grunt-rendr-stitch
v0.0.8
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Use Stitch to package up your modules for use with Rendr (github.com/airbnb/rendr).
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grunt-rendr-stitch
Use Stitch to package up your modules for use with Rendr (github.com/airbnb/rendr).
Getting Started
This plugin requires Grunt ~0.4.1
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-rendr-stitch --save-dev
One the plugin has been installed, it may be enabled inside your Gruntfile with this line of JavaScript:
grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-rendr-stitch');
The "rendr_stitch" task
Overview
In your project's Gruntfile, add a section named rendr_stitch
to the data object passed into grunt.initConfig()
.
In this example, you can see how to use options.dependencies
and options.aliases
.
grunt.initConfig({
rendr_stitch: {
options: {
dependencies: [
'assets/vendor/**/*.js'
],
aliases: [
{from: 'node_modules/rendr/shared', to: 'rendr/shared'},
{from: 'node_modules/rendr/client', to: 'rendr/client'}
]
},
files: {
dest: 'public/bundle.js',
src: [
'app/**/*.js',
'node_modules/rendr/shared/**/*.coffee',
'node_modules/rendr/client/**/*.coffee'
]
}
}
});
We can then use Stitch in the browser to require any of the source files.
var UserShowView = require('app/views/user_show_view');
Aliases allow us to use the the same paths for requiring NPM modules in both Node.js and in the browser. For example:
var BaseView = require('rendr/shared/base/view');
In Node.js, this path will tell the module loader to look into the NPM module named rendr
to find the specified module. In the browser, we can do the same thing because we've bundled node_modules/rendr/shared/**/*.coffee
and set up an alias to rendr/shared
.
Options
options.dependencies
Type: Array
Default value: []
An array of file glob patterns to pass as dependencies to stitch.createPackage()
. These files are prepended to the bundled JavaScript package as-is, without being wrapped as a Stitch module. This is useful for third-party client-side only files, such as jQuery, that aren't wrapped in a CommonJS module.
options.aliases
Type: Array
Default value: []
Aliases provide a way to do fancy bundling of Stitch packages in order to replicate something like NPM module paths from Node. Each element in the array is an object with from
and to
properties. For example:
dependencies: [
{from: 'some/path/on/disk', to: 'fancy/path/in/client'}
]
Suppose the some/path/on/disk
directory looks like this:
|- util.js
|- lib/something.js
Then, in the client-side you can require the module using the aliased path:
var something = require('fancy/path/in/client/lib/something');
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.
Release History
0.0.1
Initial release.