node.packer

An assets combine and minify tool

Description

I had trouble with compressing javascript files using UglifyJS so I write this tool to solve my problem. It is built on top of YUI Compressor. The compression rate is not as high as UglifyJS but it generates a more stable minified javascript file.

Requires

• node >= 0.4.x
• java jre6

Installation

npm install

Options

log

• description: whether to log errors
• data type: boolean
• default value: false
• possible value: true | false

type

• description: input files type
• data type: string
• default value: undefined
• possible value: 'css' | 'js'

minify

• description: whether to minify output file
• data type: boolean
• default value: false
• possible value: true | false

uglify

• description: whether to uglify javascript variables
• data type: boolean
• default value: true
• possible value: true | false

input

• description: files to be combined
• data type: string
• default value: undefined
• possible value: '/path/to/the/css.css' ...

output

• description: path to save the combined file
• data type: string
• default value: undefined
• possible value: '/path/to/the/js.min.js' ...

callback

• description: callback function
• data type: function
• default value: undefined
• possible value: function(err, stdout, stderr) { ... }

Usage

Example

var packer = require('node.packer'),
    path   = '~/Desktop/packer/';

packer({
  log: true,
  type: 'js',
  input: [
    path + 'dojo.js',
    path + 'jquery.js'
  ],
  output: path + 'pack.min.js',
  callback: function(err, stdout, stderr) {
    err && console.log(err);
  }
});

License

(The MIT License)

Copyright (c) 2011 dreamerslab <[email protected]>

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.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED 'AS IS', WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.