/requirejs-backbone-express-handlebars-bootstrap_BoilerPlate

JS Web application boiler plate, front-end dependancy loaded from npm

Primary LanguageCSS

JS-Webapp-BoilerPlate

Boiler plate that intend to use npm to manage back-end and front-end dependancies with npm and requirejs. To do so, a simple express controller catch app.get("/npm/:script([a-zA-Z1-9-.]+).js") and will use require.resolve(:script) to find the "main" script path and finally return it to the client.

This controller will only be used in a development environment. In production, user will be able to optimize all sources in one script using r.js.

Installation

npm install
make

Start server:

make server

Then, access the app via: http://localhost:8080

Optimize (not ready yet, require further devs):

sh make install

Todo list

  • optimize with r.js
  • ask vendor lib authors to maintain a browser version of their lib

Ideas:

This express controller could be move in a different git repository as a simple dev-plugin.