Generator for the aw-webapp workflow

Use the generator to start developing a webapp or an bower/npm component

Usage

Prequisits

• npm i -g bower slush gulp-cli
• Python 2.7 installed and added to path

Installation

• $ npm i -g slush-aw-webapp
• Create a working directory and enter into it
• $ slush aw-webapp
• Start coding Check the trouble shooting section if you run into any problems

Update

Want to use the latest version of the workflow on an existing project which was generated with this generator?

• $ npm i -g slush-aw-webapp
• Navigate to the project directory
• $ slush aw-webapp:update
• $ bower install
• $ npm install

Gulp commands

• $ gulp - Starting the development workflow. Reloads browser on change, Compiles SASS to CSS, injects dependencies and runs unit tests.
• $ gulp build - Creates a build in the specified build folder. Change the production flag in gulp.config.json to create a preproduction build.
• $ gulp serveCoverage - Serves the coverage report of our unit tests.

Configuration

• gulp.config.json - Used for settings of the workflow. Overwrites any defaults set in gulpfile.js/gulp.config.js.
• karma.conf.js - Holds configuration concerning unit testing. Which files should be tested and which frameworks and plugins karma should use in our tests.

Unit testing

We use Karma testrunner and Jasmine as a testing framework. Just add any file with a .spec.js extention and the workflow will start running the tests automagically.

Snippets

For our team there are snippets available in a gist. Ask for the snippets as they hold code conventions and will make your work a lot faster. There are snippets for Angular and Jasmine.

publish to bower

To publish to bower we use github. As this is a public repo please make sure there is no reference to arteries the code base.

IMPORTANT: Before you build, remove the inject statement from your index.html and make sure only the files which are needed for your component to run are added to the build.

• Set the right name of your component in the bower.json
• Ensure the right files are in the ignore & main property in you bower.json
• $ gulp build
• $ git remote add bower <github-url>
• $ bower version <patch|minor|major> (google semver for more info)
• $ git push bower master --tags (after add & commit)
• $ bower register aac-<name> <github-url>

After this use bower search to check or your component is registrered well. E.g. bower search <component-name>

Trouble shooting (windows only)

Npm installation errors

First of all check or you have Python 2.7 installed and added to your path. Run $ npm cache clean and after $ npm install again.

Build errors

If you experience build errors (MSBUILD) after this you might have to install Visual Studio including the C SDK and .NET (2 & 3)

Missing Dependencies

In case you get any errors concerning missing dependencies try running $ npm install again. If you still run in to problems try installing some problematic manually e.g. $ npm install <package-name>. Installing template cache node module ($ npm install gulp-angular-templatecache) has solved this issue sometimes.

Still having problems?

Cry and buy a mac or install linux.