Path of output file for target.

Usage Examples

Default Options

In this example, macaron will compile main.coffee and side.coffee files with macros defined in macros.coffee and write to default output file dist/macaron_compiled.js.

grunt.initConfig({
  macaron: {
    default: {
      files: {
        'macros.coffee': ['main.coffee', 'side.coffee']
      }
    }
  }
});

Custom Options

In this example, macaron will compile hello.coffee file with macros defined in macros.coffee and write to output file with path given dist/out.js.

grunt.initConfig({
  macaron: {
    custom: {
      options: {
        bare: false,
        outputFile: 'dist/out.js'
      },
      files: {
        'macros.coffee': ['hello.coffee']
      }
    }
  }
});

Using Multiple Files

In this example, macaron finds and concats the files using glob pattern. And it excludes macros file using ! prefix since glob pattern includes the macros file.

grunt.initConfig({
  macaron: {
    default: {
      options: {
        outputFile: 'dist/output.js'
      },
      files: {
        'src/macros.coffee': ['src/**/*.coffee', '!src/macros.coffee']
      }
    }
  }
});

Contributing

In lieu of a formal styleguide, take care to maintain the existing coding style. Add unit tests for any new or changed functionality. Lint and test your code using Grunt.

Contributors

• Fatih Kadir Akın
• Ahmet AYGÜN