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skulk

v0.1.0

Published

Configurable Browserify bundler and livereloading server

Downloads

332

Readme

Skulk

a group (bundle) of foxes

Design

Configurable support for factor-bundle, separate Browserify instance(s). Drop insert-css (not needed with split-css).

stand-alone client app

  • dev: Browserify + watchify, Express serves assets + bundles. tiny-lr provides livereload updates
  • prod: Generate bundles

integrated client app

  • dev: Browserify + watchify, file serving handled externally, tiny-lr provides livereload updates
  • prod: Generate bundles

client + server

  • dev: Browserify + watchify, override file serving for bundles, tiny-lr provides livereload updates
  • prod: build step once, run provided Express server

API

  • [ ] multiple bundles
  • [ ] factors
  • [ ] css type
    • [ ] combined bundle, split

Implementation

  • [ ] configured browserify bundles

  • [ ] devmode / prodmode

  • [ ] express server

    • [ ] serve static assets
    • [ ] serve bundles from memory
    • [ ] inject (configurable?) livereload script
  • [ ] livereload server

  • [ ] debug logging

  • [ ] CSS splitter

  • [x] user-supplied config

  • [x] get presets from user

  • [x] merge supplied presets + config into one config

  • [x] get and merge all resulting bundle browserify (preset) configs result: top-level config, array of browserify bundler configs

  • [x] create browserify bundlers for each bundle config prod mode:

  • [ ] execute each bundler once

  • [ ] bundle output defaults to top-level output dir, but can be overriden dev mode:

  • [ ] start tiny-lr

  • [ ] inject watchify (as preset??)

  • [ ] start (internal) express server if configured to do so

    • [ ] writes happen to memory instead of output dir(s)
    • [ ] inject-livereload middleware
    • [ ] express middleware to serve files
  • [ ] bring-your-own server approach (for GTS)

    • [ ] write to disk as usual
    • [ ] send tiny-lr updates
    • [ ] inject livereloading start script in all bundles
      • [ ] also console.log that this is a debug bundle, and should not run in production
  • [ ] presets/browserify plugins need a way to 'write' files on their own (skulk-supplied)

  • [ ] skulk write function also sends livereload event/update

Skulk preset

  • [ ] preset needs it's own config supplied
  • [ ] preset needs access to global config

Other TODO

  • [ ] Do something with cryptic Browserify "TypeError: Path must be a string" on missing deps